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more about #mommyissues more comments → Uncle_Billy_Slumming: A literary mansion has been built upon the crumbly rock of having shtupped J.D Salinger back in the 70's, J.D. Salinger's fame itself arising mostly f... more » ocho97: I went to boarding school with this girl and a friend of mine called me when the Modern Love came out to tell me it was about her. She was a very mell... more » PaintedTrollop: I knew Joyce Maynard years ago, and found her to be ...odd? Maybe disturbed is a better adjective. She creeped me out big time. #joycemaynard more » GirlCat: Am I mistaken in thinking that BREAKING INTO someone's e-mail account is fucking unforgivable and possibly criminal? Also, this: "When I was very you... more » sirsnarksalot: Does it seem to any one else that most memoir writer types are raging narcissists as a rule? And golly don't those types just make the BEST parents...... more » doodley is not amused: Dear Oversharing Blogging Parents: You may want to pay close attention. This is your future. Yours, Doodley #joycemaynard more » Flackette Goes Retro: And I thought my mom joining Facebook was bad. #joycemaynard more » judgingamy: As the daughter of two writers, I should point out here that this isn't typical. It probably is, though, of writers who write compulsively about their... more » Hiroine Protagonist: Does Joyce Maynard still think she's Holden Caufield? #joycemaynard more » adiam7: Dear Aud, Momma has the New York Times biting. It's about you. I wrote it but it's about you. I also made you. You wouldn't have to go through this if... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: I like that Joyce Maynard and my father apparently went to the same school of correspondence. #joycemaynard more » KikiCanuck: Never, not even at tax time, have I been happier that my Mom is an accountant. Maynard's essay is most interesting as a snapshot of the thinking that... more » midwesternmom: What about the man at the heart of this essay, the Haitian man who tested positive for HIV? He is pretty clearly identified by his girlfriend, by the... more » whynotshesaid: Ayelet Waldman, take note! #joycemaynard more » georgina: Ahh yes, the literary version of Lohan-style communication. I'm going to guess it is about as effective (and healthy) as communicating via Twitter & I... more » -
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She Said/She Said: Joyce Maynard's Daughter Takes 'Modern Love' Revenge
Over the summer, professional sharer Joyce Maynard, well, shared an essay about her uncommunicative daughter. Ironically, now her daughter writes a rebuttal from her perspective. Because that's how families communicate, right?
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7-Year-Old Is Youngest Hoarder Ever
On last night's Hoarders, 7-year-old Alex was unable to part with anything, from toy packaging to used cotton balls. As a child whose Barbie shoes were—without exception—casualties of a merciless vacuum, it's hard not to empathize with him. -
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Grim & Grimmer: Nadya Suleman's 7-Year-Old Says Something Awful
Last night's Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage left many feeling sympathetic toward mother-of-14 Nadya Suleman. Her mom is a pain-in-the-ass, her nannies are irksome, she hasn't gotten laid in nine years, and sadly, her kids don't seem to like her. More » -
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Nadya Suleman: "I Screwed Myself"
Typically, when a woman ends up with 14 children, it's because someone else screwed her. On August 19, Fox will air Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage (!!!), a two-hour documentary on Nadya Suleman that looks very depressing…and loud. More » -
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Heather "Dooce" Armstrong Tells Oprah How Blogging Saved Her Life
Yesterday's Oprah focused on the "new" kind of motherhood, in which women use humor to share experiences, mistakes, and lack of maternal instincts. Heather Armstrong Skyped in to talk about how her blog "saved" her. More » -
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What Say You?
Is the new book True Mom Confessions: Real Moms Get Real a great way for women to vent about the frustrations of motherhood? Or a catalyst for their kids' future therapy sessions? [New York Post] -
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Blame The Mother
A historian claims that the fact that Henry VIII was raised in a largely feminine household and that his handwriting bears a similarity to his mother's, shaped his "emotionally incontinent" personality and womanizing tendencies. [Telegraph] -
