Mothers Superior

(Peter Oumanski)

Bottle Feeders: Should Procreation Necessitate a Personal Prohibition?

Before I became a mother, I was, as my Sonoma County aunt is fond of saying, “a lover of the grape.” I liked my wine. So much so, in fact, that when I got pregnant, I continued to hold stemware at parties, feigning sips, because I knew that if I were to abstain among anyone who had seen the old, half-a-bottle-a-night me in action, the jig would immediately be up. Read More

Motherhood

Anthony.

Sympathy for the Devil: Can Anyone Relate to Casey Anthony?

I hesitated to ask the question. “Does anyone relate to Casey Anthony?” I said to a group of 20-something women. “I mean, at all? If she did plot to kill her child, can anyone understand where she’s coming from?”

I’d rather have asked the group if they felt a close personal kinship with Jeffrey Dahmer. Read More

Ranking NBC’s New Shows

While NBC still has another two weeks to finalize their fall schedule—fans of Medium, Law & Order and Chuck will have to continue to hold their respective vigils until May 19th, when a decision on those series’ fates is expected to be rendered—it’s never too early to start handicapping! In addition to the post-apocalyptic Day Read More