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"The thing about parents of kids with autism, though? We fight for our kids. It would be nice, though, if we didn’t have to do so much fighting."
Today's post processes and responds to the current rhetoric on autism:
afroemling.substack.com/p/when-you-s...
Today's post processes and responds to the current rhetoric on autism:
afroemling.substack.com/p/when-you-s...
When You Say We Need a Cure for Autism, You're Saying My Child Shouldn't Exist
Autism isn't an epidemic, but marginalizing vulnerable groups is.
afroemling.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"The thing about parents of kids with autism, though? We fight for our kids. It would be nice, though, if we didn’t have to do so much fighting."
Today's post processes and responds to the current rhetoric on autism:
afroemling.substack.com/p/when-you-s...
Today's post processes and responds to the current rhetoric on autism:
afroemling.substack.com/p/when-you-s...
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My favorite parenting podcast, One Bad Mother, posted its final episode last week.
My Shall You Know? post for this week is a review of OBM's 12-year run.
#onebadmother #obm #motherhood
My Shall You Know? post for this week is a review of OBM's 12-year run.
#onebadmother #obm #motherhood
March Listens: One Bad Mother
My parenting-podcast security blanket posted its final show last week (but don't worry; there are over 500 episodes to listen to and love)
afroemling.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
My favorite parenting podcast, One Bad Mother, posted its final episode last week.
My Shall You Know? post for this week is a review of OBM's 12-year run.
#onebadmother #obm #motherhood
My Shall You Know? post for this week is a review of OBM's 12-year run.
#onebadmother #obm #motherhood
This week's post hits different if you're a more-than-casual lover of #taylorswift songs.
Since I wrote this, they've stopped calling her Taylor "Spith," but they're not fully out of the bubble just yet.
❤️
Since I wrote this, they've stopped calling her Taylor "Spith," but they're not fully out of the bubble just yet.
❤️
The Taylor Spith Bubble
My kids' innocent love of T. Swift is a larger commentary on how much they have yet to learn.
afroemling.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This week's post hits different if you're a more-than-casual lover of #taylorswift songs.
Since I wrote this, they've stopped calling her Taylor "Spith," but they're not fully out of the bubble just yet.
❤️
Since I wrote this, they've stopped calling her Taylor "Spith," but they're not fully out of the bubble just yet.
❤️
"Within the layers upon layers of dissonance that come with motherhood, we often sit in different contexts of the paradoxical feeling that we should be doing everything and nothing all at once."
Today's post explores my brain's tug-of-war between doing all the things and doing none of the things!
Today's post explores my brain's tug-of-war between doing all the things and doing none of the things!
Everything and Nothing All at Once
The great balance of doing all the things and none of the things
afroemling.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Within the layers upon layers of dissonance that come with motherhood, we often sit in different contexts of the paradoxical feeling that we should be doing everything and nothing all at once."
Today's post explores my brain's tug-of-war between doing all the things and doing none of the things!
Today's post explores my brain's tug-of-war between doing all the things and doing none of the things!
If you agree that a circle of hell involves listening to your child sniffle endlessly without accepting a single tissue, then this is the post for you: "Everyone Here is Boogery" is up on my Substack. Enjoy!
Everyone Here is Boogery
And no child in sight wants to use a tissue.
afroemling.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If you agree that a circle of hell involves listening to your child sniffle endlessly without accepting a single tissue, then this is the post for you: "Everyone Here is Boogery" is up on my Substack. Enjoy!
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Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
February 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
Two texts I read in February reminded me to make space and time to check in on how I'm feeling: Rachel Yoder's Nightbitch and Etaf Rum's Evil Eye.
Big takeaway: I can love my children infinitely and still acknowledge that this motherhood shit is hard.
@rachelyoder.bsky.social
Big takeaway: I can love my children infinitely and still acknowledge that this motherhood shit is hard.
@rachelyoder.bsky.social
February Reads: Evil Eye & Nightbitch
(No, that's not a kickass duo of superhero moms, although it really should be)
afroemling.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Two texts I read in February reminded me to make space and time to check in on how I'm feeling: Rachel Yoder's Nightbitch and Etaf Rum's Evil Eye.
Big takeaway: I can love my children infinitely and still acknowledge that this motherhood shit is hard.
@rachelyoder.bsky.social
Big takeaway: I can love my children infinitely and still acknowledge that this motherhood shit is hard.
@rachelyoder.bsky.social