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Hey mums, please stop making it impossible for me to defend us!
You want a village but you keep slagging them off on TikTok
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Boys: if the algorithm doesn’t get them, the presumption that they’re future sexual deviants probably will.
The boys are not alright, but neither is the discourse about them
Jan 8
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I am afraid of literally everything. Except bedsharing.
On anxiety, oximeters, and why the safest I've ever felt is by doing the thing we're told will kill our babies.
Jan 1
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What emergency vets and dead grandmas taught me about Christmas expectations
Spoiler: HAVE NONE.
Dec 24, 2025
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Unpopular opinion: pregnancy nesting is just anxiety with better PR
See also: I scrubbed skirting boards at 39 weeks pregnant and my baby has never once thanked me
Dec 18, 2025
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Bonnie Blue, 1000 men and the façade of empowerment
Aug 4, 2025
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“This is such an odd way to tell the world that you hate being a mother.”
Oct 16, 2025
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21 things I want to say to DINKS
Oct 9, 2025
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Breast is best, until it's selfish.
Jun 12, 2025
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Is your cleavage also undermining your credibility? The problem with having tits.
Dec 11, 2025
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A morning in the life of an Extreme Mother
A mockumentary...
Dec 4, 2025
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When did maternal autonomy become a product? Thoughts on cosleeping, free birth, and a $13 million empire
An Instagram post, a Guardian exposé and the commodification of maternal rage
Nov 27, 2025
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I paid £1 to read 'parenting guru' Gina Ford's thoughts on child-centred parenting destroying marriages and I want my money back
No, really, can I get a refund?
Nov 20, 2025
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Shay Mitchell is selling face masks to toddlers while I use 52p bum wipes as skincare: some thoughts
Face masks for 3 year olds - are we all just chronically online angry heads or is this actually grim?
Nov 13, 2025
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Cosleeping might save your sanity but it will kill your marriage (apparently)
(and other lies we tell mothers to keep them up at night)
Nov 6, 2025
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There's never a right time to have a baby
(there's only the time it happens)
Oct 23, 2025
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“This is such an odd way to tell the world that you hate being a mother.”
The great sit-down controversy of 2025
Oct 16, 2025
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21 things I want to say to DINKS
(With love. Sort of.)
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jenroswrites
30 something mum to a toddling whirlwind. Writing about motherhood, womanhood and how society shapes both. Sometimes deep, sometimes funny, most times a bit of both. Honest reflections on the ups, downs and sideways. Probably exposing myself.
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