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Single Parenting: Doing the Best I Can

6/22/10 7:37am by sweetney
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Sweetney Girl

During the course of a conversation I had recently, a friend mentioned having parented solo for a few days the previous week while her husband was out of town on a business trip.  "I have no idea how you do that all the time, every day," she said. "There's no way I could." I get that a lot. Before this year, I could never have imagined how I'd do it either. But I have.  Read more >

Women's Liberation: Why I Couldn't Have Lived at Any Other Time in History

5/28/10 9:50am by sweetney
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Betty Draper

The other night I was watching "Mad Men" -- a show ostensibly about the machinations of the Madison Avenue advertising industry of the mid-sixties, but in truth more about what the lives of women were like during that era -- when I realized something. The only time in history I could've ever existed was during the past forty years.   Read more >

New VH1 Series "The Price of Beauty" Features Jessica Simpson Still Looking Unreasonably Attractive

7/3/09 5:19am by sweetney
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I just need to get my frustration about this out at this point I think, so please humor me whilst I vent a spell. You see, the entire frame of reference and basic thinking behind Jessica Simpson's upcoming reality show on beauty and body image REALLY rubs me the wrong way. As in, MAKES ME WANT TO GOUGE MY OWN EYEBALLS OUT WITH A SPORK. Yes, *that* kind of 'rubs me the wrong way.' Please allow me to explain (and/or rant semi-coherently) (Don't say I didn't warn ya!) (Wheee!).  Read more >

How Should We Mourn Michael Jackson?

6/29/09 7:46am by sweetney
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Faced with the aggrandizing media spectacle that's ensued since Michael Jackson's death last week, I can't help but wonder if we aren't experiencing some kind of collective cultural amnesia. The sudden, overly reverential elevation of Jackson's body of work and life these past few days is an odd turn to say the least, and in that sense a fitting end to the highly unusual life of very peculiar -- and yes, uniquely talented -- man.  Read more >

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Full Name
Tracey Gaughran-Perez
Member Since
January 2006
About Me: 
I'm a geeky Gen-X writer and parental unit from Charm City, USA. I blog about my life and interests at my personal blog Sweetney, am the founder/co-editor of the pop culture blog MamaPop, and the founder/co-editor of the style/design blog We Covet.
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michigan state,aquinas college
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