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It Takes A (Pony-Loving) Village – Her Bad Mother

Last week I asked the Internet if there were more boys like Jasper out there – boys who love My Little Pony, unabashedly or otherwise. And I asked that if there were such boys – and I was certain that

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Don’t Talk To Me About Life – Her Bad Mother

Life is precious. Life is precious. The words keep surfacing. Life is precious. Tomorrow, Jasper turns 11. It’s his birthday, and that’s lovely and I’m excited and there’ll be presents and cake and a

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She’s Gonna Ride These Wild Horses – Her Bad Mother

When I was 11 years old, I stole a horse. Actually, it’s probably more accurate to say that I borrowed the horse — I had every intention of returning it — but still: I took a horse that did not belong

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Who’s Gonna Ride These Wild Horses? – Her Bad Mother

In honor of International Women’s Day, this: a repurposing of an essay that I wrote for Canadian Family a couple of years ago, about my ambitions and frustrations in living up to my own self-assigned

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Living In America – Her Bad Mother

This past weekend was Thanksgiving weekend, except that it wasn’t, which was weird. I mean, it was Thanksgiving weekend, for Americans, but even though we’re in America, we’re not, actually, you know,

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Don’t Call Her A Tomboy – Her Bad Mother

The whole conversation started because I don’t like the word “tomboy.” “Mommy, case ” my daughter Emilia said to me one day a few months ago, erectile “I think that I’m a tomboy.” “Because I like a

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A Princess Is A Wish Your Imagination Makes – Her Bad Mother

When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a princess. I wasn’t particularly fussy about what kind of princess I might be; indeed, my definition of ‘princess’ was pretty loose, to the extent that if you

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The Politics Of My Little Pony – Her Bad Mother

My seven year old son, Jasper, loves My Little Pony. A lot. He watches the show; he reads the books; he collects the mini-figures. He can tell you everything about the Equestria universe and the creat