The Humiliation of Modern Motherhood

Last updated on: March 11, 2017 at 10:52 am By Anne Kennedy

I’ve just spent more whole minutes looking for some kind of explanation for why every single disembodied hand food video on Facebook exclusively uses chicken breasts. I must confess, I always stop and watch these videos, no matter how bizarre or how culinarily grotesque. The frozen banana dipped in chocolate, the Mexican tater tot casserole, and the most offensive of all–chicken breast with penna and any number of different kinds of sauce. What gives, Tasty Empire? Why the obsession with... Read more

7 Living Inside the Box Takes

Last updated on: March 10, 2017 at 8:52 am By Anne Kennedy

Kelly’s Takes today are about what is working in her homeschool. I might as well follow suit. I’m into my third quarter, and I’ve survived February, and so let’s see what’s working, and maybe even what’s not working, which has got to be a lot more exciting. One I have no idea how long I’ve been doing this–every time I pause to think about it I get sort of panicky and then decide that it won’t be helpful to attach... Read more

Looking for Something to Blame?

Last updated on: March 9, 2017 at 8:26 am By Anne Kennedy

I’ve been studiously reading the Internet now for whole minutes and I am deeply and abidingly disappointed to not find even one mention of the singular most oppressive factor for me today as a woman in America. More over, it’s really the only problem that could be easily solved that would provide material benefits over the short And long term. No, I’m not talking about doing away with all the men. I’m talking about once and for all Doing Away... Read more

For International Women’s Day be a Social Mercy Warrior

Last updated on: March 8, 2017 at 8:29 am By Anne Kennedy

Doesn’t have quite the same ring, does it? The very first time I heard the term Social Justice Warrior I was vaguely appalled. It took me a long time to figure out what I didn’t like about it, but really, each of the three words, Social, Justice, and Warrior sit uneasily for me as a Christian. As I like to say, I’m not from here. When I was sixteen I was forced to come back to America for sixth months... Read more

In Which I am Briefly Grateful for the Internet

Last updated on: March 7, 2017 at 8:19 am By Anne Kennedy

I spent a goodly part of yesterday lying back on the couch, staring into the middle distance, considering the possibility of Giving Up–on what exactly I have no idea, but it seemed to make sense at the time. I’m tired of feeling sub par and not being able to leap up and take a good long walk around the park, or even plank, which heretofore I have always hated doing. I could have picked up a book or something, like... Read more

Minimalism, the Brady Bunch and Edwardian England Podcast and Links

Last updated on: March 6, 2017 at 11:13 am By Anne Kennedy

Its a gray and chilly Monday morning here in Binghamton and I’m pretty sure there’s no hope for humanity. In that spirit this week I make little sense of the Brady Bunch, The Manor, and The Minimalists. Matt tries to save the day but there’s really nothing he can do in the face of my roiling, short temper. I’m sure you won’t want to miss it. And now on to Links. First, here is the Carl Trueman article that made... Read more

Dehumanization for All! Or You can Look at the Cross

Last updated on: March 5, 2017 at 7:32 am By Anne Kennedy

As is my wont, I have carried on thinking about the goodness of this article long after I hurriedly wrote about it. There are two more things I want to say. The first is that the problem of dehumanizing other people is both so deep and so broad that, I would say, it has become the cornerstone of our political and cultural discourse. In order that the world may see my goodness, I have to signal my proper rejection of... Read more

House and Booked Notes

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 10:34 am By Anne Kennedy

Turns out cleaning the house from top to bottom was of useful long term benefit to all the people who live here. It has never before been true that all of the portions of the house have been clean at the same time. If you clean one room–and put all the things away–while you’re doing that some other room is being dismantled piece by piece, and dirt is being purposefully carried in and distributed into every possible corner. This causes... Read more

7 Toothsome Takes

Last updated on: March 3, 2017 at 8:47 am By Anne Kennedy

Its Friday! And that means Takes. One It appears that if you want to buy my book on Amazon you have to wait. Cough. I should be appalled and saddened, and of course I am, but also just a teensy bit totally delighted. You know it must be worth having if it takes a long time to get! And also, if everyone else wants it it must be good! Two Spoiled the whole point of Ash Wednesday by immediately, and... Read more

You are Entitled to your Opinion

Last updated on: March 2, 2017 at 8:44 am By Anne Kennedy

Forgot to watch the Oscars last week, because of being too holy, and then didn’t watch the long Trump speech, because of being busy reading an actual book, and then didn’t click on any articles about Beauty and the Beast…well, maybe just one or two. Did read this good article about how we shouldn’t dehumanize Hollywood. I mean, I have to agree. It is wrong to deny the humanity of other people, even celebrities. But I kind of think that... Read more