Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud
I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist
Where have I been? Driving. And driving and driving. I work until 3, 3:30 sometimes 4:00 if I’m not watching the clock, then get in the car to drive my kids. And the neighbor’s. And other kids, vaguely familiar from preschool a decade ago, hanging out whose moms “work” and since I’m home, can I swing them home? On the other side of the Ponderosa. And it’s a big motherf’ing
Friends have been asking me when I’m going to go off on the Abercrombie push-up bra for the busty 8 year olds in your life. But I’m not. I need to protect myself from the Abercrombie loving feminist trolls who attacked without warning when I confessed I would not, could not, shop at perfumed slut inducing stores sexualizing little girls. Boy, did that hit a nerve. I was hating Abercrombie
Saturday night in the ‘burbs. What’s your idea of a perfect night? How about a slew of boys jammed into the back of a Suburban, gassed up with a never ending supply of beef jerky and Pop Rocks, heading to the big city for lil’ bit of culture. Sound like fun, a trip down memory lane, or culture shock? Living in the suburbs has its benefits, but you sure do
An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...
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xo Kate