Role Reboot

Why It Makes Me Uncomfortable When You Call My Daughter A ‘Good Baby’

I do not want to raise my daughter to believe that she is only worthy of praise when her experience of the world is palatable to others. Last week, my nine-month-old daughter flew on a plane for the first time. We packed a ludicrous volume of snacks and toys into our carry-on bag, and it […]

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Accept My Facebook Addiction

It involves a nervous breakdown, and trying to come to terms with open vulnerability. We are obsessed with it, and we obsess over why we’re so obsessed with it. “There is something undeniably totalitarian about the combination of mass media, Web, and social media,” that great social networking grouch Jonathan Franzen once (or twenty times) […]