I follow a Catholic stay-at-home mom of six on Instagram who, at the beginning of every year, does a “Home Reset” challenge where she invites her followers to join her in “resetting” or cleaning, decluttering, and overall bettering different parts of their homes. In previous years I didn’t join because I kept telling myself I…
On a recent post, I debunked the myth that both parents have to work and leave their children at the care of someone who won’t love them all day in order to be able to give said children “everything” they “need.” When both parents work, they get used to being able to afford more. But…
For this last post on my short series of “I wish multilingual influencers advocated for multilingualism rather than mediocrity that handicaps minorities” blog posts, I’ll be addressing another Instagram post that stirred something in me when I first came across it. (Find Part 1 and Part 2 here.) In case you needed it, here’s some…
This one is Part 2 of a series of posts (See part 1 here) that I wrote in response to a few misguided takes on Instagram that I felt needed to be brought down a few notches. Social media doesn’t give me the space or time to communicate effectively (I don’t do cheesy/dancing Reels, sell…