Vivian, our Too Damn Young founder, recently wrote a response to the recent Huffington Post article, “What It Is Like to Date a Girl Without a Mother.” She found it to be simplistic, demeaning, and stereotypical.
So did I. I am not without a mother, but I am without a father, and the assumptions the HuffPost article made are ones that have been made about me time and time again. “She will pretend she doesn’t have emotions.” “She will feel a sense of embarrassment when someone asks about her parents.” “Holidays will always be hard for her.” “She will cry a lot, but you won’t know when she does.” “She will hide, she will not accept your love right away, and it will take her a while to realize she is more than deserving of it.” As a girl who has lost her father, add some token ’emotional detachment’ and ‘daddy issues’ to that list. I resent being reduced to a list of obstacles to overcome. Read more at Too Damn Young:
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Posted March 26th, 2016 Inspiration for your Easter Basket at Anthropologie. Styling and photography by me and Abby Vombrack. The @anthro_highlandparkil Instagram account has since been replaced with @anthro_chicago. One of my close friends has been through the wringer this past year. Her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and has spent the year going through treatment. This past month her brother was in an accident and will need to go through extensive physical therapy.
I just attended this friend’s baby shower. It was a beautiful gathering of friends and family celebrating new life entering the world. New life. When celebrating a baby, you don’t think about life’s fragility because babies have their whole lives ahead of them. However, juxtaposed next to the rest of what my friend has been through recently, it’s hard to not recognize that in the blink of an eye, the vision with which you see the future can be jeopardized. Read more at Too Damn Young: |
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