The Upload

Making every day International Women's Day

Is there anything wrong with channeling my inner 8-year-old? Asking for a friend. | What the invisibility of older women has to do with the burnout of…

Mar 10, 2021 • 

Roxana Popescu

A shoutout to dads in the pandemic

You're not just parents, "too." You are parents, period. In the words of one "pissed" Reddit dad, "this relentless drumbeat of moms moms moms ... puts…

Mar 5, 2021 • 

Roxana Popescu

November 2020

The trouble with gratitude

My trip to the E.R. reveals a chilling alternative | gratitude vs. complacency | mom burnout

Nov 26, 2020 • 

Roxana Popescu

October 2020

On giving zero clucks

plus 3 itch-scratching links: "acceptance" parenting, the trouble with email trackers and AI meets gender stereotypes meets UGH

Oct 19, 2020 • 

Roxana Popescu

Behind ‘Butter' and 'Chaos'

reaching for butter, slipping on chaos

Oct 8, 2020 • 

Roxana Popescu

September 2020

July 2020