The more Mommy blogs going nuclear over playground etiquette I read and birthday parties of glazed adults munching cupcakes like demoralized zombies I attend, I realize this is what my friends who conceived before me meant by, 'You just won't care.' Emma McLaughlin adultattendbirthday share on social
As a rule, I try to steer clear of opinions pertaining to your parenting. I assume you're doing the best you can, and God bless. Emma McLaughlin assumeblessclear Change image and share on social
For a blink of an eye, there was so much media glare. It was unexpected, and I don't think we realized the magnitude of the message we were imparting with 'The Nanny Diaries.' There was also this added challenge that some of the media power players whose publications were doing stories on us perceived us to be sniping at their lifestyles. Emma McLaughlin addblinkchallenge share on social
Before novels written by women were relegated to their own 'genre,' I was introduced to Jane Smiley by a dear professor who raised my awareness of what female authors were bringing to the table of contemporary fiction. Emma McLaughlin authorawarenessbring share on social
Read at a time when everything feels intense, seminal, and like you're the first person to discover it, freshman year of college, Carol Gilligan's 'In a Different Voice' made my hair stand on end with awe. Emma McLaughlin awecarolcollege share on social
Cameron Crowe can write dialogue and shoot it with warmth and humor like nobody else. Emma McLaughlin cameroncrowedialogue Change image and share on social
I think just because you're a mom, it doesn't negate - if anything, you're probably more enhanced - that you're a woman trying to find your place in the world. Emma McLaughlin enhancefindmom Change image and share on social
We really set out in all our books to say something. Every one is an effort to bring the reader over and show them our theory as to why what we're talking about needs to be talked about. Emma McLaughlin bookbringeffort Change image and share on social
It's funny, we started writing chick-lit when it was just becoming a crowded marketplace, and now the same thing is happening with YA. It really used to just be one shelf at the library - Nancy Drew and Judy Blume. Emma McLaughlin blumechickcrowd share on social
We 'chicks' have munched our popcorn while romantic comedies became just comedies, and then each female protagonist got recast for Matthew McConaughey or Seth Rogan. Emma McLaughlin chickcomedyfemale Change image and share on social