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Oh Ricky, You’re So Fine

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June 11th, 2013

It’s reunion season again, and with it (thanks to the modern conveniences of email and Facebook) a mass dredging and sharing of old images. Some of these blasts from the [...]

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Baby Shower Blues

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May 6th, 2013

Until the ’90s, baby showers were silly parties with pink and blue luncheons. I’d suffer through inane games, precious decorations, and the cooing with every single gift opening at cute [...]

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First Love

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April 10th, 2013

Saturday my 10-year-old spent five hours on Facetime with her current BFF. The iPad and girlfriend followed her everywhere, passing judgement on what to wear or lunch options. (I feel [...]

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Girls And Guns

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February 5th, 2013

When I was in high school shootings were scarce. Which is why, when I saw an older girl with a gun at school one day, I did not say anything. [...]

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Stay In Touch

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January 1st, 2013

Tootzypop Classics: We’re saying goodbye to 2012 and ushering in 2013 with a celebration of some of the year’s most read posts. This post originally ran on June 20, 2012. [...]

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Give What You Love: 2012 Holiday Gift Guide Day #9

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December 5th, 2012

The Tootzypop 2012 Holiday Gift Guide runs from Black Friday, November 23, through Friday, December 7. The changes we undergo in menopause are as crazy-making as the hormonal highs of [...]

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Hand Made By The Hand Of Another: 2012 Holiday Gift Guide Day #6

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November 30th, 2012

The Tootzypop 2012 Holiday Gift Guide runs from Black Friday, November 23, through Friday, December 7. When I was about 10 years old, my mother insisted that I should make [...]

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For All Your Little Friends: 2012 Holiday Gift Guide Day #1

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November 23rd, 2012

The Tootzypop 2012 Holiday Gift Guide runs from Black Friday, November 23, through Friday, December 7. If you haven’t already been exposed to the viral phenomenon of photographer Seth Casteel’s [...]