Too buried in end-of-semester grading to write complete sentences. With no further ado, links and recommendations!

Anne Tyler's newest book, Digging to America, is so worth getting on a waiting list at your library for. Or buying in hardback, like I did for my mom.

Happy Housewife vs. Mad Mommy by Lakshmi Chaudhry.

Ruth Rosen on The Care Crisis

Letter to My Daughter and Letter to My Mother, in which a mother-daughter pair discuss feminism.

Amy DePaul's Day Care Workers Flex Their Muscles.

Psychiatric Labels Plague Women's Mental Health by Paula J. Caplan.

Finally, I'm loving Rabbit Fur Coat by Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins. I'd been feeling a little old and stodgy, wanting to listen only to music I already knew I liked, when Chip convinced me to give this one a listen. It's times like this when I remember how lucky I was to find a guy who knows what music I'll like before I do.