Writing
the village is dead. long live the algorithm.
Let’s call this…. investigative art. Or field research. Basically, I want to know if the algorithm can actually be the 'village' we're all looking for, or if it just mimics support to keep us clicking.
you don't have to panic to care
Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is turn down the volume on everything else, look around you at your life, and remember who you are without all the voices around you trying to tell you who to be.
what i wish i'd known postpartum
(now that I’ve studied maternal mental health)
why i'm investigating mental health apps
…while building one myself.
Your Energy Can’t Create Reality If You Don’t Have Any
Why I’m done with the hustle culture, and maybe you should be, too.
it's always the mother's fault
From my substack (Wicks): 10 ridiculous things blamed on moms
the mother gap in maternal health apps
Pregnancy trackers are everywhere, but moms are still invisible. VeedaMom is here to change that.
both of us are new at this
From my substack (wicks): There are so many things I said I'd never do once I was a parent that I find laughable now. We are all better parents before we have kids.
mothers are crying out for help and society calls them evil
From my substack (Wicks): If people put the same effort they spend judging others into supporting them, the world would be a better place. Let me explain. Not that this really needs explaining.
Thoughts from the Rabbit Hole
From my substack (Wicks): Am I a “bad mom” because I’m not fulfilled by stay-at-home mom life?