Mary McCarthy
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Maryland, United States
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The Cult of Victimhood
The peaceful transition of power is not too much for a democracy to ask. Most other presidents in history have simply written a polite letter to the next president and left it on the desk. America currently has an outgoing president refusing to accept the election results. This isn’t a close election like 2000, where the Supreme Court needs to make a decision on a difference of 500 votes in one… → Read More
News Cycle Anxiety
As a professional writer for over a quarter century I’m ashamed to say in 2020 I’ve published the lowest number of articles in my life. Why? Not one reason; many. Social unrest caused me to take a look at my own background and privilege, read and listen as much as I could, seek and find ways to learn and improve. The pandemic has rocked the nation and world and created a shocking political… → Read More
You’re Not Alone
A reminder during Suicide Prevention Week. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
Moment of Accidental Normalcy
This weird pandemic transitional phase between the full grips of terror and lockdown and the freedom to fully “move about the cabin” are bizarre. Different parts of the country and world have varying sets of rules. On social media, people who judged harshly and bossed people to stay home are sometimes the same people now demanding it’s time to set us free and open everything. It’s tricky knowing… → Read More
Parenting Quaranteenagers
Homeschooling teenagers for too long. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
Coronavirus Purgatory
Waiting for results from a Covid-19 test are some of the longest days of your life. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
A Note From Karen
I was today years old when scrolling through Twitter and saw a tweet that broke the Internet and asked the question: what was the most annoying phrase in the soon-to-be RIP 2010s? I’m totes here for this debate. There are so many things that the kids today have been saying— my Karen generation can hardly keep up. Faaaacts. No wonder my friends and I constantly have to speak to the manager. I… → Read More
How to Suck Less at Surfing
Listen to your 14-year-old, and donuts are okay. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
Breaking Up With Your Phone
Catherine Price’s book says delete all your social media apps. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
Fuck Shopping Center Pedicures
Life’s too short not to pay extra for the spa. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
Mall Rats
The new Stranger Things season is a shopping trip down memory lane for 1980s kids. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
Does Fake Sea Glass Matter?
The genuine versus artificial debate never ends. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
Sharing Your Hunting Beach
When someone asks where you beachcomb, it can often create an awkward situation if you’re not someone who wants to share the location. Maybe the beach is on private property and you’ve been granted special permission to go. Maybe you did years of research to find a spot and don’t want it blown up all over social media by people who think we should all “share the love.” Maybe it’s a fragile… → Read More
I'm 50 Today
The big decade birthdays are the only ones that are easy to remember when you’re a person of a “certain age.” The others are so unremarkable that I need my iPhone calculator to subtract 1969 from whatever year it is to discover my age. Ditto number of years married. For some dumb reason I’d saddled myself with big plans for when I turned 50, like a younger, hipper version of that nostalgic “when… → Read More
Keeping Score Outside the Dugout
Avoiding the teen baseball bench at all costs. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
The Unbelievable Wreck
Giant spoiler: not so long ago (2017) there was an eccentric artist who faked an entire shipwreck, created giant art-piece imitations of amusement-park style “artifacts” that he sold for millions of dollars, then made a documentary about the entire wreck which you’d think was real if you weren’t paying attention. The end. It’s called The Wreck of the Unbelievable, I’m still trying to make sense… → Read More
No One Puts Buzz in a Box
These characters are alive in the movies when adults aren’t watching. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
Choosing Nightmares
Getting off these damn prescription medicines. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
Mothers in Different Universes
Brag hags at the Times versus Moira Rose. || Mary McCarthy → Read More
Exhale the Bullshit
Letting go of toxic people and energy vampires. || Mary McCarthy → Read More