Tag: wine

  • The Disney-fication of Drunk Mom’s

    The Disney-fication of Drunk Mom’s

    This past week, from the bully pulpit of social media, the Today Show and Fox News helped this image of American moms welcoming the new school year, XL wine glasses joyfully raised in a toast to “me-time” go viral. It has become the feel-good image of the new school year. If you read the Today…

  • Poison’s Gate

    Poison’s Gate

    Please gather round my dearest friendsAnd to this tale your ears doth lend.My tale thus speaks, of highs and lowsAnd seems the same where life goes. There was a time when days were long All full of youth of wine of song. But time and tides are no-ones slaves They soon destroy such joyful days.…

  • What is Wrong With this Picture?

    What is Wrong With this Picture?

    Crayons, glue, backpack, binders, a magnum of wine. Ready for the first day of school. When did it become ok to sell the wine with the back-to-school supplies? Have wine and parenting become so enmeshed? It makes me sad to see that. I know that 5 or 6 years ago those big bottles of wine…

  • Cognitive Dissonance – The Hard Sell of “Wine Time” as Benign

    Cognitive Dissonance – The Hard Sell of “Wine Time” as Benign

    There is a lot of pressure for adults to drink. If you are out to dinner and are offered a glass of wine, you’ll most likely be questioned or even challenged if you turn it down. We’ve been taught that drinking is essential to having a good time. We’ve been sold the idea that all…

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