Meredith O'Brien is the author of A Suburban Mom: Notes from the Asylum, a collection of humor and parenting columns, teaches journalism at the University of Massachusetts and writes the Working Moms in Pop Culture & Politics and Newsdesk columns for Mommy Track'd.

Blog Entries by Meredith O'Brien

Cashmere Mafia Misfire

Posted January 14, 2008 | 05:44 PM (EST)


Scene 1: A mom decided to camp out in her hall closet in order to conduct a business call while her two, grade school-aged kids were running about the house, loudly shouting her name.

Scene 2: After her child care arrangements fell through - via a frantic phone call from...

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Life Imitates Art: Juno & Jamie Lynn Spears

Posted January 7, 2008 | 12:15 PM (EST)


First things first. The new indie flick Juno does not glamorize teen pregnancy. Sixteen-year-old Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) isn't a shrinking violet or a wide-eyed doe who does not understand contraception. (She just doesn't use it). Nor is she someone who sleeps around either. (She got pregnant during her one...

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Top 10 Pop Culture Real Mom Moments For 2008

Posted December 18, 2007 | 04:19 PM (EST)



Clean slates... Ambitious (unachievable) lists about how one can better one's life in the next 365 days.

As the new year approaches, the media are filled with stories reflecting on the past 12 months. And there are lists of every type imaginable. Here at Mommy Track'd, it's...

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Trailblazing on 34th Street

Posted November 26, 2007 | 12:20 PM (EST)


While many dust off their DVD of the classic 1947 Christmas film, Miracle on 34th Street at this time of year, how many have actually taken the time to notice that Doris Walker, the divorced single mom played by Maureen O'Hara, was, in fact, a working mom who was...
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The Working Mother's Guide To Managed Chaos: Kids, Career, Great Sex -- Two Out of Three is All You Get

Posted October 10, 2007 | 11:03 AM (EST)


Remember the 1970s commercial for Enjoli Perfume in which a woman danced around in a sexy dress claiming to be able to bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan -- and never let you forget you're a man? I venture to bet that very few modern women...

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