Never thought I'd have a book reviewed in the @nytimes! All the sweeter, as a sociologist, to see the reviewer praising my "exhaustively researched chapters" and "wry eye and ear for the key role that status plays in these confabulations." @fsgbooks

3-year-old: “You just burped and and said ‘excuse me.’” Me: “I did!” 3-year-old: “But you were by yourself in the room! Why did you say, ‘Excuse me’?” Me: “Well, sometimes our social expectations from frontstage filter into backstage.” 3-year-old: “That is what I thought!”

“We have so much in common. We both love soul and snow peas. We love the outdoors, and talking and not talking. We could not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about.” #RHOBH #bestinshow #kathyhilton #IYKYK

Somebody needs to write their dissertation on the representation of professors in children’s media.

@TwinkHousewife They can LEAVE

@KateCasey @BrianJMoylan SO good, though I think my favorite is the math major.

@TiWatchesTV @BrianJMoylan 😂

@BrianJMoylan 😂

@lexlanham Me tooooo!

@MsKimFleming @BrianJMoylan I love them so much.

Me: “Guess what! Your sister’s waiting for us out in the car!” 3-year-old: “That may be exciting for you, but it is not exciting for me.” ICE COLD.

Nobody ever talks about the dark side of Bluey, which is that your toddler now expects you to engage with her in imaginative play All. The. Time.

Pretend sledding with my toddler: ME: “Watch out for that cow! Watch out for that tree!” 3-YEAR-OLD: “Watch out for the flying burrito! Watch out for the clock with legs!” ME: “Wow, you win.”

You know you live in a small town when you run errands to five different places, and you see *a different person you know* at each of the places!

I thought my 3-year-old, who is usually pretty chill, would love Toy Story. Um, she is interpreting it as a horror film. It’s a fair read.

3-year-old: “Alexa listened to me! I’m, like, a real person now!”

Me: “I cannot make you a smoothie while simultaneously helping you wash your hands. I am only one person.” Three-year-old: “But you have two hands.” #thisisthree #toddlerlogic #momfail

I spoke to the LA Times about the connection between reality TV and MAGA politics. You can check out the piece here! @latimes

A reality competition where you have to cook while being interrupted by children who are fighting with each other and demanding juice every 30 seconds.

3-year-old: “We got a new rug? Oh, how delightful for us!”