Meaghan O'Connell
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author of AND NOW WE HAVE EVERYTHING // senior features editor @romper // not here
Portland, OR
Joined September 2008
i loved writing this and seeing these movies <3
2025 Was the Year of Movies About Mothers on the Edge
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lizards mentioned i get to post my favorite video of all time
it’s so crazy to me that people live in places with lizards. imagine leaving your house and seeing a lizard
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no one should speak about the braided essay without
Creative nonfiction writers be like: I first ate a hotdog when I was six years old. I remember the taste, the scent, the summer. SECTION BREAK Hot dogs were invented in 1693 by Steven Hotdog. According to Scientific American, the hotdog is
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wrote about the increasing number of pregnant women taking stimulants like ritalin and adderall (including myself) and the growing idea that maternal health *is* fetal health – my first for @romper: https://t.co/8oH4bgB4IC
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Increasing numbers of pregnant people are resuming their ADHD meds after the first trimester, under the careful guidance of their doctor.
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He says he loved wicked but could have done without the singing
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my Portland son’s disappointment that “Jeff” owns Whole Foods hehe
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ready to either start or subscribe to a newsletter that simply does a really good edit on an already-published story
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"The relationship between parents, child, and child’s plate is usually a fraught little triangle in some way, and all parties would be relieved if no one else tried to get involved." Great pre-Thanksgiving read by @ktmcfierceson
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Don't — I repeat, don't — ask him if he wants to try anything.
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read this!
In 2023 I wrote a novel about oil that partly takes place in Baku, and now world oil interests have convened in Baku for the spectacle that is COP29. Energy & climate reporter @CoralMDavenport asked me about this unintentional synchronicity.
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beautiful
Fun fact for those who have not followed these cases is that the whole argument is based on part of the WY constitution that says all citizens have a right to health care. This was added by Republicans who opposed the ACA and it is now being used to block their abortion bans
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Moms Are Worried About Their Sons Post-Election, Too Parents across the country are thinking about how to raise Gen Alpha boys with more empathy and emotional intelligence. by Meg St-Esprit and L'Oreal Thompson Payton https://t.co/WGKPntNQqr
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Parents across the country are thinking about how to raise Gen Alpha boys with more empathy and emotional intelligence.
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Moms all over America were feeling worried about their sons this week — and eager to do all they can to correct for some really dark cultural forces. @LTintheCity and @MegStEsprit dropped everything to talk to a bunch of them:
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Parents across the country are thinking about how to raise Gen Alpha boys with more empathy and emotional intelligence.
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Welp, as if it weren't clear already, we have to really think about how we're raising boys in this country
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Parents across the country are thinking about how to raise Gen Alpha boys with more empathy and emotional intelligence.
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There is no evidence they're effective but there IS evidence that they make kids feel less safe at school. So why're we making students rehearse their own deaths? A Portland public school official suggested a particularly, uh, noteworthy use case.
This story from @mirandarake convinced me: our kids should really not be doing lockdown drills in schools
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This story from @mirandarake convinced me: our kids should really not be doing lockdown drills in schools
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I'm opting my son out — here's why.
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In honor of the Veterans, for every like this post receives I will post one (1) abuse visited upon my family system due to the trauma of military service
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