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Huzzah!
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ās UNFIT PARENT made it to
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Literary Mama
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Unfit Parent is an excellent book that made
@npr.org
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@jessicaslice.bsky.social
here!
@beaconpress.bsky.social
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āIāve experienced too many moments,ā
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
writes
@theatlantic.com
, ātrapped upstairs while my family laughs, argues, sings, or cries, just out of reach.ā A beautiful, harrowing essay shepherded by
@katecray.bsky.social
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www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
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Homes Still Arenāt Designed for a Body Like Mine
Why is it so hard for disabled people to find safe, accessible places to live?
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/07/disabled-housing-accessibility-exclusion/683682/
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The Atlantic
5 months ago
Food-distribution points in Gaza have practically become death traps,
@ibishblog.bsky.social
argues. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation may not have intended to create these conditions, but it now perpetuates them without correction and with full awareness.
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Food Aid in Gaza Has Become a Horror
In the scramble for sustenance, Palestinians are gunned down for no reason, with no excuse.
https://bit.ly/4l3CT46
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The Atlantic
5 months ago
āIāve been disabled for 14 years,ā Jessica Slice writes, ābut have never lived somewhere safe where I can use all (or even most) of the rooms.ā She reports on the indignities of seeking housing when exclusion is built into the architecture:
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Homes Still Arenāt Designed for a Body Like Mine
Why is it so hard for disabled people to find safe, accessible places to live?
https://bit.ly/41dSRBu
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6 months ago
Just listened to this EXCELLENT episode of
@mentalpod.bsky.social
about what itās like to be a parent with a disability. Boy was I ignorant before this š® A little less so now. So many epic quotes in there, too!
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#753 Myths About The Disabled Parent - Jessica Slice
Podcast Episode Ā· Mental Illness Happy Hour Ā· 20/06/2025 Ā· 1h 58m
https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?l=en&i=1000713767569
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Art Viewer
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Recommending
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
's Unfit Parent whether you're a parent and whether or not you're disabled. Taking an uncommonly broad stance on the subject, Slice gets to the heart of the matter via some harrowing detailed research: we need to imagine a different way of living ā together.
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The Massachusetts Review
6 months ago
"Unfit Parent takes readers through the more individual experience of bringing an infant home, and caring for a needy baby while inhabiting a needy body." MR manager Emily Wojcik looks at
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
's latest book, UNFIT PARENT:
massreview.org/2025/07/08/r...
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Review of Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World by Jessica Slice - The Massachusetts Review
We must invite (or force) gatekeepers to adjust their understanding of what it means to be a capable parent. As disabled caretakers, we invite judgement when we leave the house with our children and, ...
https://massreview.org/2025/07/08/review-of-unfit-parent-a-disabled-mother-challenges-an-inaccessible-world-by-jessica-slice/
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NPR
7 months ago
Raising two kids while living with an autonomic nervous system disorder taught Jessica Slice to embrace interdependence. Her story is a reminder to parents of the power of asking for help.
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A disabled mom's message to parents: We all need help, and it's OK to ask for it
Raising two kids while living with an autonomic nervous system disorder taught Jessica Slice to embrace interdependence. Her story is a reminder to parents of the power of asking for help.
https://n.pr/4kBXjBi
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āBecoming disabled pushed me into a relationship with actual life and actual people and our collective reality of all being fragile. It pushed me into being alive in a way that I wasnāt able to access before.ā -
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
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A Beautiful Conversation That Will Shift Your Thinking About Parenting
What it looks like to parent with acute aliveness
https://open.substack.com/pub/annehelen/p/a-beautiful-conversation-that-will-5fb?selection=368559d8-3642-4cbe-a0b4-ceca25521792
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Beacon Press
8 months ago
The truth is that disabled people are about as likely to report a good quality of life as a nondisabled person, despite assumptions to the contrary. As
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
will tell you, that goes for disabled parents, too.
@thecut.com
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The Disabled-Parent Myth
āThe nondisabled version of myself parenting would have had a very hard time,ā says author Jessica Slice. āMy disability forced me to let go.ā
https://buff.ly/94aGSt3
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āWe [disabled parents] are showing that there are countless ways to have bodies and minds and that itās OK to cross the border of whatās expected. We are not reminders of deathāwe are reminders of how full life can be.ā ā
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I canāt go everywhere my daughter goes ā and itās heartbreaking
For disabled parents, the built environment can be inaccessible ā but we are showing that there are countless ways to have bodies and minds
https://buff.ly/zRcGDCC
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All Of It, with Alison Stewart
8 months ago
Today:
#SarahRuhl
has a new book of teacher appreciation essays;
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
's new memoir about motherhood and disability; Highlights with this month's Get Lit guests
@lailalalami.com
& the Moroccan musicians of Imal Gnawa Live at noon on 93.9 FM, AM820 or
@wnyc.org
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Beacon Press
8 months ago
Accessibility is adjusting the environment to allow disabled people to participate.
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
says the belief that itās worse to be disabled thrives in part because disability is a reminder that bodies and minds fail.
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I canāt go everywhere my daughter goes ā and itās heartbreaking
For disabled parents, the built environment can be inaccessible ā but we are showing that there are countless ways to have bodies and minds
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8 months ago
Itās legal in 22 states to remove a child because their parent is disabled. Let that sink in.
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
#DisabilityJustice
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How the Child Welfare System Prioritizes Autonomous Family Units, and Punishes Disabled Parents
A faded sign outside boasted great rates and free local calls. The motel windows did nothing to block the West Oakland road noise. Sitting on the stained quilt, Natalie and her fifteen-year-old dauā¦
https://lithub.com/how-the-child-welfare-system-prioritizes-autonomous-family-units-and-punishes-disabled-parents
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8 months ago
A wonderful
@wbur.org
interview with
@beaconpress.bsky.social
author
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
, discussing her book UNFIT PARENT: A DISABLED MOTHER CHALLENGES AN INACCESSIBLE WORLD. Take a listen!
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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New book 'Unfit Parent' shares what parents with disabilities can teach the rest of society
Disabled author Jessica Slice learned that despite often negative societal views, those who were disabled could often parent very well.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/04/30/unfit-parent-book
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Beacon Press
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Parents are expected to insulate their children from many harms. When youāre a disabled parent like
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, inaccessibility sets up more obstacles.
#MotherhoodJourney
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I canāt go everywhere my daughter goes ā and itās heartbreaking
For disabled parents, the built environment can be inaccessible ā but we are showing that there are countless ways to have bodies and minds
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/apr/15/parenting-disability-wheelchair
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8 months ago
For
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
, becoming a parent isnāt all that different from becoming disabled. Itās often messy and unpredictable and releases the delusion of control.
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What Disability Taught Me About Parenting | Cup of Jo
I had been disabled for six years when I became a foster mom...
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Beacon Press
8 months ago
ā[A]s a society, weāre taught to fear disability⦠Thereās disability everywhere, and society has been telling you for decades that this is a terrible way to live.ā ā
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
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The world often judges disabled parents. What if it listened to them?
Jessica Sliceās memoir, āUnfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World,ā has lessons for all parents.
https://buff.ly/hH8sZ3L
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Beacon Press
8 months ago
When
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
became disabled at 28, she underwent a necessary transformation ā from an always on-the-go perfectionist to a more patient, more honest human. She says this second version of herself is more attuned to what kids need.
#DisabilityVoices
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A Conversation with Author Jessica Slice ā Diversability
I had the privilege of chatting with author Jessica Slice (she/her). J essicaās book, Unfit Parent , explores p arenting with a disability.
https://buff.ly/2UzxFlF
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The Atlantic
9 months ago
Becoming disabled is a crash course in giving and receiving care, adapting to the unexpected, and accepting imperfectionāall of which are crucial for parents. Jessica Slice on how disability can be a parenting strength:
https://theatln.tc/vd9m2aYf
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Lit Hub
9 months ago
āOur cultureās deluded insistence that a nuclear family should be autonomous has far-reaching negative consequences, which include disabled parents losing custody of their kids.ā
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
explores the disastrous challenges of parenting in an ableist system.
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How the Child Welfare System Prioritizes Autonomous Family Units, and Punishes Disabled Parents
A faded sign outside boasted great rates and free local calls. The motel windows did nothing to block the West Oakland road noise. Sitting on the stained quilt, Natalie and her fifteen-year-old dauā¦
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"For disabled parents, the built environment can be inaccessible," writes disabled author and speaker Jessica Slice. "But we are showing that there are countless ways to have bodies and minds".
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I canāt go everywhere my daughter goes ā and itās heartbreaking
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/apr/15/parenting-disability-wheelchair?CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1744830397-1
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Beacon Press
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Thereās a profound idea at the heart of
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
ās UNFIT PARENT: Ableism is born of a fear of need and a fear of death. How can the nondisabled rewire that way of thinking?
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The world often judges disabled parents. What if it listened to them?
Jessica Sliceās memoir, āUnfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World,ā has lessons for all parents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/04/07/jessica-slice-memoir/
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The Atlantic
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Becoming disabled is a crash course in giving and receiving care, adapting to the unexpected, and accepting imperfectionāall of which are crucial for parents. Jessica Slice on how disability can be a parenting strength:
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The Biggest Surprise About Parenting With a Disability
In many ways it made me a better caregiver.
https://bit.ly/43U9QLB
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New York Magazine
9 months ago
āIf I imagine the nondisabled version of myself parenting, she would have had a very hard time,ā says Jessica Slice, author of the new book āUnfit Parent.ā āMy years of disability had forced me to let go of my inflated sense of control.ā
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The Disabled-Parent Myth
āIf I imagine the nondisabled version of myself parenting, she would have had a very hard time,ā says Jessica Slice, author of the new book āUnfit Parent.ā āMy years of disability had forced me to let go of my inflated sense of control.ā
https://www.thecut.com/article/jessica-slice-disability-parenting-unfit-parent.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=bluesky
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The Cut
9 months ago
āThe nondisabled version of myself parenting would have had a very hard time,ā says author Jessica Slice. āMy disability forced me to let go.ā
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The Disabled-Parent Myth
āThe nondisabled version of myself parenting would have had a very hard time,ā says author Jessica Slice. āMy disability forced me to let go.ā
http://www.thecut.com/article/jessica-slice-disability-parenting-unfit-parent.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=thecut&utm_source=bluesky
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Beacon Press
9 months ago
Happy
#BookBDay
,
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
! š„³ UNFIT PARENT, her paradigm-shifting look at the landscape of disabled parenting and how disability culture holds the key to transforming the way we all raise our kids, is āa glorious, revelatory book.ā ā
@edyong209.bsky.social
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One group of parents is often overlooked: the 1 in 15 with disabilities. Author Jessica Slice, who became disabled years before becoming a mother, says the experience prepared her for parenthood. Ali Rogin speaks with Slice about her new book
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New book āUnfit Parentā provides valuable parenting lessons from the disabled community
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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The Atlantic
9 months ago
Becoming disabled is a crash course in giving and receiving care, adapting to the unexpected, and accepting imperfectionāall of which are crucial for parents. Jessica Slice on how disability can be a parenting strength:
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Being Disabled Made Me a Better Parent
And the lessons Iāve learned could help any caregiver.
https://bit.ly/3En9DGa
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AndrƩ Picard @picardonhealth
9 months ago
What
#disability
can teach us about becoming a new parent, by Jessica Slice, author of "Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
via
@theglobeandmail.com
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Opinion: What disability can teach us about becoming a new parent
Disabled people are used to pain management, adapting to change and advocating for their needs in a new phase of life - valuable lessons for welcoming a newborn
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-what-disability-can-teach-us-about-becoming-a-new-parent/
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Businesslady š¦ļøšŖ¶š
9 months ago
every paragraph of this short interview with Jessica Slice has at least one š”about parenting, capitalism, & ableism/disability. unless you are a bodyless brain in a jar, you should take the time to read it. (& I can only imagine her book is amazing)
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The world often judges disabled parents. What if it listened to them?
Jessica Sliceās memoir, āUnfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World,ā has lessons for all parents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/04/07/jessica-slice-memoir/
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@jessicaslice.bsky.social
ās UNFIT PARENT is an essential addition to the motherhood canon. She unsparingly explores the challenges but also spends time in the joys of disabled parenthood.
#DisabledVoices
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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@beaconpress.bsky.social
author
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
talks with
@motherofitallpod.bsky.social
about disabled parenting & life with a second child. Her book UNFIT PARENT: A DISABLED MOTHER CHALLENGES AN INACCESSIBLE WORLD is out 4/15!
motherofitall.substack.com/p/the-wisdom...
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The Wisdom of Disabled Parenting 2.0 with Jessica Slice
We reunite with author and parent Jessica's Slice ahead of the release of her tremendous book, Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World, to learn how her life with a second chi...
https://motherofitall.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-of-disabled-parenting
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Beacon Press
9 months ago
Parenting in public as a disabled person is hard because people often have opinions, but the truth is that disability has a lot of overlapping skill sets with caring for a newborn.
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
#DisabilityVoices
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The world often judges disabled parents. What if it listened to them?
Jessica Sliceās memoir, āUnfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World,ā has lessons for all parents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/04/07/jessica-slice-memoir/
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Beacon Press
9 months ago
Disability has informed
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
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#DisabilityVoices
@motherofitallpod.bsky.social
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The Wisdom of Disabled Parenting 2.0 with Jessica Slice
We reunite with author and parent Jessica's Slice ahead of the release of her tremendous book, Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World, to learn how her life with a secondā¦
https://buff.ly/11CylSI
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Spoonie Threads
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Jessica Sliceās new memoir is honest, funny, and so needed. She writes about disabled motherhood, ableism, and joyāwith zero sugarcoating and so much heart. š Read the WaPo story:
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
#DisabilityMemoir
#ChronicIllness
#DisabledMoms
#DisabilityPride
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The world often judges disabled parents. What if it listened to them?
Jessica Sliceās memoir, āUnfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World,ā has lessons for all parents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/04/07/jessica-slice-memoir/
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Thank you
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for this conversation and interview!
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Disabled people have no choice but to learn how to be adaptable, and how to reject the impossible expectations of modern parenting; freed of those constraints,
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
says, their wisdom can be transformative for *all* parents: (gift link)
wapo.st/4j3Tkxa
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The world often judges disabled parents. What if it listened to them?
Jessica Sliceās memoir, āUnfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World,ā has lessons for all parents.
https://wapo.st/4j3Tkxa
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Beacon Press
9 months ago
So grateful to
@literaryhub.bsky.social
for giving a shout-out to
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
ās UNFIT PARENT in this new nonfiction roundup! It comes out on April 15! šš½
#NewRelease2025
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Each month, we here at Lit Hub pore over literally hundreds of nonfiction titlesāhere are ten coming out in April that are worth your time. (Sign up to our weekly nonfiction newsletterĀ for evidenceā¦
https://buff.ly/ICWu0vC
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Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION!
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šš So many good books.
#kidlit
#kidlitart
#picturebooks
This is How We Play Jessica Slice, Caroline Cupp & Kayla Harren
@jessicaslice.bsky.social
@kaylaharren.bsky.social
This was lovely, and a great conversation started with my 5-yr-old.
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Meaghan OāConnell
about 1 year ago
this essay from jessica slice about being a Bed Mom is so good
www.romper.com/life/momming...
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I Spend 20 Hours A Day In Bed & Itās My Kidsā Favorite Spot In The House
I sleep in bed, work in bed, and because I have two young kids, I parent in bed.
https://www.romper.com/life/momming-from-bed
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Elaine Bennett š³ļøāš
12 months ago
So proud of my friend Jessica Slice, a groundbreaking writer who is changing the world, a little bit at a time
www.glamour.com/story/face-o...
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Author Jessica Slice on What We Can All Learn From Disabled Parents
The author of āUnfit Parentā talks about the impossibility of parenting, changing careers, and the comfiest work uniform.
https://www.glamour.com/story/face-of-change-jessica-slice?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaY_e-liLw1nIaVT5pTWJ3bkdVrBpB5JjIS0BSHlLZOK8XUFgK9iYSfBTEk_aem_V9mTXsF04TIwrmEcRuulyA
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Julie Rehmeyer
10 months ago
My friend Jessica Slice has written a beautiful, wise book about disabled parenting thatās coming out soon. I canāt recommend it highly enough ā including to folks who arenāt disabled and donāt have kids. And thereās a giveaway!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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Book giveaway for Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World by Jessica Slice Feb 15-Mar 14, 2025
Enter to win one of 25 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Feb 15-Mar 14, 2025. Enter for a chance to win 1 of 25 first edition copies of Unfit Pa...
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