Elizabeth Broadbent

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Articles

“We Should Never Pull a Life-Saving Medication from a Child.”

2 months ago | additudemag.com | Elizabeth Broadbent

The following is a personal essay that reflects the opinions and experiences of its author alone. Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., don’t understand ADHD or autism. President Trump has a history of using the r-word.
Elizabeth Massie

Feb 3, 2025 | gnofhorror.com | Elizabeth Broadbent

The following contains spoils for Elizabeth Massie’s Sineater, but not the upcoming sequel, The Wages of Belief and Other Stories, out February 18th from Crossroad PressElizabeth Massie scooped a Bram Stoker Award for the novel Sineater. Thirty-three years later, she’s releasing its sequel, The Wages of Belief, a novella contained in The Wages of Belief and Other Stories, out February 18th from Crossroads Press. Admittedly, a Stoker-winning first novel is a hard act to follow.
Night Country: A Dark, Powerful Feminine Mirror

Jan 27, 2025 | gnofhorror.com | Elizabeth Broadbent

While the stick-labyrinth Carcosa in True Detective’s first season carries a hint of perverse womb, one that harbors death rather than life, the ice caves in Night Country might as well be a frozen birth canal. They’re the true essence of Night Country, that unknowable realm that swallows men whole. It’s here that the Tsalaal scientists exact their enviro-sexual crimes; it’s here that the cradle of life lies waiting in the guise of frozen microorganisms.
The Ginger Nuts of Horror Review Website

Jan 27, 2025 | gnofhorror.com | Elizabeth Broadbent

Night Country: A Dark, Powerful Feminine Mirror While the stick-labyrinth Carcosa in True Detective’s first season carries a hint of perverse womb, one that harbors death rather than life, the ice caves in Night... Read more. 0
16 Totally Weird Experiences Only People Who've Breastfed Can Understand

Dec 14, 2024 | yourtango.com | Elizabeth Broadbent

Everyone knows postpartum moms are a little bit nuts. There's the hormones, the sleep deprivation, and the I-just-popped-out-a-baby-or-got-one-cut-out-of-me factor. She is in charge of an actual human being, who will expire if left sitting on the middle of the floor for too long. This would make anyone crazy. Then, add breastfeeding into the mix. Breastfeeding moms are no more or less crazy than formula-feeding moms, but breastfeeding makes you crazy in ways formula-feeding doesn't.
Penumbric April 2k24, Until I Return to the Earth That Made Me

Oct 31, 2024 | penumbric.com | Elizabeth Broadbent

I’d seen pictures. I stared anyway. The half-hidden buildings seemed more like sculptures than research centers, and they blended into the wooded hills as if they’d been planted. All had turf roofs; they had walls of shiny glass, of mortared plastic bottles, of dirt and old tires. Wohlleben Dendrological Station could’ve been an earthie commune or an ultra-high-end resort. My heart kicked up. Since I was small, I dreamed that they’d pick me. I wished on trees like most kids wished on stars.
5 Little Signs You May Be Way Too Obsessed With Your Kid

May 3, 2024 | yourtango.com | Elizabeth Broadbent

Editor's Note: This is a part of YourTango's Opinion section where individual authors can provide varying perspectives for wide-ranging political, social, and personal commentary on issues. Everybody loves their kids. It's part of being a parent, this gut-wrenching, heart-pounding love. We all think our children are smart, funny, and adorable. Parenting comes with rose-colored glasses. And some would say that's lucky because if we didn't adore our kids we'd kill them. They're probably right.
11 Cool Ways to Add Some Joy to Your Family's Every Day

Jan 23, 2024 | tinybeans.com | Elizabeth Broadbent

Do you, like me, seem to run on anxiety, caffeine, and your children’s leftovers? Are you perpetually in a rush and pretty sure you’ve forgotten… something? (What was it?!) What if, and stay with me here, you were able to set aside that feeling of chaos and actually find joy? Yes, it sounds cheesy. But don’t roll your eyes just yet. It’ll only take a few minutes a day. OK, so that sounds like a late-night infomercial (remember those?), but it’s true.
5 Things Toddler Parents Should Give Up in 2024

Jan 18, 2024 | tinybeans.com | Elizabeth Broadbent

It’s time to say goodbye to needless arguments, unrealistic expectations, and some of that mom guiltThe new year may be a time of resolutions, but guess who doesn’t have time for that? Toddler parents. Toddler parents don’t have time for lots of things, like showers or grown-up TV or reading something that isn’t Goodnight, Moon. Forget vows to eat healthier—a meal means cheesy puffs and kid leftovers.
12 Sad Ways America Treats Kids Like Subhumans

Jan 7, 2024 | yourtango.com | Elizabeth Broadbent

Everyone decries the helicopter parent: the one who coddles their spoiled offspring, who smoothes every obstacle, who argues every grade. We use them as a convenient punching bag for the ills of society. But helicopter parents are only the logical fruition of the invention of childhood that began with the Elizabethans, which continued into the Victorian ages. Kids used to be seen as a kind of mini-adult. Now, we forbid them from walking down the block to the local park.