Is the sober curious movement strong enough to change America’s relationship with alcohol?
Tag: drinking culture
Workers Challenge Japanese Tradition of Drinking With Bosses
One Mitsubishi executive says that “nominication”—drinking with bosses after work—is unproductive and excludes parents of young children.
Post-Kavanaugh, Women’s Self-Care Needs to Lose the Alcohol
Alcohol, when construed as the first or best line of self-care, actually renders us less effective in resisting an exploitive system that makes legal space for our bodies to be legislated, controlled, and raped. “Should we get some wine?” I asked him, pushing a bit of sweet potato around on my plate. I felt my… Continue reading Post-Kavanaugh, Women’s Self-Care Needs to Lose the Alcohol
Mommy Doesn't Need Wine: The Stigma of Being a Sober Mother
“I’ve always wanted to film the real ‘after party’ when the mom is passed out with her little kid in the background, or she gets into her car and drives drunk. It happens all the time.” When I made the decision to quit drinking, one morning in June 2017 when my relentless hangover was surpassed… Continue reading Mommy Doesn't Need Wine: The Stigma of Being a Sober Mother
