Taffy Brodesser-Akner
1 min readJul 9, 2015

#icallthislook Mindy in the Morning.

Mindy just got the kids off to school, cancelled her Pilates (saying her babysitter hadn’t shown up) (but all her kids are school-aged) (and received a warning that this would be her last gratis cancellation), still gets to wear her Pilates outfit all day and not have to face daunting buttons, and still has time to check a Pinterest page devoted to nail art before meeting the girls at the salon.

By afternoon pickup, Mindy will look very different. She will look into her rearview mirror to check that her lip liner is intact, careful not to make eye contact with herself, lest her eyes reveal a catalogue of regret.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Contributing writer for GQ and the New York Times Magazine. Making fun of my name demeans us both