Sonja Sharp

'Journalism is style, ideas, problems...A reporter reports facts. A reporter's primary goal is not to lie.' #Dovlatov

“Moms of sick, disabled,or neurodivergent kids all have increased stress levels that make them more prone to mom rage,” Dubin observes." Yea, no. I was a sick &♿️ kid. Now I'm a sick & ♿️mom. "Mom Rage" is not a stress response to ♿️, it's an expression of hatred, shame & disgust

you know it's a Jewish holiday in Los Angeles when TJ sells out of flowers by 9am

when people give me shit about masking — a not infrequent occurrence — I tell them I've got little kids and am a walking reservoir for hand foot and mouth

this is 1000% an engagement trap, but my kids have eaten in many Michelin ⭐ restaurants (mostly the $ ones, not $$$) and when my toddler had a (rare! brief!) meltdown in one in Kyoto, the chef came out to cheer him up. Cuz only Americans truly hate kids

You might think you know the story here, but I promise you don't. I've been reporting on ♿️ for years and was utterly shocked by things I witnessed on this assignment latimes.com/california/story…

my boyfriend's friends used to call me the r-slur IN HIGHSCHOOL 20 YEARS AGO. to see newly-dx'd & identifying folks DEMANDING solidarity w/those of us who've been hyperflourecently ♿ all our lives, only to turn around and use these slurs, is heartbreaking

ok you little Gen Z fuckers, explain yourselves

your partner should love the kids just a little bit more than they love you. nobody needs to say it but everyone should know

The Snoo would never have taken off if the Rock & Play had not been recalled, on this hill I will die.

Lolita became an instant favorite for me as a young teen precisely because I had been victimized, because it made hauntingly clear how easy it is for abusers — even vile, unrepentant abusers like Humbert — to charm & deceive. It slaps you in the face with your own gullibility.

i had to explain the ending to my husband on the way home. he was so close but SO FAR

my 7yo has lost, conservatively, 15 hoodies and 10 water bottles in the last year. each was recoverd & re-lost dozens of times. he also had 3 puffers and a leatherette jacket — the only one we still have, he's outgrown. for $100, the lunchbox better walk home on its own legs

listening to this new-ish Tenacious D single and thinking how Jack Black embodies the maxim "rejoice with the wife of your youth." love a triplet marrying a twin, i really hope they're happy forever

as a ♿ person, i'm often asked why i don't get surgery to ease my impairments & end my dependence on devices. thing is, i'm functional now. my devices are cheap & they work & i'm adapted to them. surgery sucks & there are ALWAYS side effects. sometimes it's worth it. usually, no

@JanelCubbage i'm a reporter with the LA Times, I'd love to talk to you for a story but struggling to find the right email!

i cannot *explain* this, but the rage over parents asking to sit with their children on airplanes and the hysteria over tv writers asking to be paid a living wage (while teachers make less!) has the same energy

i realize UC Berkeley is not a liberal arts school, but my husband & many of his day school classmates went there (others went to UCLA) and all of them married Jews and have kids in day school. send your kids to lefty state school instead of liberal arts school, problem solved!