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5 Lies Modern Women Are Told About Motherhood

Posted on April 17, 2025October 28, 2026 by Elsa Kurt

Motherhood: magical, messy,... or both? I’m what you might lovingly call a dinosaur mom. I raised my girls in the era of VCRs, flip phones and parenting advice that came...Read More

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Feminism: Everything You Thought Was Empowering… Was Actually a Lie

Posted on March 24, 2025March 22, 2025 by Elsa Kurt

Unmasking the movement that promised freedom but delivered confusion, division, and a departure from biblical truth A Red Lipstick, a Power Suit, and a Lie Picture this: It’s the 90s....Read More

12 People You Know (And Want to Slap Sometimes) On Facebook

Posted on September 28, 2016January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

12 People You Know (And Want To Slap Sometimes) On Facebook by ModernMelly We all know em, we all ARE them ( at one time or another, at least)...Read More

Soul Mate or Soul Sucker?

Posted on January 14, 2016January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Soul Mate, Or Soul Sucker? By ModernMelly I read a Facebook post late last night, just before bed, from a beautiful young woman; a gut wrenching breakup post that...Read More

Online Job Application: Police Wife

Posted on December 8, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

So I have to preface this post with an explanation: Last week my husband and I were having a difference of opinion- okay, fine, a bit of an argument really-...Read More

Dear 44th Birthday

Posted on October 24, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Dear 44th, Aww, hey, what's up? Listen, I just wanted to welcome you, and you know, try and make you feel a little less the 'outsider' here. I get how...Read More

Dear Everyone Writing A ‘Dear____’ Blog

Posted on September 29, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Dear everyone and their mother that writes a blog, including me: STOP FUCKING WRITING 'DEAR (insert person type here)'. Enough already, we get it. Seriously. Dear children's costume company, stop...Read More

We Have Forgotten

Posted on September 11, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

I admit it. I hash-tagged "Never Forget" this morning, posted it on social media along with one of the many, many, heart breaking photos from September 11, 2011. Then I...Read More

Top Internet Troll & Trash Talker Tactics

Posted on September 4, 2015October 14, 2026 by Elsa Kurt

Today's topic is:Internet Trolls and the Trash They Talk! We all know 'em, we all love...err, hate 'em! Ya can't live with them, and ya can't give 'em a little shove...Read More

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A Moderate American Taps the Mic, Revisited

Posted on August 24, 2015January 15, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

Revisiting A Moderate America Takes the Mic By Modern Melly I wrote this back in August, a spur of the moment, knee jerk reaction to current events. This morning, I...Read More

Too Many Heroes

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Ahem. *Stands on soapbox, taps microphone. I couldn't help but notice, and of course partake in the numerous dialogues and debates over what constitutes a Hero. Since I haven't posted...Read More

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Welcome Winds Of Change

Posted on July 15, 2015January 19, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

"Welcome winds of change..." or so I keep telling myself. Repeatedly. Daily. Almost hourly. From where did this obsessiveness with this phrase come? Ah, well it started last week, as I...Read More

Ten Traits Sarcastic Women Share

Posted on July 11, 2015August 1, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

[caption id="attachment_1259" align="alignnone" width="300"] Sarcasm. modernmelly.me[/caption] Chronically sarcastic women are oft misunderstood, it a basic fact. Sometimes it's a literal "you-honestly-don't-get-sarcasm, do you?" kind of thing, and other times it's the...Read More

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A Simple Truth

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

A rainy Sunday morning and 30 minutes of scrolling my Facebook news feed was all it took to get this one going. All that's missing is my morning cup of...Read More

I Love You Man (Drunk)

Posted on March 6, 2015July 31, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

My husband and I went out last night for a show- Dwight Yoakam, if you care (and even if you don't). Weeknight shows are a little rough- after working all...Read More

I’m Not Talking To You, I’m Talking To Me

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

We all do it. Don't deny it... we all talk to ourselves. Sometimes, we're the only one who listens, am I right?! (hardy-har-har, I know). It's totally normal, healthy even,...Read More

If I Could Just Get Out Of My Own Way

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Seriously. If I could just get out of my own way, I'd do just peachy. I'm meaning this in a most literal sense, but I briefly acknowledge that I also...Read More

Life Lessons I’ve Learned By Being A Police Wife

Posted on February 5, 2015October 14, 2026 by Elsa Kurt

My husband and I met over a dozen years ago, through a dating website. We both, come to find out, just wanted to try something out of our comfort zones,...Read More

Drinking and Blogging

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Rule Number One: Don't Drink and Blog. I mean, that probably is a good rule, considering that your ability to filter your thoughts is as impaired as... well, as you...Read More

The Art of Being Vague

Posted on December 14, 2014June 1, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Ah, the art of being vague. It's, you know, kind of simple but not. (See what I did there? I was being vague.) Now, you forthright, direct people may wonder;...Read More

Feed A Cold, Starve A Fever?!

Posted on December 4, 2014January 25, 2017 by Elsa Kurt

Feed A Cold, Starve A Fever?! By ModernMelly Heyyy. Sigh. So. I took an unplanned, unwanted month (plus) long hiatus from, well... everything, thanks to the flu, and subsequently pneumonia....Read More

What Do you Mean, We’re Not Rich?

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Elsa Kurt

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="428"] Me, my signature pose, and my best "frienemy" Circa 1976[/caption] Growing up I had every reason to believe we were wealthy. After all, we...Read More

I’m Just Here For The Comments

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Elsa Kurt

I have an amazing group of friends. I simply love each one of them, and what they bring to the group. Now, having said that, I've got to tell you:...Read More