About Ilana Wiles
What is Apparently?
Apparently is a newsletter by me, Ilana Wiles, who you might know as my alter egos: @mommyshorts and/or @averageparentproblems on Instagram. I’ve been writing a mom blog about my kids for the past 11 years, and now that they are 12 and 9, this is my attempt to a) create a smaller, more private space to write about the parts of parenting I don’t want to be so public and b) write about topics I find interesting that don’t necessarily involve my kids.
Apparently will include my thoughts on the tween years, internet culture, city living, politics, TV shows, beauty standards, and how all of these things intersect with being both a person and a mom. There will be one long form article weekly and a weekly discussion thread which may or may not be about thinly veiled personal issues that I am struggling with myself.
I chose to call this space "Apparently" because it can be about parenting (see how the word "parent" sits nicely in the middle?