As a mom (and an adult) I would guess that the majority of moms (and adults) probably give a fig what Joel Stein thinks. In the last month; I've read the Hunger Games and Salvage the Bones (a National Book Award Winner), eaten at McDonald's and The Buckeye Roadhouse and watched both Bolt and The Artist. When someone offers to pay me to be a full time "intellectual" I'll consider skimming the dross. Until then I will read/eat/watch (enjoy!) what I want and feel not a smidgy bit guilty about it. Furthermore, intellectual enrichment isn't the only need a person has to be fulfilled. A Pynchon novel will hardly put a dent in my need to blow off steam at the end of stressful day and a bulgar wheat casserole will hardly take care of the urge for an ice-cream sundae.