Bonding and Unbonding: Poems
October 29th, 2019 | by Marion Deutsche Cohen
“What is it about babies?” #Poems
Monthly Archives: October 2019
The Only One/The Lucky One
October 28th, 2019 | by Erin Pushman
Walking up to the surgery floor, you feel the weight of the year your daughter has spent fighting this tumor. But it’s not the kind that holds you down. It’s the kind you push through, like swimming through water
The Tooth
October 24th, 2019 | by Marisol Cortez
If the heroine is cautious or follows the rules, she remains a Good Girl, unchanged--end of story. But if she is a Birth Warrior, she does the One Forbidden Thing
Butch Mama
October 22nd, 2019 | by Pat Alderete
I was the only mom who rode a motorcycle with a sidecar, with room for mija and all her stuffed animals. Along with any friend who wanted a ride, and they all wanted rides
Liminal State: The Creeping Darkness
October 16th, 2019 | by Maria Photinakis
"I study your feet Because when you are gone That detail disappears with you." A graphic narrative about giving birth in a time of loss
Be Brave: Facing My Child’s Surgery
October 14th, 2019 | by Erin Pushman
Surgery means Lucille might soon start to look the way she would have looked if a central giant cell granuloma had not happened to her face.
Moms’ Support Groups Discriminate Against Poor Moms: A Comic
October 8th, 2019 | by Phoebe Cohen
Why are all the meet-ups at a day spa? Why doesn't anyone ever think about childcare? Phoebe Cohen draws about feeling left out of the club in wealthy parenting "support groups"