Monthly Archives: October 2022
Privacy, Erasure, and Consent as a Writing Mother
October 25th, 2022 | by Christy Tending
What started out as a deliberate but straightforward choice for our child has had unexpected consequences
The Way Loretta Says Mommy
October 24th, 2022 | by S. Lynn Alderman
There’s no room for falling apart in the mountains, in the mines. In the company houses wondering if the doctor will make it in time. Collecting water from a spring on another holler because what runs to the house is poisoned by the same company that issues the pay that sustains you.
Semantic Shift: Comics
October 21st, 2022 | by Tyler Cohen
Who might I have been, if I had this language?
Book Excerpt: Crybaby
October 20th, 2022 | by Cheryl Klein
This would become a mantra: If it gets us a baby, it’s worth it, as the universe upped the ante on what “it” was
Motherhood as Antidote to Patriarchy? Minna Dubin and Jody Keisner explore UNDER MY BED
October 17th, 2022 | by Minna Dubin
We’ve been socialized to put the role of capital-M Motherhood above all else
Chronicle of a Trip: Part 3, Zu Hause
October 14th, 2022 | by Sofia Quesada
Zu Hause: it is the return home.
flume
October 13th, 2022 | by Sara Beck
she was so little and so red and my god so loud and it escalated like an ambulance coming closer
Five Answers to the Same Question
October 11th, 2022 | by Eve Lyons
After Faisal Mohyuddin 1. My son is ten today He hasn’t heard from his first momIt’s been years. 2. He loves to explore
She’s Both of Our Daughters
October 4th, 2022 | by Jody Kesiner
One mother vanishes while another mother becomes. This vanishing, I remind myself, is only on paper.