Jennifer Berney
Jennifer Berney’s essays have appeared in Longreads, Cosmonauts Avenue, The Offing, and many other
places. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her wife, two children, and many animals. Her debut memoir The Other Mothers, a story of queer family-building, is now available from Sourcebooks.
February 26th, 2021 | by Jennifer Berney
Culturally, we tend to conflate three disparate things: sexual desire, the impulse to nurture, the ability to conceive and bear a child. We act as if a woman’s longing is proportionate to her fertility. I longed deeply, and therefore I was fertile—or so my logic went
August 13th, 2014 | by Jennifer Berney
When my partner and I talked about making a baby, we agreed on most things. We agreed that I would
April 15th, 2014 | by Jennifer Berney
My partner Kellie was never sure she wanted kids. She didn’t grow up toting dolls around or playing house; she
