I WANT MY CHILDREN TO FUCK UP, Says Lea Grover
August 23rd, 2016 | by Lea Grover
My husband had an idyllic childhood. He lived in one house nearly his whole life, where he and his sister
Browsing the "99 Problems" Category
Apples, Guns and What We Share: CHERYL KLEIN on Family and Politics
August 10th, 2016 | by Cheryl Klein
We are gathered around the table at my aunt’s house: my mother’s younger sister, Lina, her daughter, Carmen, their husbands.*
WHEN YOU FIND ANGER ON THE YOGA MAT: Rachel Penn Hannah on Parenting a Special Needs Teen and Never Finding the Elusive Calm
July 27th, 2016 | by Rachel Penn Hannah
Going to yoga on the first Sunday morning of January, I had tensed at the thought of all the New
X-Men Sexism: On Talking to Girls About Misogyny—and Women Kicking Ass by AYA DE LEON
July 20th, 2016 | by Aya de Leon
As my six-year-old daughter and I were driving back from a wonderful camping trip in the redwoods, we passed the
Sarah Maria Medina on THE SEASON OF EARTHQUAKES
July 7th, 2016 | by Sarah Maria Medina
Sound like gunfire pops through night—the cathedral letting off fireworks. When I wake, I pull clumps of mud from my
#PumpSwap: Jessica Shortall Invites MUTHAs to Face Swap with their Breast Pumps (and It is Hilarious)
June 29th, 2016 | by Jessica Shortall
You know what? Adulting is hard enough as it is—add parenting to that, and it’s just exhausting. Then, sure, why
The Objectification of Female Suffering: JUNIPER FITZGERALD’s Notes from the Desk of a Crazy Bitch
June 20th, 2016 | by Juniper Fitzgerald
I know you’ve seen her—shoulders hunched, toes pigeoned, and head hung low, she is the most docile and unassuming kind
Frances Badalamenti’s Kid Has a STONED DAD
June 2nd, 2016 | by Frances Badalamenti
The first time that I was offered weed was in eighth grade. It was pre-braces and post onset of menses.
Me and You and Everyone We Know and Miranda July and Postpartum Depression by RACHEL KESSLER
May 25th, 2016 | by Rachel Kessler
I am trying to talk with Miranda July, celebrated performance artist, writer, visual artist and filmmaker, but my uterus is
Don’t Tell Me My Daughter Is Lucky To Have Two Moms—Says ALLEGRA HIRSCHMAN
May 23rd, 2016 | by Allegra Hirschman
Mother’s day takes on a particular meaning for a two mom family, not just because it is entirely unclear who