EBB AND FLOW: A Mama Pants Comic by Tyler Cohen
September 30th, 2016 | by Tyler Cohen
This excerpt from Ebb & Flow is part of a longer contemplation on bodies at the beginning arc of physical and social
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THE MAGIC IS US: Becky Fine-Firesheets on Postpartum Madness
September 29th, 2016 | by Becky Fine-Firesheets
I first learned about nursing hormones when my gynecologist blamed them for the vaginal hell I’d been living in for the
I WANTED A PERFECT BIRTH: Lilly Bright on Fractured Plans
September 19th, 2016 | by Lilly Bright
“….I have become a mother, which is an unspoken agreement to be forever vulnerable.” Terry Tempest Williams, When
A SPERM DONOR LOVE STORY: Allison Carr on Asking for Seconds
September 13th, 2016 | by Allison Carr
He hands me the jar and shows me to his bedroom. I shut the door behind me, survey the single
TO BLACK PARENTS VISITING EARTH: Letter #3 from Janet Stickmon, on HAIR
September 7th, 2016 | by Janet Stickmon
It took many jars of relaxing cream and scabs on my scalp before I stopped strangling Africa. The day I
MADISON YOUNG on Raising a Feminist: An Excerpt from THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SEX THROUGH PREGNANCY AND MOTHERHOOD
August 18th, 2016 | by Madison Young
When I found out that I was pregnant, I knew I was birthing a revolution—a change deep inside myself that
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
ANNA DOOGAN on the Length of Scars
June 22nd, 2016 | by Anna Doogan
My son and I watch the animated tiger onscreen, the jagged black scar slashed across his face, the dramatic battle
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
Can Acknowledging My Weakness Actually Be a Sign of Strength? Asks WENDY KENNAR
May 31st, 2016 | by Wendy Kennar
Strength is easy for my second-grader son to define. He can stand in front of his bedroom mirror, flex his