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
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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
EXCAVATE MY CONTENTS: Kimberly Lipschus Investigates the Damage Done by Clinical Language Around Labor
May 13th, 2016 | by Kimberley Lipschus
“I hereby agree to the excavation of contents.” Now, please sign here. Although it sounds rather like a building site,
MOTHER LOAD: Lacunae, an Elegy for My Mother, Part III — by Lisa Wilde
April 14th, 2016 | by Lisa Wilde
To be continued… I think the hardest part of my teenage years was the silence. As you can see
SEX IS A FUNNY WORD: Cory Silverberg Talks to Rachel Aimee About Talking to Kids About SEX!
March 17th, 2016 | by Rachel Aimee
I first heard about Cory Silverberg’s work as a sex writer and educator through my work as an editor of
THIRTEEN: Mary Rowen on Growing Up with Loss
January 4th, 2016 | by Mary Rowen
Like so many other bad things, it started with blood. My mother’s and a bit of my own, too. But