Too Queer, Too Poor, Too Young: An Excerpt From Nina Packebush’s GIRLS LIKE ME
November 14th, 2017 | by Nina Packebush
If teenage mothers are underrepresented in literature, queer teen parents are almost entirely absent. Yet, as a recent study by
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“We Might Never Know Why” — Comics from THE FACTS OF LIFE
October 24th, 2017 | by Paula Knight
Excerpted from The Facts of Life, newly published by Penn State University Press in the Graphic Medicine series. “With humor,
Peculiar Mothers: A Correspondence between Ariel Gore and Gayle Brandeis
October 19th, 2017 | by Mutha Magazine
Mama-writers Ariel Gore and Gayle Brandeis have new and wildly complementary books out this fall: Ariel’s We Were Witches (The
MUTHA UP at the San Francisco Lit Crawl THIS WEEKEND!
October 11th, 2017 | by Mutha Magazine
MUTHA Magazine is back at Lit Crawl, with mamas on the mic telling stories about the joy and heartbreak and
EAVESDROP! Psycho Bitches—Orli Auslander, Julie Holland and Elisa Albert in Conversation
September 14th, 2017 | by Elisa Albert
In celebration of Orli Auslander’s outstanding new book I Feel Bad earlier this year, her friends, co-conspirators, and fans Elisa
A Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Camille Dungy Talks to Desiree Cooper About “Mothering While Art-ing”
June 19th, 2017 | by Desiree Cooper
It’s about time that someone wrote a guidebook to “mothering while arting.” I’ve been calling myself a writer for most
BUT HOW: Comics on Parenting Advice
May 26th, 2017 | by Keiler Roberts
Keiler Roberts draws comics about her kid and herself and her family and trying to do their best all together.
Imposter Syndrome, Self-Sabotage and Redefining Parenting—Edan Lepucki, Ethel Rohan and Shanthi Sekaran in Conversation
May 25th, 2017 | by Mutha Magazine
The San Francisco Bay Area is a unique and beautiful place to be a writer and a parent. Yes, the
“Welcome Them”—An Interview with Alisa Bowman on RAISING THE TRANSGENDER CHILD
April 20th, 2017 | by Rachel Aimee
As Janet Mock recently explained in the New York Times, “Young People Get Trans Rights. It’s Adults Who Don’t.” At
I’D PREFER NOT TO—on Debating the Choice to Stay Childless
April 12th, 2017 | by Sarah Mirk
I’ll be honest: I don’t really like babies. I don’t have that “mothering instinct.” The smaller, the scarier, I say.