The Answers Are in Your Life: Excerpted from MY CHILD, THE ALGORITHM
August 29th, 2024 | by Hannah Silva
I tell the algorithm I want to think about love and queer parenting and bodies and failure, all right
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Reclaiming the Essence of Who We Are: A Q&A with the Authors of Mamas, Martyrs, and Jezebels
August 15th, 2024 | by DW McKinney
Our sharp edges are seen as weapons, our soft parts are taken for the comfort.
Breastfeeding is Dark Magic: Shannon Robinson on Motherhood, Beastliness and THE ILL-FITTING SKIN
July 26th, 2024 | by Emily Robbins
Again and again, the women in my stories feel confined by external notions of what they should be
Maternal Dread
July 8th, 2024 | by Anna Rollins
During my first pregnancy, I was consumed with hypervigilance and fear
Will We Survive?
June 25th, 2024 | by Jade Sanchez-Ventura
I sat on a long subway ride from my borough of Brooklyn to Emily Raboteau’s home in the Bronx, crying
Waxing and Waning: An Essay Review of WOMEN ON THE MOON
June 21st, 2024 | by Sharline Chiang
I read these poems at the kitchen table after my daughter had gone to bed
The Hurt Wasn’t Simple: An Excerpt from METTLEWORK: A MINING DAUGHTER ON MAKING HOME by Jessica E. Johnson
May 21st, 2024 | by Jessica E. Johnson
And how, then, do you let the baby know that you belong to her entirely when you see her mostly on weekends
Excerpt from DOING IT ALL: THE SOCIAL POWER OF SINGLE MOTHERHOOD
May 14th, 2024 | by Ruby Russell
I’m dissipating my own exhaustion into global social, economic, ecological and atmospheric systems.
Reimagining Family: A Q&A with Ruby Russell, Author of DOING IT ALL: THE SOCIAL POWER OF SINGLE MOTHERHOOD
May 14th, 2024 | by Jen Bryant
Part of the impetus for this book was that I wanted to read a history of single motherhood and I couldn’t find one – and that in itself surprised me
The Urge to Disappear
May 3rd, 2024 | by Amy Shearn
Why do so many women fantasize about running away from home