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August 12th, 2024 | by Mutha Magazine
MUTHA Magazine and Pen Parentis present a lit night out in this world turned upside down. Join writers and artists—who
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On Thriving
July 12th, 2024 | by Sayuri Ayers
I remember the first time when you thought you didn’t belong
Losing Grip: Author Roxanna Asgarian on the Child Welfare System
May 6th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
"The systems are clearly biased...but we also see in the Hart story just how many individual acts of bias contributed to these kids' deaths."
Like a Mommy
February 29th, 2024 | by Caite McNeil
I'm just going to chalk it up to poor word choice
She Wasn’t Ever Ours to Keep
February 5th, 2024 | by Elizabeth di Grazia
Every time Mayra was pregnant, the father said the child was not his. But after he learned we'd adopted one of his children, he threatened to kidnap her
Do You See What I See?
January 18th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
Did I sense my dad’s sadness about this time of year? Was it the shortening days, the story of a magical baby born in the bleakest of times
Living With a Mark
December 11th, 2023 | by Ashley MacLure
My mother sleeps all day, takes too many pills, and doesn’t recognize me at night
Stomping Our Feet: Tantrums, Maternal Instinct, Mom Rage, And Burning it All Down
November 16th, 2023 | by Elizabeth Tannen
I gloated to my mother: “I feel like I should be a mom influencer or something.”
My Mother’s Poetry
November 14th, 2023 | by Rebecca Brenner
Twenty years ago, when my mother died from substance abuse disorder at the beginning of the opioid crisis, I inherited a Washington Apples box full of her unpublished poetry, journals, and short stories
Just a House
August 22nd, 2023 | by Risa Polansky Shiman
When we found out we were losing our baby, I was six months pregnant, and my husband and I were days away from closing on our first house