MY EGYPTIAN FORTUNE COOKIE: Comics by Lisa Lim
September 27th, 2016 | by Lisa Lim
My first memory of my sister, Angie, was in my mother’s small hands. She looked like a raisin, but caterwauled
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MUTHA is UP in Awesome Events on BOTH COASTS! LitCrawl NYC on 10/1 and LitQuake SF on 10/15!
September 22nd, 2016 | by Mutha Magazine
HEY GUESS WHAT? MUTHA Magazine is joining LitCrawl this year and we’re doing it bicoastal style–come join us at both
“I Was in Prison—A Lot”: Sosha Lewis on Facing Her Estranged Father
September 21st, 2016 | by Sosha Lewis
My cell phone rang when I was on my way to the hospital to meet my nephew. It startled me.
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
You Can Take the Girl Out of San Francisco…Or Can You? MELISSA CHANDLER Questions the Meaning of Home
August 24th, 2016 | by Melissa Chandler
I moved to San Francisco’s Russian Hill back when it was still possible to find an affordable one-bedroom apartment. The
I WANT MY CHILDREN TO FUCK UP, Says Lea Grover
August 23rd, 2016 | by Lea Grover
My husband had an idyllic childhood. He lived in one house nearly his whole life, where he and his sister
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
LAUREN WEINSTEIN’s Perfect Maine Vacation—A Comic About What We Remember
August 11th, 2016 | by Lauren Weinstein
A comic by Lauren Weinstein (who is currently on vacation, in Maine). Previously published at The Guardian
Apples, Guns and What We Share: CHERYL KLEIN on Family and Politics
August 10th, 2016 | by Cheryl Klein
We are gathered around the table at my aunt’s house: my mother’s younger sister, Lina, her daughter, Carmen, their husbands.*