Jacqui Morton on WHAT GROWS FROM GRIEF
May 6th, 2016 | by Jacqui Morton
I see her rarely in a dream, though her face eludes me even there. I see her in the kitchen.
KID GLOVES: Comics by Lucy Knisley
May 4th, 2016 | by Lucy Knisley
Congratulations, Lucy! In fact, double congrats: These comics are gestating into a whole MUTHA-freaking graphic memoir about motherhood. Kid Gloves the book will
IT’S TIME TO GET A DOG: Kendra Lubalin on Siblings with Different Needs
May 2nd, 2016 | by Kendra Lubalin
My daughter loves puppies more than chocolate cupcakes and Beenie Boos. Combined. She loves puppies as much as she still
YOUR UTERUS HAS ITS OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM: A. V. Klotz on How She (Finally) Got Pregnant
April 30th, 2016 | by A. V. Klotz
You feel the blood before you see it, and by the third time, you know before you know. As if
LIFE’S LONGING FOR ITSELF: Lacunae, an Elegy for My Mother, Part V — by Lisa Wilde
April 28th, 2016 | by Lisa Wilde
It has not been easy for me to call myself an artist (and I still feel that some will say
We Followed the Baby Jesus Dolls: RUXANDRA GUIDI on Parenting as an Atheist
April 27th, 2016 | by Ruxandra Guidi
One of my first existential questions had to do with the sign of the cross. En el nombre del Padre,
MOTHERWHELMED Takes on the Passover Paradox
April 25th, 2016 | by Jessica Carew Kraft
Emotional labor from mothers is taken for granted, especially around family occasions when mothers are typically expected to do the majority
RHEA ST. JULIEN Talks With Her 4-Year-Old About Race
April 22nd, 2016 | by Rhea St. Julien
I’ve been with my husband, who is Black, for 15 years, but I have been white all my life. I
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: Lacunae, an Elegy for My Mother, Part IV — by Lisa Wilde
April 21st, 2016 | by Lisa Wilde
Probably the most liberating part of leaving home was that it gave space to my unconscious. It was my unconscious—rambunctious,
“Donor X”: CARLA RACHEL SAMETH on the Search for Sperm
April 18th, 2016 | by Carla Rachel Sameth
The first time I set out to have a baby solo, before I decided to try it with the person