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.*
TO BLACK PARENTS VISITING EARTH: Letter #2 from Janet Stickmon, on BOOKS
August 9th, 2016 | by Janet Stickmon
Long before those early months of motherhood, when I was trying to figure out how to nurse Baby Girl, how
SHE LIKED TO SAVE THINGS: Jennifer Baum Shares What Her Mother Left Behind
August 8th, 2016 | by Jennifer Baum
My mother wasn’t a hoarder, but she liked to save things. Everything had a purpose, everything could be useful at
ASK A MUTHA: SUMMER’S NOT OVER YET—the Reading List You Still Need
August 5th, 2016 | by Mutha Magazine
Here we are: August has come upon us, in shimmering heat (and bearing ominous back-to-school PR emails). Aspirational summer reading lists
SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY: An Interview with Filmmaker MARY DORE
August 4th, 2016 | by Meg Lemke
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry is a historical documentary about the founding years and figures of the feminist movement (with such an excellent
WHEN YOU FIND ANGER ON THE YOGA MAT: Rachel Penn Hannah on Parenting a Special Needs Teen and Never Finding the Elusive Calm
July 27th, 2016 | by Rachel Penn Hannah
Going to yoga on the first Sunday morning of January, I had tensed at the thought of all the New
Nefertiti Austin on Adoption’s #PARENTINGSOWHITE Problem
July 26th, 2016 | by Nefertiti Austin
I’ve become fast friends with a parent at my son’s school. Recently she admitted that she thought my husband had left me
Radical Empathy: DEATH IS STUPID, an Interview with Anastasia Higginbotham
July 25th, 2016 | by Katherine Thome
Grieving children and children of divorce learn way too early that adults are emotional children. Children of tragedy experience a
ADVICE ABOUT “THE TALK” AFTER WATCHING 400 SEX EDUCATION FILMS (Or How to Talk to Your Kids about Fiery Horse Sex) by Caitlin Millay Krapf
July 21st, 2016 | by Caitlin Millay Krapf
When I was young, I considered myself precocious when it came to sex. I felt awash in sexual desire long