Mutha Magazine

How I Tell My Mestiza Daughters They Are Pretty by RENEE MACALINO RUTLEDGE

October 21st, 2015 | by Renee Macalino Rutledge

As a Filipina woman, I’ve long heard the message that my beauty is subpar. It started when I was little,

October 19th, 2015 | by Jennifer Hayden

In my roaring twenties, I was determined to be a great writer. Short stories, fiction, booze, late nights, angst. I

October 16th, 2015 | by Lisa Lim

Mommy-hood is a total trip. It’s filled with raspberries, sleepless nights, tickles, a lil ick, lots of yuck, lost socks,

October 14th, 2015 | by Carla Rachel Sameth

“Why are we stopping here?” my son Gabriel demanded as we pulled into the all-too-familiar HMO hospital parking lot and

October 13th, 2015 | by Anna Doogan

Once, there were three daughters who lived in the woods all alone… I watch my daughter at night after she’s

October 7th, 2015 | by Elisa Albert

It was a perfect day right before the fall equinox. Emily Gould had brought us together as part of a panel

October 6th, 2015 | by Emily Flake

What? Want More?? Here’s the book: Mama Tried is not a parenting manual. I do not have any particularly sage advice for

October 5th, 2015 | by Sophie Wyndam

Driving to Yosemite. It’s Saturday early morning. We left in the middle of the night because how can you sleep

October 2nd, 2015 | by Eve Lyons

I took my three-year-old son to the barber shop today. Up until now, we’ve managed his soft, thick, curly hair

September 24th, 2015 | by Ayun Halliday

I’ve gushed on about Ayun Halliday in these pages before. She is one of MUTHA’s mother/writer idols. So, hey—guess what? Feminist