Mutha Magazine

The “A” Word: WENDY KENNAR on Parenting with an Invisible Disability

November 9th, 2015 | by Wendy Kennar

It’s not the “c” word. It’s the “a” word. But not that “a word.” Although it does feel like a kick in

November 6th, 2015 | by Paige Schilt

Pregnancy made me feel really frugal. I vowed to wear only second-hand maternity clothes, I hoarded hand-me-down onesies, and I

November 4th, 2015 | by Meg Lemke

This good friend of mine, called A here to be Anonymous, and I, we had babies around the same time, a

October 28th, 2015 | by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder

“There is no guarantee of happily ever after,” writes editor Samantha Waltz in the introduction to Blended, a collection from feminist publisher

October 26th, 2015 | by Mary Doyle

I. Before I could legally drink, I became a mother. Pregnant at nineteen and deathly afraid of hospitals, succeeding in

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