I’D PREFER NOT TO—on Debating the Choice to Stay Childless
April 12th, 2017 | by Sarah Mirk
I’ll be honest: I don’t really like babies. I don’t have that “mothering instinct.” The smaller, the scarier, I say.
Browsing the "Books" Tag
DEAR 45: Picturebook Selections for the President
March 28th, 2017 | by Mary Margaret Alvarado
Dear Mr. Trump, It’s 4 a.m. in the bungalow. I know you’re in real estate, but I’m not sure that
Radical Care for Pregnant People: Jacqui Morton Interviews THE DOULAS
January 12th, 2017 | by Jacqui Morton
Doula. Don’t you love this word? Its very presence has purpose. Doula is derived from ancient Greek. The core of
“Inescapable Truth”: An interview with Gina Frangello about EVERY KIND OF WANTING
January 11th, 2017 | by Meg Lemke
Every Kind of Wanting captures how I wake up some days; certainly the state of babies; and as a title, evokes the
WHAT MAMALEH KNOWS: An Interview with Marjorie Ingall by Danielle Leshaw
December 22nd, 2016 | by Danielle Leshaw
Marjorie Ingall was my first parenting cheerleader. I read her column in The Jewish Daily Forward, a print newspaper that
Not THE Real Dad, Not A Real Dad: Amy Abugo Ongiri’s RAD FAMILY
December 7th, 2016 | by Amy Abugo Ongiri
I unexpectedly became a parent at forty-seven. I say unexpectedly, but we had actually been preparing for weeks and trying
RAD FAMILIES: The Book You Need—an Interview with Tomas Moniz
December 7th, 2016 | by Mutha Magazine
It’s Rad Families week at MUTHA! Rad Families: A Celebration, edited by Tomas Moniz, is a new (obviously radical!) and necessary
ONE SEXY MUTHA: Madison Young Talks to Allegra Hirschman About Her ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SEX THROUGH PREGNANCY AND MOTHERHOOD
November 29th, 2016 | by Allegra Hirschman
Any self-respecting queer feminist in the Bay Area (and likely beyond) is familiar with Madison Young. I remember when her
“What Drug is a Baby?” & An Interview with Rivka Galchen on LITTLE LABORS
October 24th, 2016 | by Meg Lemke
Rivka Galchen’s Little Labors is modeled on an 11th-century Japanese “pillow book.” It’s the new-mother-wondering-wtf-just-happened version of a pillow book.
ORANGE by Rivka Galchen, from LITTLE LABORS
October 24th, 2016 | by Rivka Galchen
When the puma was about four months old, exiting the feline state and just beginning to move toward the sloth