The Patriarchal Roommate
October 9th, 2024 | by Sara Sadek
This particular millennial feminist petri dish was fertile ground for a future crash collision between our second-wave feminist ideals and the realities of motherhood
Browsing the "Gender Roles" Tag
To Not Be a Mother
September 26th, 2024 | by KC Councilor
I underestimated how hard it would be to not be a mother
Full Times: When You’re Tired But Can’t Blame the Patriarchy
June 20th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
She resented me for resenting her. Did I really think she wanted to work two jobs?
I’ll Nurse the Baby, You Sharpen the Knives
May 30th, 2024 | by Becca Rose Hall
If I’m gestating, birthing, nursing, mothering, I want someone to take on some other things for me
Writing From the Center: A Conversation with Maggie Smith
July 27th, 2023 | by Jen Bryant
"I somewhat naively believed that if I applied enough thinking and feeling and time and energy towards somehow solving the problem of my marriage falling apart, that by the time I got done with the book, I would get it — I would understand what happened, and I would be able to set it down."
Why More Parents Should Let Teens Read Sex Scenes
July 11th, 2023 | by Kerry Chaput
If popular culture exposed me to sex as a positive experience, maybe I wouldn’t have been so afraid
I Don’t Blame You: An Excerpt from the Novel by Frances Badalmenti
May 28th, 2019 | by Frances Badalamenti
I thought back to when she was dying. When she had said to me, “You got so mad that you bit me once.”
THE RABBIT: Comics by Glynnis Fawkes
October 10th, 2014 | by Glynnis Fawkes
Glynnis Fawkes draws comics about her family in Vermont and protects backyard wildlife as best she can
Ask A MUTHA: My Nephew Likes to Wear Nail Polish
June 25th, 2014 | by Mutha Magazine
Hi Mutha Magazine, My nephew (who is more or less like a son to me) likes to wear nail polish;