What Do I Get? (A Primer on Post-Adoption Funk)
March 21st, 2017 | by Alex Behr
I lay across the double bed, the sun filtering through dirty blinds. Measuring my son’s cries from the floor below,
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SHE BREASTFED ME AS MACHINE GUNS FIRED: Camilla Trinchieri Visits Her Mother
January 31st, 2017 | by Camilla Trinchieri
The front hall of the Italian nursing home near Lake Como was crowded with hungry men and women waiting to
THE MAGIC IS US: Becky Fine-Firesheets on Postpartum Madness
September 29th, 2016 | by Becky Fine-Firesheets
I first learned about nursing hormones when my gynecologist blamed them for the vaginal hell I’d been living in for the
LET’S GET OURSELVES TOGETHER: An Interview with Elizabeth Isadora Gold on the Power of THE MOMMY GROUP
August 15th, 2016 | by Meg Lemke
Some MUTHAs may hear the phrase “mommy group” and cringe. There’s a certain stereotype of the modern mama mafia, ladies circling to
The Objectification of Female Suffering: JUNIPER FITZGERALD’s Notes from the Desk of a Crazy Bitch
June 20th, 2016 | by Juniper Fitzgerald
I know you’ve seen her—shoulders hunched, toes pigeoned, and head hung low, she is the most docile and unassuming kind
Me and You and Everyone We Know and Miranda July and Postpartum Depression by RACHEL KESSLER
May 25th, 2016 | by Rachel Kessler
I am trying to talk with Miranda July, celebrated performance artist, writer, visual artist and filmmaker, but my uterus is
Rhea Wolf Looks Over THE BRIDGE
March 18th, 2016 | by Rhea Wolf
As I approach the bus stop I see some kid standing on the 205 overpass, leaning dangerously way out over
10 THINGS MOMS DON’T TELL YOU ABOUT THE BABY BLUES: A Comic by Lisa Lim
December 2nd, 2015 | by Lisa Lim
Really, the number one thing to know about the “baby blues?” If your blues are severe, ask for help and
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