On Sitters
July 28th, 2017 | by Caroline Horwitz
1. Pauline was my first, though I have no memory of her. I started going to her house at eight
Browsing the "single mother" Tag
Filling in the Space Between Love and Hate: KEZIA WILLINGHAM on Learning to Subvert the Cycle of Violence
November 1st, 2016 | by Kezia Willingham
As a social worker, I spend a lot of time thinking about the connections between the personal and professional. In
Single Starts with Sin by TARA DORABJI
October 3rd, 2016 | by Tara Dorabji
Do you consider yourself a single mom? A friend asks. My blood boils. Reaction 1: Rage (need I say more?)
Laura Crossett on THE FAMILY BED
September 9th, 2016 | by Laura Crossett
I am puzzled as to why the child hates the cat so much. He does, really. The cat is not
“Donor X”: CARLA RACHEL SAMETH on the Search for Sperm
April 18th, 2016 | by Carla Rachel Sameth
The first time I set out to have a baby solo, before I decided to try it with the person
LETTER TO A YOUNG MUTHA from Devon Rae Hartwig
April 1st, 2016 | by Devon Rae Hartwig
Dear young MUTHA, This letter is not to patronize, infantilize, or criticize you. This letter is a form of solidarity,
Ev Petgrave is Tormented by BEING STRONG
January 27th, 2016 | by Ev Petgrave
I cried in the car for twenty minutes. I heaved, huffed, wailed, and yelled. I released moans that I had
WE HAVE PETS: Carla Sameth on Love and Loss
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
Sarah Maria Medina REFLECTS ON SINGLE MOTHERHOOD
June 5th, 2014 | by Sarah Maria Medina
No one told you how hard this would be. That after the softness you would begin to mourn your former
Rock MUTHA: An Interview with CLAUDIA GONSON
October 30th, 2013 | by Meg Lemke
Claudia Gonson is in the bands The Magnetic Fields and Future Bible Heroes. She also lives down my block in