“I’ve never met a woman who did not at some point, in those first early weeks of motherhood, break down.”
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Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Mormon Mommy Bloggers of Instagram
Alexandra Tanner spent this weird year following Mormon mommy bloggers on Instagram.
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My Mommies and Me
Alexandra Tanner’s essay is a hilarious and dark look into the lives of Mormon mommy bloggers on Instagram.
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Motherhood on the Line
Three asylum seekers navigate coronavirus and climate change at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Motherhood, Metamorphosis
“I do not wish to have not been a parent. But I think it is normal to imagine new existences when the world is crumbling.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
Summer Mother
Michael A. Gonzales recounts the life lessons of a favorite auntie.
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Pregnant During the Pandemic: Three Stories
What’s it like to be pregnant or a new mother right now? Hazlitt publishes three dispatches on pregnancy during the pandemic.
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We Are All We Have
While caring for her mother post-surgery and her grandmother during her final days, Megan Stielstra wonders who’s really taking care of who.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Stumbling Into Joy
The electric bass chose her, but it took 44 years to heed the call.
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Cut From the Same Cloth
Artist Myfanwy Tristram was irritated by her teenage daughter’s extreme fashions — until she took an illustrated journey into their origins.