“In general, I try to expect nothing and hope that everything is possible. I want the courage to need very little and demand a lot.”
pregnancy
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The Criminalization of the American Midwife
New York midwife Elizabeth Catlin faces 95 individual felony counts at her upcoming trial. For what? For doing her job. Politics and patriarchy make the work of many credentialed, experienced midwives illegal — to the detriment of women and underserved communities.
Posted inNonfiction
If Miscarriage is So Normal, Why Doesn’t Anybody Talk About It?
When she loses a pregnancy, Anna Lea Hand searches in vain for vital advice and information.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story
How to Survive a Vivisection
After a traumatic experience with childbirth, Rachel Somerstein struggles to bond with her newborn daughter.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
Prayers to Lucia
When a high-risk pregnancy jeopardizes their eyesight, Heather Quinn explores the expectations of motherhood and finds common ground with a patron saint.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
In a World Full of Cruelty and Injustice, Becoming a Mother Anyway
A visit to Auschwitz makes Eliza Margarita Bates only more determined to have a baby, despite her painful chronic illness.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
What He Left Behind
Kira Martin struggles through her connection – both emotional and physical – with her troubled and destructive son.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
There Was Nothing We Could Have Done, Because We’re Racist and You’re Black
“The prevalent perception of black women as unruly bodies and incompetent caretakers overrules even the most dominant stereotype about us—namely, that we are superhuman.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘She changed my heart. And that changed my mind.’
“There was so much I could have given her, but it pales in comparison to what she gave me.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Possessed: Dispatches from the Third Trimester
On pregnancy, demons, and Stranger Things.