I Love Kids. Motherhood on the Other Hand…
The writer spent her life working with children, and longing for her own. So when she finally did become a mother, she was shocked by how uneasy she felt.
First Person
Is This How We Would Sleep If We Were in Hiding?
The writer was terrified by her dark fantasies of fleeing from Nazis with her Jewish family. But what disturbed her even more was learning that she wasn’t alone in her paranoia.
This Land Is Not Your Land. Or Mine.
The iconic Pete Seeger folk song has become an anthem for the predominantly white environmental movement. But can a colonized nation built on the backs of slaves ever really make that claim?
The Friend Who Showed Me How to Love
Sometimes we don’t know how to engage with the world until someone, and something, forces us to reckon with ourselves.
I Finally Found a Name for My Father’s Abuse
Not all domestic violence is physical, and sometimes it takes years to recognize it for what it is.
Happy Holidays Don’t Always Look Like a Rockwell Painting
Amid clutter and welfare checks, two old feminist comrades unexpectedly find what others yearn for in the holiday season in a less-than-classic setting.
There’s a Predator in My Building
What do you do when your apartment-building security is making you feel even more unsafe?
It’s Still Radical For a Woman to Be Alone
Why has the image of a solitary woman historically elicited a range of emotions, from sympathy to suspicion and fear?
Do You Ever Really Recover From An Eating Disorder?
Inspiring stories of anorexia or bulimia “recovery” make headlines, but for those struggling with the lifelong disease, the message may cause more harm than good.