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Can You See Me Now?: The Fragility of Maternal Transition
The pregnant woman is rarely asked what it is she needs, or how she really feels.
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Baby Fever : “The Art of Waiting” Captures the Pain of Infertility
Belle Boggs handles infertility through a nuanced and empathetic lens that’s attuned to issues of social justice.
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The Fragility of Silence: Unlearning Childhood Secrecy and Breaking the Chains in Adult Life
Sometimes silence is broken and exposed as the most fragile of things when someone steps forward with enough courage to end it.
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Resistance Narratives: Lidia Yuknavitch on Joan of Arc, Bodies, and Reimagining the Love Story
Intersectional feminism is rising, cracks and fissures are emerging, blind spots are being illuminated, failures examined, possibilities getting born. Good. Bring it.
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Don't Be the Lone Shark: Surviving as a Feminist Parent
Just as there isn’t only one way to be a feminist, there isn’t just one way to be a feminist parent.
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The Truth Will Not Be Circulated: Fake News and Incarcerated Parents
Fake news succeeds because it disempowers readers by expecting them to believe everything they see, to react to headlines and share articles without ever having read them.
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Mommies & Murder: "Big Little Lies" Roundtable for Two
We gathered for a roundtable on schoolyard scandal, parents, and murder predictions.
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Three Things I Learned Talking to my Parents About Raising a Feminist Daughter
There were some hilarious misses, but so much of who I am and the things I value came from my parents making intentional choices to instill confidence, creativity, and curiosity in me.
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Popaganda: When Your Parents Are Deported
Donald Trump issued executive orders that call for the deportation of any and all undocumented immigrants in the United States. Reporters estimate that would mean the deportation of 11 million people.Imagine coming home from school and your dad is gone. But what will thousands—or millions—of... Read more »
Fear of an Immigrant Nation: How Many Generations Until We Are Considered Americans?
When there are no imagined external threats left to blame a country’s problems on, who will count as American then?
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