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  • Mara Gordon, MD

    Health care is a mess. Let's figure it out together. I'm a family doctor, mom, and writer. I write NPR's *Real Talk With A Doc* column. My book HOW TO TAKE UP SPACE is coming in Spring 2027.

  • Nancy Reddy

    obsessed with making space for writing in a busy life & helping you do that, too. newest \ud83d\udcda: THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH, St. Martin's 2025. essays in Slate, Romper & other places. author of Pocket Universe & The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood.

  • Jessica Slice

    Disabled author of Unfit Parent, This Is How We Play, Dateable. NYT, Modern Love, Washington Post, etc. Writing from my adjustable bed.

  • Cait Van Damm

    pelvic floor therapist with expertise in chronic pelvic pain for all genders.

  • Jennifer Reid, MD

    Dr. Jennifer Reid is a psychiatrist, award-winning educator, and creator & host of A Mind of Her Own. She is also the author of Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life from Unreasonable Expectations, with Penguin Life, available now.

  • Weatherproof

    I am a family medicine physician and writer. By curating health information and sharing the stories of black women, I hope to close the gap in positive health outcomes—in other words, make black women weatherproof.

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