
High ponytail, low estrogen. Twice-monthly essays about American womanhood, motherhood, and pop culture from a longtime journalist navigating midlife. Usually funny. Sometimes irate.
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October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.
I have been moved from post-op recovery to a room on the 7th floor of the hospital.
I came in three days ago to induce labor for our terminally ill twins at 23 weeks gestation. I had a...
The title comes from my mom’s euphemism for flirty girls when I was a teenager, as in, “That girl has some big ideas,” usually delivered with pointedly raised eyebrows.
I was never especially flirty, but I have plenty of big ideas.
So I r...
The following is adapted and excerpted from I’m Sorry for My Loss: An Urgent Examination of Reproductive Care in America, written by myself and my co-author, Colleen Long. The move toward legal fetal personhood has only grown since the Dobb...
This is a re-issue from the archives because it inspired my upcoming second Substack, Sweet Valley Digest, where I will read and recap the original Sweet Valley High books. Subscribe at the link!
“How is it possible that you are always wat...
Last year, my husband and I grabbed lunch at the Cancun airport after we wrapped up our kid-free anniversary trip. The restaurant is surrounded by busy gates, so it’s not exactly a quiet place to dine.
A family with a 3-year-old son and a...
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Longtime Journalist | Humorist | Xennial with rapidly declining estrogen. Writes about feminism, women's health, parenthood, and pop culture. Co-author of I'm Sorry for My Loss, a book about pregnancy loss in America. Full bio at bit.ly/3Lkqblj
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