The Bad Enough Mother: A Defense
Jessica JaneA literary defense of bad mothering; a phenomenological (in the broad sense) exploration of drugs, hope, and other forms of magical thinking; an apology to my son Aubrey and anyone who uses drugs
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 119 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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My son’s death made me a better mother
I started thinking about the human heart, how it operates like a valve, or a filter. What I have seen and experienced, run through my heart.
That perhaps the purpose of the human heart is to transform suffering, sop it up, wring it through...
Fidelity
Princess Anna Arkadyevna Karenina
When I was fifteen, I once hid out in a train station overnight. Although the ticket window was closed, and there was no one around, the waiting room was open. From a giant vent in the ceiling blew hot air...
Flower, pistol, stamen, style
I wanted to understand, but not with my mind. I needed to use my body.
I swallowed the capsule. I ate the seed.
Everything that has once flowered can be consumed.
I joined a conversation with a dead son, who pointed out to me that there...
Means--A manifesto
Let your teeth grow crooked
I let my teeth grow crooked.
Let the wane white hairs fall out.
I let my hair fall out.
Let the tomatoes ripen in a quiet room.
They are green. I will let them ripen.
You are fifty-five.
I am fifty-five, s...
Rituals, sequins, sunlight, poverty
I stand in the Dollarama beside a woman in a hijab. We consult the choices side by side, not speaking, not knowing one another, but bound by the similarity of our child’s birth time.
There are balloons: red, yellow, opalescent, pink, turqu...
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Writer, runner, rabble-rouser, grieving parent
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