'Bad' mothers are regular women who subvert the one-dimensional patriarchal ideal of womanhood. But some really are just bad.
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Politics Meets Feminism
Dick Polman, author of SUBJECT TO CHANGE and longtime political columnist, joined me for our monthly chat discussing how misogyny and politics are intertwined.
This week we talked about Fox News’ thirtieth anniversary, and how it has manu...
I won’t kill a spider but I cheer for Furious, murderous women. Why?
I consider myself a pacifist. I don’t want anything to suffer or die. When I got my first dog, I went vegetarian because I began to see all animals as the same as her. When I lived in my little studio flat, I had an ant problem that went on...
If Donna Berzatto was my mom
Listen now (16 mins) | This essay is adapted from one I wrote for Substack March 2024 and another for Jenny Magazine in August 2026.
This essay is adapted from one I wrote for Substack March 2024 and another for Jenny Magazine in August 20...
You’re Childfree, But Your Partner Has Kids — A Mysterious Third Direction You Can Go
What does it mean to love a man with a child when you have fought — viscerally and permanently — not to be a mother?
This week I’m sharing a guest essay by Yoda Olinyk, author of The Monday Club. Her essay addresses a topic I think we don’...
Politics Meets Feminism with Dick Polman and Monica Cardenas
This month and I discussed:
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Natalie Harp, including Scott Jennings’ and conservative media’s unhinged response, in which they claimed the left was framing her as a sex object and political punchline.
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The absurdity of anyone d...
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How do the patriarchy, maternal ambivalence & mother-daughter estrangement interconnect? I'm writing to find out. Work in LitHub, The Audacity, HuffPost, Litro, and more. Debut novel forthcoming from Unsolicited Press.
I host Life Without Children, an inclusive space for people without kids and those who want to learn. Therapist-in-training, runner, dog-mad, nature-obsessed, ocean-oriented soul.
Editor by day, bleeding heart poet by night
Writer based in San Diego. Author of "Estranged" on Substack and "A Drop in the Dry Season," a poetry chapbook.
Spiritual director and author for exhausted caregivers. After 20 years navigating special needs and invisible disabilities, I share the life-giving practices that have carried me through.
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