'Bad' mothers are regular women who subvert the one-dimensional patriarchal ideal of womanhood. But some really are just bad.
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Who is a bad woman in the age of the internet?
This month our guest essay comes to us from , who writes Your Weekly Brain Un-Rot and runs the feminist book club, The Un-Rot Club. Along with her unique insights on women being “bad,” she shares several book recommendations, so get those T...
I prefer to write in England
To be honest, I did both my Creative Writing MA and PhD because I love writing and I wanted to live in the UK. A student visa was the easiest way for me to do that. I wasn’t convinced that a writing degree would change much about my success...
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 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...
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...
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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.
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.
Writer based in San Diego. Author of "Estranged" on Substack and "A Drop in the Dry Season," a poetry chapbook.
Editor by day, bleeding heart poet by night
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