The Mother Lode
Cindy DiTiberio, Kate Washington, Gemma Hartley, Lane Anderson, Allison WaidEssays & interviews on motherhood, marriage, and divorce
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 198 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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Affairs as Awakenings
three women on connections that made them realize their marriages were over
There is a pattern I’ve been wanting to explore: when women have encounters that spark the end of their marriages. The connection they feel with someone else signa...
Why I Wish I Had a Wife
I thought, given my recent writing about the cluelessness of men, I might return to this essay which I published back in March 2022. At the time, I was still married. A few weeks after this essay published, I would learn my husband was havi...
Men Just Don’t Understand
Last week I was able to curb some of my anger and write about this particular cultural moment from some remove. This week, the anger seeps through. Sorry, not sorry.
One of my readers pointed out an aspect of last week’s post...
The Things We Don’t Say Out Loud
It’s hard to write into this current climate. Of course I have thoughts about the Cornell case. In fact, this week’s post was supposed to feature a conversation I had with , the creator of The Feels, in which we discussed this essay I wrote...
Tethered Does Not Equal Trapped
on parts work, panic attacks and learning to lean on others
Ever since my divorce, I’ve been saying that I suspected the next level of my healing would come once I was ready to put myself back out there. In other words, once I got into ano...
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Writer of The Mother Lode and a New York Times bestselling collaborator and editor who has worked in publishing for over twenty years. Her writing has appeared in The Lily, Yahoo, Scary Mommy, Literary Mama, Mutha Magazine, and more.
Author of Midstream: A Life Remade in 50 Swims and Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America. Connect with Kate at kawashington.com
Speaker, writing coach, and author of Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
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