The Mother Lode
Cindy DiTiberio, Melinda Wenner Moyer, Lane Anderson, Catherine Baab, Tracy Clark-Flory, Gemma Hartley, Kate Washington, Ruth Whippman, avalonEssays & interviews on motherhood, marriage, and divorce
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 189 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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Your Divorce Starter Kit
I’ve been writing about divorce on The Mother Lode since I left my marriage in February 2023. This encompasses a lot of content. So, I thought I’d compile my most practical posts in one place. This starter kit is for anyone who is: a) in th...
"I thought I deserved to be punished and mistreated"
The Divorce Diaries, 17
I’ve been writing for years about how marriage is not serving women. The issue is it is so damn hard to leave. We’ve spent years tolerating the intolerable as part of our duty as a wife, brainwashed into believing t...
Wifedom
This week I’m a guest over on talking about 5 ways men benefit from marriage more than women (you can read the post here). So I thought I’d return to this concept of how being a wife started out as a job.
if you enjoy the content on the...
Behind the Scenes
on book deals, boyfriends, and other things occupying my time
Somehow, I haven’t shared a Behind the Scenes since November 2024, which was right when my divorce finalized. Behind the Scenes is a series for paid subscribers to peek behind t...
We May Teach Guys to Get Consent. We Don't Teach Girls to Give It.
Everyone knows that app dating is the worst. So I’m all for people trying to create in-person events where singles can meet and mingle in real life.
I went to one of these events in October. I was still on the apps and not having a ton of...
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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.
Award-winning science journalist, regular contributor to The New York Times, author of HELLO, CRUEL WORLD! and HOW TO RAISE KIDS WHO AREN’T ASSHOLES.
Writer, journalist, prof. Lover of pastries, ranter of rants. Feral woman and girl mom.
Writer, journalist: Slate, Lit Hub, WSJ, CNBC, NBC. Author of Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History's Least Likely Self-Help Guru.
Tracy Clark-Flory is the author of the memoir MY MOTHER'S DAUGHTER. Also: WANT ME. She is a journalist, essayist, and co-hosts the podcast Dire Straights. Her weekly newsletter, TCF Emails, covers sex, pop culture, and feminism.
Speaker, writing coach, and author of Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
Author of Midstream: A Life Remade in 50 Swims and Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America. Connect with Kate at kawashington.com
Author and journalist. Former BBC documentary maker. Words in New York Times, Guardian etc. Author of BoyMom, Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity (Harmony/ Penguin 2024) and America the Anxious (St Martins 2016)
after 24 years of marriage, I began the messy process of untangling myself from a role I'd mistaken for my identity. Writing about relationships, midlife, sovereignty, and what happens when we stop abandoning ourselves in order to belong.
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