‘Motherhood Radicalized Me’Author Amanda Montei’s latest meditation on modern-day marrying and mothering, Touched Out, is as gratifying as it is gutting.
Three Generations of Women Go WestPhotographer Rose Marie Cromwell documents her mother’s and daughter’s aging and growing bodies over the course of several road trips.
ByNadine Zylberberg
first person
A Mother’s Love That Wasn’tHer cruelty and neglect couldn’t stop me from loving her. If only she’d been able to say the same.
ByJuan Gaddis
parenting
Moms Gone WildMotherhood can obliterate you — or it can set you free.
BySarah Wheeler
first person
My Beautiful MomGrowing up, my mother taught me the power of looking good. It wasn’t always pretty.
The Cool-Mom MythIs the default, the “Regular Mom,” that inherently undesirable, unlikable, and unappealing?
ByAmil Niazi
art and soul
The Art of MotherhoodIn paintings, illustrations, and ceramics, artist Madeline Donahue captures the ecstasy and agony of being a mom.
ByAmil Niazi
all in the family
Untangling the Secrets of a Teenage MotherWe think of our parents as known quantities. But as Salon editor-in-chief Erin Keane writes in her memoir, Runaway, we rarely know the whole story.