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Motherhood

  1. how i get it done
    How Attorney L. Ashley Aull Gets It Done Her First Week Back From Parental Leave“I took less time than I could’ve because I felt pressure from my own ambition to return to work.”
    By Sheila Yasmin Marikar
  2. how i get it done
    How Kith’s Chief Impact Officer (and New Mom) Sharifa Murdock Gets It Done“I make sure that I take care of myself because if I’m not good, then I can’t do anything else.”
    By Katja Vujić
  3. how i get it done
    How Tell Me Lies Author and Mom of Two Carola Lovering Gets It Done“This was a red-carpet moment, and I was like, ‘Can you please hold on? I need to finish pumping.’”
    By Colleen McKeegan
  4. how i get it done
    How Writer and Comedian Jessi Klein Gets It Done“If you can even spend four hours attempting to write, you can punch in and punch out. You’ve tried.”
    By Danielle Cohen
  5. how i get it done
    How Actor, Podcast Host, and Mom of Three Casey Wilson Gets It Done“With my third, there just is not the mental or emotional capacity to care as much. It feels quite freeing.”
    By Katja Vujić
  6. how i get it done
    How This Dior Executive Gets It Done With Two Kids Under Two“It’s hard — you have no more time for yourself, really. I feel like things are constantly on the edge of chaos.”
    By Asia Milia Ware
  7. how i get it done
    How Fashion Designer and Mom to a 2-Year-Old Mary Furtas Gets It Done“I’m just much more adult, calmer, and more diplomatic with people. You grow.”
    By Chinea Rodriguez
  8. the hard part
    What We Never Say About ParentingIt’s good, actually.
    By Amil Niazi
  9. baby fenty
    Rihanna’s Baby Already Has His First Vogue CoverAnd we still don’t even know his name.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  10. culture
    Rihanna’s Radical Performance of PregnancyHer Super Bowl show was all about confidence and control.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  11. celebrity
    Paris Hilton Is a Mother Now “Our hearts are exploding with love for our baby boy.”
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  12. q&a
    Lampooning Every Parent’s NightmareNobody wants to drop a baby, but Anna Konkle found a way to make you laugh about it.
    By Emily Maskell
  13. how i get it done
    How New York Times Parenting Columnist Jessica Grose Gets It Done“Raising the next generation is and should be a concern to everyone.”
    By Alex Hazlett
  14. the bigger picture
    Rethinking the Traditional Maternity Photo ShootA Mother’s Letter gets real about the highs and lows of pregnancy.
    By Devine Blacksher
  15. parenting
    Day Care Is BrokenIt’s hard to escape the feeling that the current system is conspiring to push women out of the workforce.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  16. parenting
    Motherhood Isn’t Helping Me Make FriendsAnd I’ve never needed them more.
    By Katie C. Reilly
  17. motherhood
    The Cool-Mom MythIs the default, the “Regular Mom,” that inherently undesirable, unlikable, and unappealing?
    By Amil Niazi
  18. art and soul
    The Art of MotherhoodIn paintings, illustrations, and ceramics, artist Madeline Donahue captures the ecstasy and agony of being a mom.
    By Amil Niazi
  19. 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.
    By Hope Reese
  20. parenting
    How TikTok Has Supercharged the Age-Old Debate Over Sleep TrainingThe never-ending discourse over how to put your baby to sleep enters the digital age.
    By Laura Hazard Owen
  21. celebrity
    Jennifer Lawrence Reveals She’s Had Two MiscarriagesIn a new Vogue interview, she talked about becoming a mother and voiced her rage at anti-abortion conservatives.
    By Danielle Cohen
  22. parenting
    The Unbearable Heaviness of Being an ‘Old Mom’At 39, every physical ache, every existential spiral, every scroll past young momfluencer content makes me obsess over the time left.
    By Amil Niazi
  23. parenting
    My Queer Family vs. the Supreme CourtIf SCOTUS comes for marriage equality next, will I still be considered my son’s mother?
    By Michelle Tea
  24. parenthood
    Mindy Kaling Does Not Care Who You Think Her Kids’ Father IsApparently, speculation that it’s B.J. Novak doesn’t bother her.
    By Danielle Cohen
  25. parenting
    When the Choice to Grow Your Family Isn’t Actually YoursYou’d think the forces that fought Roe would tackle infertility next, but you’d be wrong.
    By Amil Niazi
  26. parenting
    When Dads Do What Moms DoTo share the burden of parenting, you have to actually share it.
    By Amil Niazi
  27. mental health
    My Manic First Days of MotherhoodPostpartum psychosis convinced me I was thriving as a new mom. But was any of it real?
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  28. childbirth
    My C-section Was Fine, ActuallyI came away feeling cheated not because I’d had one but because I’d been made to feel so bad about it.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  29. work
    Will Employers Finally Listen to What Mothers Need?There’s never been a better time for working mothers to ask for more flexibility — and actually get it.
    By Lara Bazelon
  30. fertility
    The Girlbosses of FertilityFertility coaches sell hope to women struggling to conceive. But can they actually deliver?
    By Lindsay Gellman
  31. uvalde
    “It’s One of the Biggest Fears of My Life”After the Uvalde shooting, a Columbine survivor dreads sending her daughter to preschool this fall.
    As told to Andrea González-Ramírez
  32. uvalde
    ‘Who Are the Bad Guys?’It’s the question my children asked. My answer: the moral cowards who slobber and grovel over money from the gun lobby.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  33. formula shortage
    My Life Revolves Around BreastfeedingAs the formula shortage continues, keeping my daughter fed is a full-time responsibility. And I’m one of the lucky ones.
    By Jen Wieczner
  34. motherhood
    A Model With a C-section Scar Is in the 2022 Sports Illustrated ‘Swimsuit’ IssueFor the first time in the magazine’s 58-year history.
    By Brooke LaMantia
  35. cut covers
    Sophie Turner Comes Into Her OwnThe Staircase star talks to Jessica Chastain about growing up with the whole world watching.
    By Lindsay Peoples
  36. q&a
    A Reality Check About MotherhoodAngela Garbes’s new book, Essential Labor, reclaims realistic mothering.
    By Sara Petersen
  37. motherhood
    Being a ‘Mom’ Isn’t What It Used to BeThe label was always flawed. The pandemic shattered it beyond repair.
    By Amil Niazi
  38. announcements
    Sign up for Brooding, a Newsletter About Modern Family LifeDeep thoughts on modern family life.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  39. sober questioning
    ‘I’m 90 Days Sober — Am I Ready for a Baby Yet?’I can’t tell you it’s a bad idea. But I won’t tell you it’s a good one, either.
    By Ana Marie Cox
  40. book excerpt
    What My Toddler’s Nom-Noms Taught MeOn a trip to the grocery store one day, I had an epiphany about me, my son, and the meaning of life.
    By Jessi Klein
  41. book excerpt
    The Life I GrewDoctors said my disability would make it impossible to get pregnant. I was 5 months along when I realized the truth.
    By Chloé Cooper Jones
  42. fiction
    Women and Children First, From HeartbrokeIn this excerpt from Chelsea Bieker’s new collection, one woman tries to right the sins of her past by … committing a few more in the present.
    By Chelsea Bieker
  43. parenting
    I Refuse to ‘Punish’ My Son AnymoreThe parenting method that changed our relationship — and his behavior.
    By Rebecca Bodenheimer
  44. parenting
    Can I Consume Cannabis Around My Kids?How parents are deciding whether or not to hide their newly legal habit from their children.
    By Annaliese Griffin
  45. motherhood
    Be Warned, Rihanna Will Flip a Table for Her ChildShe’s not afraid to go full Teresa Giudice.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  46. euphoria
    This One’s for the MomsLast night’s episode of Euphoria was centered on the thankless task of raising HBO teens.
    By Brooke LaMantia
  47. sober questioning
    Sober Questioning: ‘I Feel Weird Not Ordering Wine With My Mom Friends’If anyone is showing a persistent, direct interest in whether or not you’re drinking, they are the weird one.
    By Ana Marie Cox
  48. self
    Me, Myself, and Diastasis RectiLiving with this postpartum condition might be better than fighting it — especially when you have no choice.
    By Michelle Tea
  49. black lives matter
    The Burden of the Black MotherThe still-grieving mothers of those killed by police violence are often asked to play a role they didn’t choose.
    By Anna Malaika Tubbs
  50. black lives matter
    Grief Over TimeSybrina Fulton, who lost her son Trayvon Martin ten years ago this month, found her painful place in American history.
    By Derecka Purnell
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