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First Kicking, Then Not: A Conversation with Hannah Grieco

MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · 3d

“Making literary art right now is a profound act of rebellion, and it’s more important than ever.”

Click the link below to read the rest of DW McKinney’s interview with Hannah Grieco, author of FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT. 🔗

#books #interviews

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I first met Hannah Grieco in the summer of 2020 in her capacity as the seni...

First Kicking, Then Not: A Conversation with Hannah Grieco

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 3d

All the love to DW McKinney for her patience and generosity with this interview at @muthamagazine.bsky.social! We met up on a day that I was sleep-deprived and totally unhinged. She somehow made sense of it all! ❤️

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I first met Hannah Grieco in the summer of 2020 in her capacity as the seni...

Super Invasive Questions!

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · 9d

“One thing I learned early on while being a lesbian with a kid is that people are usually trying to figure out how soon after meeting you they can start asking super invasive questions!”

Read the rest of Amy Noseworthy’s new comic at the link.

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Free Pass: On Glimmers, Magic, and Magical Thinking

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · 11d

“Kids dive headfirst into joy without contemplating their worthiness, without guilt, without considering geopolitical context or their most recent bloodwork.”

MUTHA editor Cheryl Klein on learning to find magic when you don’t believe in magic. 🔗

#essays #parenting

We get into the play place for free. The man at the front desk types my nam...

1.   I’m lying on an o...

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · 17d

“How am I supposed to do this? I ask myself. How has anyone ever done this?”

New from Jacqueline Berkman. 🔗

#essays #newmoms #parenting

The Mother is Me

Write the Truth: Excerpt from A SILENT TREATMENT by Jeannie Vanasco

MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · 22d

“Mom? I want to say.
But I’m afraid to speak”

Excerpted from A Silent Treatment by Jeannie Vanasco. Copyright © 2025 by Jeannie Vanasco. Published with permission from Tin House, an imprint of Zando, LLC.

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Write the truth, my mom tells me. Otherwise it wouldn’t be honest. Or...

Conversations on Having an Only Child

MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · 24d

“Are you thinking of a second child?” a put-together, tall and slim mom of two was questioning me in a low voice, hoping for a confession.”

Mathilde Piton on the questions people ask when you have an only child. 🔗 ⬇️

#onlychild

“The exhaustion is endless,” said my new friend, pushing a stroller. �...

MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · 25d

New from Kate Uleman: a comic on grief, loss, and love.

#comics

Keeping You Home

When my daughter turned five during Covid, I worked to create a memorable v...

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · 26d

Come hang with us in Brooklyn on Wednesday! Details at the link. 🔗

MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 21

Join MUTHA and Pen Parentis on 9/17 for a night out with parents who are writers/artists across genres that take on taboo topics. Details and tickets at the link in bio!

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT

@bkbookfest.bsky.social @penparentis.bsky.social

#BKBF

A flyer for MUTHA x Pen Parentis x Lofty Pigeon Books’ 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. Featuring a cartoon pigeon standing on a stack of books with a bottle in its beak.

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Meg Lemke @meglemke.bsky.social · 28d

Going to be roaming @smallpressexpo.bsky.social tomorrow -- super delighted to have an @muthamagazine.bsky.social published comic (by the fab KC Councilor) up for the #Ignatz (so see you Saturday, everyone nominated is already a winner) and super delighted to check out everyone else's stuff

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Sep 3

“Jabbing the keyboard, I cursed the magician/host who had yet to log on.” Jennifer Alessi on her attempts at making magic for her daughter. Link below!

#essays #parenting

Foolish Magic

Coercion, Control, and Modern-Day Maternity Homes: An Interview with LIBERTY LOST’s T.J. Raphael

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jen-bryant.bsky.social @jen-bryant.bsky.social · Aug 26

As someone who grew up in Jerry Falwell’s town and lived just three miles from the Liberty Godparent Home during my own teen pregnancy, T.J. Raphael’s Liberty Lost podcast really resonated with me. So grateful for the opportunity to work on this story - please give it a read! #libertylost

MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 26

“I thought of maternity homes as a thing of the past. I didn’t realize that they actually never went away in certain communities.”

New at MUTHA: Editor Jen Bryant speaks with T.J. Raphael about the LIBERTY LOST podcast, coerced adoptions, and modern-day maternity homes in the post-Roe era.

When Abbi Johnson turned thirteen, her father handed her a gift-wrapped box...

Coercion, Control, and Modern-Day Maternity Homes: An Interview with LIBERTY LOST’s T.J. Raphael

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 26

“I thought of maternity homes as a thing of the past. I didn’t realize that they actually never went away in certain communities.”

New at MUTHA: Editor Jen Bryant speaks with T.J. Raphael about the LIBERTY LOST podcast, coerced adoptions, and modern-day maternity homes in the post-Roe era.

When Abbi Johnson turned thirteen, her father handed her a gift-wrapped box...

I was sure that by age eight, Cora would understand where her body ended an...

MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 22

“After five years of trying, my body has found its own share of profound pain, but not the means to host a pregnancy.”

New from Adele Failes-Carpenter.

And Then There Were Two

@arielgore.bsky.social @weirdmomart.bsky.social

MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 21

MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 21

Join MUTHA and Pen Parentis on 9/17 for a night out with parents who are writers/artists across genres that take on taboo topics. Details and tickets at the link in bio!

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT

@bkbookfest.bsky.social @penparentis.bsky.social

#BKBF

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Meg Lemke @meglemke.bsky.social · Aug 14

#Ignatz nominations are up and I'm beyond delighted about the nomination of KC Councilor's AN ODE TO PEOPLE from @muthamagazine.bsky.social in best online comic & big congrats to all the worthy noms! www.muthamagazine.com/2025/04/an-o...

An Ode to People

www.muthamagazine.com/2025/08/my-m...

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 7

My Ma Was Once a Beauty Queen

In March, I stopped volunteering, the quitting so quiet I didn’t know I w...

MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 7

New at MUTHA: three comics by Rebecca Kennedy. Link in comments!

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 5

“For the more straightforward of the volunteer mothers who asked, “Do you have children?” I had rehearsed the following statement, delivering it in a firm tone: I had a son, but he died several years ago.” Lorie Adair on finding community after losing a child.

#grief #loss #love

The Other Mother Tribe

Mother’s Day 2025 started at 6 AM with an email from a colleague question...

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Jul 28

“You can get your head IN, you can get your head OUT,” I said firmly while my brain’s eye searched for my phone to dial 911.

New from Siqi Li.

Natural Consequences

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Jul 23

What We Didn't Expect: From Panel to Party

Join MUTHA Magazine and Pen Parentis for this BKBF Bookend Event featuring writer-parents Rachel Deutsch, Ariel Gore, and Domenica Ruta

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Jul 23

Join MUTHA Magazine and Pen Parentis for this BKBF Bookend Event featuring writer-parents Rachel Deutsch, Ariel Gore, and Domenica Ruta. Get your tickets at the link in comments!

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT.

#bkbf

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MUTHA Magazine @muthamagazine.bsky.social · Jul 22

“My womb is a hostile place that cannot grow a heart…”

New poetry from Chloe Lynn Stehman.

Mother Figure

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