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A place for real life parenting stories, real loud. For MUTHAs and others. Eds @meglemke @cherylekleinla + @jen-bryant + others / www.muthamagazine.com
“On the eve of our almost baby, baby in waiting, baby to come, baby pending, I have no calm in me, not waiting able, though I wait and wait and wait.”
New prose poetry by Joanna Clapps Herman ⬇️
New prose poetry by Joanna Clapps Herman ⬇️
Songs for Billy
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November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“On the eve of our almost baby, baby in waiting, baby to come, baby pending, I have no calm in me, not waiting able, though I wait and wait and wait.”
New prose poetry by Joanna Clapps Herman ⬇️
New prose poetry by Joanna Clapps Herman ⬇️
“We accept that some men cut and run from parenting—even as we judge them for it—so why is it inconceivable that a woman might choose—with care and intention, and without the luxury of avoidance that sperm donors have—to have someone else raise their children?”
- @cherylekleinla.bsky.social
- @cherylekleinla.bsky.social
Cookies and Other Sustenance: Economic Injustice, the Adoption Industrial Complex, and Being Human on the Internet
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<p>The day before World Adoption Day—and one week into the federal governmen...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“We accept that some men cut and run from parenting—even as we judge them for it—so why is it inconceivable that a woman might choose—with care and intention, and without the luxury of avoidance that sperm donors have—to have someone else raise their children?”
- @cherylekleinla.bsky.social
- @cherylekleinla.bsky.social
“Later we drove to the beach to celebrate
his former recovery house friends’ sobriety dates.
There he surprised me by taking a one-day chip.”
New at MUTHA: a pair of poems from Carla Rachel Sameth. 🔗
his former recovery house friends’ sobriety dates.
There he surprised me by taking a one-day chip.”
New at MUTHA: a pair of poems from Carla Rachel Sameth. 🔗
Dethroned & December, 1995
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November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“Later we drove to the beach to celebrate
his former recovery house friends’ sobriety dates.
There he surprised me by taking a one-day chip.”
New at MUTHA: a pair of poems from Carla Rachel Sameth. 🔗
his former recovery house friends’ sobriety dates.
There he surprised me by taking a one-day chip.”
New at MUTHA: a pair of poems from Carla Rachel Sameth. 🔗
“I knew that tic tic tic had to depart from the traditional book form, not only because I didn’t want to break my long lines (and I really didn’t want to do that!) but because I felt that the book’s format had to embody the continuum of time.” 🔗 ⬇️
“The Small Moments that Construct a Life”: An Interview with Heidi Seaborn
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<p>As a multi-media artist, writer, and mother, I’m intrigued when a book of...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“I knew that tic tic tic had to depart from the traditional book form, not only because I didn’t want to break my long lines (and I really didn’t want to do that!) but because I felt that the book’s format had to embody the continuum of time.” 🔗 ⬇️
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Hey y'all. My latest with @muthamagazine.bsky.social take a look: www.muthamagazine.com/2025/11/feral/
Feral
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November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hey y'all. My latest with @muthamagazine.bsky.social take a look: www.muthamagazine.com/2025/11/feral/
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"In a bowl hollow as your heart, sift together dry ingredients. Watch what once was familiar spread and scatter until it becomes something else. Pinpricks of essence in a sea of white tedium. Set it aside and keep going."
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How to Make Pumpkin Bread 15 Years Later
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<p>Dig out the recipe your mother scrawled on a pale yellow Post-It note, one ...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"In a bowl hollow as your heart, sift together dry ingredients. Watch what once was familiar spread and scatter until it becomes something else. Pinpricks of essence in a sea of white tedium. Set it aside and keep going."
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“I’ve since wondered: Is that when Duke first spotted me? Is that why he pursued my mom?”
New from Kayte Young.
New from Kayte Young.
Négligée
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November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“I’ve since wondered: Is that when Duke first spotted me? Is that why he pursued my mom?”
New from Kayte Young.
New from Kayte Young.
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One of @melodyglenn.bsky.social’s major hopes for her book MOTHER OF METHADONE is that it leads to policy change that increases access to methadone and #HarmReduction and prioritizes treatment over incarceration. @muthamagazine.bsky.social
Woman Interrupted: The Hidden History of a Doctor Silenced by Stigma and Sexism - Mutha Magazine
Although we are more apt to call addiction a disease these days, by and large, the medical establishment doesn’t really treat it like one
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November 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
One of @melodyglenn.bsky.social’s major hopes for her book MOTHER OF METHADONE is that it leads to policy change that increases access to methadone and #HarmReduction and prioritizes treatment over incarceration. @muthamagazine.bsky.social
“I have gripped the doorknob closed with white knuckles against a raging child on the other side, and I have allowed the raging child in me to whisk up a whirling tornado of pain, sweeping up everything in its path.”
New from Arianne MacBean’s TOUGH SH!T: THE ANGRY WOMAN’S GUIDE TO EMBODYING CHANGE
New from Arianne MacBean’s TOUGH SH!T: THE ANGRY WOMAN’S GUIDE TO EMBODYING CHANGE
Banishing the Anger that Banished Me
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November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“I have gripped the doorknob closed with white knuckles against a raging child on the other side, and I have allowed the raging child in me to whisk up a whirling tornado of pain, sweeping up everything in its path.”
New from Arianne MacBean’s TOUGH SH!T: THE ANGRY WOMAN’S GUIDE TO EMBODYING CHANGE
New from Arianne MacBean’s TOUGH SH!T: THE ANGRY WOMAN’S GUIDE TO EMBODYING CHANGE
“The real horror comes not from the specter of witches among us, but from the fact that people who can become pregnant have found themselves transported back to the 15th century…”
Excerpted from @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social’s GRAPHIC RAGE: COMICS ON GENDER, JUSTICE, AND LIFE AS A WOMAN IN AMERICA. 🌙
Excerpted from @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social’s GRAPHIC RAGE: COMICS ON GENDER, JUSTICE, AND LIFE AS A WOMAN IN AMERICA. 🌙
A History of Witches
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October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“The real horror comes not from the specter of witches among us, but from the fact that people who can become pregnant have found themselves transported back to the 15th century…”
Excerpted from @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social’s GRAPHIC RAGE: COMICS ON GENDER, JUSTICE, AND LIFE AS A WOMAN IN AMERICA. 🌙
Excerpted from @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social’s GRAPHIC RAGE: COMICS ON GENDER, JUSTICE, AND LIFE AS A WOMAN IN AMERICA. 🌙
“It’s unlikely one-year-olds remember first birthday parties and unclear if they even understand what’s going on…”
New from Jocelyn Cox
New from Jocelyn Cox
First Birthday Parties are Ridiculous: I Had One Anyway
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<p>It’s unlikely one-year-olds remember first birthday parties and unclear i...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“It’s unlikely one-year-olds remember first birthday parties and unclear if they even understand what’s going on…”
New from Jocelyn Cox
New from Jocelyn Cox
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@melodyglenn.bsky.social was knee-deep in burnout after a decade of medical training. But when she discovered that we had very effective treatments for opioid addiction, she found the purpose her professional life had been lacking. @muthamagazine.bsky.social
Woman Interrupted: The Hidden History of a Doctor Silenced by Stigma and Sexism - Mutha Magazine
Although we are more apt to call addiction a disease these days, by and large, the medical establishment doesn’t really treat it like one
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@melodyglenn.bsky.social was knee-deep in burnout after a decade of medical training. But when she discovered that we had very effective treatments for opioid addiction, she found the purpose her professional life had been lacking. @muthamagazine.bsky.social
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Bridey Thelen-Heidel took our conversation to wonderful places. Thanks for the journey 💞
“Every time my research was deemed impractical, every time my emails to supervisors went unanswered, every time my “non-academic” writing was labeled as silly, it was largely because stigma against people who use drugs was spilling over into how addiction medicine itself was perceived.”
Woman Interrupted: The Hidden History of a Doctor Silenced by Stigma and Sexism
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October 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Bridey Thelen-Heidel took our conversation to wonderful places. Thanks for the journey 💞
“Every time my research was deemed impractical, every time my emails to supervisors went unanswered, every time my “non-academic” writing was labeled as silly, it was largely because stigma against people who use drugs was spilling over into how addiction medicine itself was perceived.”
Woman Interrupted: The Hidden History of a Doctor Silenced by Stigma and Sexism
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October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“Every time my research was deemed impractical, every time my emails to supervisors went unanswered, every time my “non-academic” writing was labeled as silly, it was largely because stigma against people who use drugs was spilling over into how addiction medicine itself was perceived.”
New from Pam Wye’s Eisner-nominated story series, WATER I’VE LOVED.
Adolescence is Misery
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October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
New from Pam Wye’s Eisner-nominated story series, WATER I’VE LOVED.
“Sixteen years after losing my mom, I became one.”
New at MUTHA: an excerpt from Tiffany Graham Charkosky’s debut memoir LIVING PROOF and an author interview by MUTHA senior editor Cheryl Klein. Check both out at the links below!
New at MUTHA: an excerpt from Tiffany Graham Charkosky’s debut memoir LIVING PROOF and an author interview by MUTHA senior editor Cheryl Klein. Check both out at the links below!
Family Tree: An Excerpt from Tiffany Graham Charkosky’s Living Proof
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October 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“Sixteen years after losing my mom, I became one.”
New at MUTHA: an excerpt from Tiffany Graham Charkosky’s debut memoir LIVING PROOF and an author interview by MUTHA senior editor Cheryl Klein. Check both out at the links below!
New at MUTHA: an excerpt from Tiffany Graham Charkosky’s debut memoir LIVING PROOF and an author interview by MUTHA senior editor Cheryl Klein. Check both out at the links below!
“Even though I’ve spent the last twenty years overcompensating for being a calamitous teenager (4.0 in college! Psychotic work ethic in my 20s! My house is spotless! Drama-free friendships! I do pilates and shop at the farmer’s market for fuck’s sake!) I have never shaken the shame…” - Ashley Hudson
A Bad Girl’s Guide to Parenting
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<p>“Aaahhhhh” is being screamed in my face repeatedly by my beet-red toddl...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Even though I’ve spent the last twenty years overcompensating for being a calamitous teenager (4.0 in college! Psychotic work ethic in my 20s! My house is spotless! Drama-free friendships! I do pilates and shop at the farmer’s market for fuck’s sake!) I have never shaken the shame…” - Ashley Hudson
“After years of studying teen micro-expressions, I’ve finally been able to narrow down the most common ‘looks’ many teenagers will reveal to a parent at some point in their young lives…”
New at MUTHA: Orli Auslander on HOW TO TALK TEEN.
#comics #teenagers
New at MUTHA: Orli Auslander on HOW TO TALK TEEN.
#comics #teenagers
How to Talk Teen
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October 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“After years of studying teen micro-expressions, I’ve finally been able to narrow down the most common ‘looks’ many teenagers will reveal to a parent at some point in their young lives…”
New at MUTHA: Orli Auslander on HOW TO TALK TEEN.
#comics #teenagers
New at MUTHA: Orli Auslander on HOW TO TALK TEEN.
#comics #teenagers
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My latest essay was accepted by @muthamagazine.bsky.social, a publication that digs into the messy, beautiful realities of motherhood.
It’s about love, fear, and watching your child thrive.
Grateful to the MUTHA editors for their thoughtful edits and care. Can’t wait to share it soon. 💛 #booksky
It’s about love, fear, and watching your child thrive.
Grateful to the MUTHA editors for their thoughtful edits and care. Can’t wait to share it soon. 💛 #booksky
October 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My latest essay was accepted by @muthamagazine.bsky.social, a publication that digs into the messy, beautiful realities of motherhood.
It’s about love, fear, and watching your child thrive.
Grateful to the MUTHA editors for their thoughtful edits and care. Can’t wait to share it soon. 💛 #booksky
It’s about love, fear, and watching your child thrive.
Grateful to the MUTHA editors for their thoughtful edits and care. Can’t wait to share it soon. 💛 #booksky
“Nine months ago, we were a community ravaged by fire. Today we are a community ravaged by ICE, which has been raiding our neighborhoods, kidnapping new moms and brandishing weapons at passersby.”
New from Akina Cox.
#eatonfire #ice #mutualaid
New from Akina Cox.
#eatonfire #ice #mutualaid
Eaton Fire Claims Yet Another Victim
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<p>Before I ever had children, I knew where I wanted them to go for preschool:...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“Nine months ago, we were a community ravaged by fire. Today we are a community ravaged by ICE, which has been raiding our neighborhoods, kidnapping new moms and brandishing weapons at passersby.”
New from Akina Cox.
#eatonfire #ice #mutualaid
New from Akina Cox.
#eatonfire #ice #mutualaid
“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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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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First Kicking, Then Not: A Conversation with Hannah Grieco
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<p>I first met Hannah Grieco in the summer of 2020 in her capacity as the seni...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“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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Click the link below to read the rest of DW McKinney’s interview with Hannah Grieco, author of FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT. 🔗
#books #interviews
www.muthamagazine.com/2025/10/firs...
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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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First Kicking, Then Not: A Conversation with Hannah Grieco
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<p>I first met Hannah Grieco in the summer of 2020 in her capacity as the seni...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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! ❤️
www.muthamagazine.com/2025/10/firs...
www.muthamagazine.com/2025/10/firs...
“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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Read the rest of Amy Noseworthy’s new comic at the link.
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Super Invasive Questions!
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October 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“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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Read the rest of Amy Noseworthy’s new comic at the link.
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“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
MUTHA editor Cheryl Klein on learning to find magic when you don’t believe in magic. 🔗
#essays #parenting
Free Pass: On Glimmers, Magic, and Magical Thinking
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<p>We get into the play place for free. The man at the front desk types my nam...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
“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
MUTHA editor Cheryl Klein on learning to find magic when you don’t believe in magic. 🔗
#essays #parenting