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On Motherhood and Fairy Tales
In which I bring together Disney, Angela Carter, and Alice Notley
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A String of Documentaries Are Reckoning with Hollywood Misogyny
Are they telling a new story?
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"I think, like marriage, home is a fantasy"
Talking with Kelly McMasters, author of The Leaving Season, about the male gaze, the divorce memoir, and the anxiety of writing about other people
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"Sexually, I was always a caretaker first"
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Do I Have Time for This?
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Still Processing
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Anticipating the Squeeze
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"I think, like marriage, home is a fantasy"
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This is How Mother's Day Ends in America
With fear
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Mother's Day Sucks
A post for moms
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How Should a Person Who is Also a Mother Be?
In the face of monstrosity, what does it mean to be "good"?
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Maternity is Not Inevitable
And other reminders for the Love is Blind cast and crew
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"The system is rigged and the game is fucked"
Talking about wellness culture, burnout, performativity, and agency with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, author of Real Self-Care
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"Sexually, I was always a caretaker first"
Talking about motherhood, marriage, sex, and writing with Rebecca Woolf, author of All of This
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Trans Panic is Projection
The only thing kids are being groomed for is the gender binary
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Mad Woman
Mad Woman
Feminist analysis of politics, pop culture, and literature + other hysterics by Amanda Montei PhD, MFA, author of TOUCHED OUT: MOTHERHOOD, MISOGYNY, CONSENT, AND CONTROL (forthcoming from Beacon Press, September 2023) and other books.
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