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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
“I’ve since wondered: Is that when Duke first spotted me? Is that why he pursued my mom?”
New from Kayte Young.
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
04.11.2025 19:26 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“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
“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. 🌙
“It’s unlikely one-year-olds remember first birthday parties and unclear if they even understand what’s going on…”
New from Jocelyn Cox
@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
28.10.2025 16:09 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Bridey Thelen-Heidel took our conversation to wonderful places. Thanks for the journey 💞
27.10.2025 17:54 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Read the rest of Bridey Thelen-Heidel’s interview with Dr. Melody Glenn, author of MOTHER OF METHADONE, at the link! ⬆️
27.10.2025 12:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“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.”
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New from Pam Wye’s Eisner-nominated story series, WATER I’VE LOVED.
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“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!
“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
16.10.2025 13:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“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
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
“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
“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
www.muthamagazine.com/2025/10/firs...
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...
“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.
www.muthamagazine.com/2025/09/supe...
“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
“How am I supposed to do this? I ask myself. How has anyone ever done this?”
New from Jacqueline Berkman. 🔗
#essays #newmoms #parenting
“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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“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
Come hang with us in Brooklyn on Wednesday! Details at the link. 🔗
14.09.2025 19:37 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Going 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
13.09.2025 03:17 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“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
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
26.08.2025 13:56 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
“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.
