NATAL, Episode 4: “Shellie’s Story”
Co-published with You Had Me At Black. After trying to conceive for 10 years, Shellie was finally having her dream baby, but the challenges of motherhood …
NATAL, Episode 3: “Mikah and Cecilia’s Stories”
Co-published with You Had Me At Black. Facing unplanned pregnancies in their twenties, Mikah and Cecilia's hospital births reveal how access to childbirth education, support systems, …
NATAL, Episode 2: “Roots of the Black Birthing Crisis”
Co-published with You Had Me At Black. This week, NATAL explores the historical roots of modern obstetrics and gynecology, and how flaws in medical education and …
NATAL, Episode 1: “Myeshia’s Story”
Co-published with You Had Me At Black. Myeshia is a married, 34-year-old cis Black queer woman with a PhD. Two weeks after giving birth to her …
The Motherhood Advantage
Co-published with Slate. Despite widespread belief that motherhood hurts women’s focus at work, the evidence suggests otherwise.
Portrait of the Artist as a Single Mom
Co-published with The New York Review of Books. How one mother became a writer while feeding herself and two young children on food stamps.
Single Moms Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Child Care and Getting an Education
Co-published with The Cut. Why are universities so unfriendly to single moms?
Graffiti Taught Me Grit
Co-published with Lenny Letter. How becoming a single mom in a depressed town helped one woman let go of perfection.
Faith and its Limits
Co-Published with the Virginia Quarterly Review. If faith fosters separateness, how do you navigate healthcare for your children? A #VQRTrueStory essay.
Emotional Photos From Inside a Childbirth and Abortion Clinic
Co-published with Cosmopolitan. As Kayla Jones, 28, kisses her 2-year-old daughter, Lola, good-bye this morning, she doesn’t know if she’ll spend the day working with women who …