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The Invisible Co-Parent Lurking in My Life Right Now
Mothering in the Age of AI: Includes two prompts to help audit and redistribute the invisible labour in your home.
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The Substack Safety Kit (Made After Watching a Friend’s Substack Vanish)
This kit wasn’t born out of curiosity.
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When Mothers Have Sex
On appetite, aliveness, and the machinery of maternal silence
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Why are Women Like Me Called Scary?
Here's the real reason we side-eye the women who won't shrink
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Thank You for Your Service (Now Please Be Quiet)
A Meditation on Motherwashing
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Take Off Your Big Girl Pants (And Set Them On Fire)
There’s a phrase women hear when we’re expected to pull ourselves together, shut up about the discomfort, and get on with it: Put on your big girl…
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The Myth of the Beautiful Home
Some call it art. For many, it’s survival.
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Call for Submissions
Bring Me Your Stories, Secrets, and Scandals
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Forbidden Boob Power: the truth about feeding 10 babies
Before my triplets could latch, they needed to survive.
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88 Reasons My Laundry Still Isn’t Folded
A Gift: Love It, Hate It, Steal It - Your Call
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The Christmas Cover-Up
Who’s Paying for the Magic?
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Love Yourself Tenderly: Honouring Your Wins and Your Worth
Rest, Rise, and Repeat Without Guilt (Pt.2b)
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