On Marrying An Actor…
By Jennifer Weedon Palazzo “Oh, I make it a rule not to date other actors.” I’ve heard this blanket statement time after time from…
You Don’t Look Like a Graphic Designer
By Bec Adamczewski Mothers judging other mothers. It happens, and is possibly an unavoidable part of parenthood. It’s so easy to say ‘who cares…
Love + Art = Marriage
by Melinda Fay Cohabiting like marriage is tough on the ego. Particularly when you come together later in life after all your bad habits…
A Pumphouse of One’s Own
by Jennifer Savage In graduate school, when I left the man I was engaged to but not in love with I moved into a…
You In Our Bed
By Stella Padnos-Shea Tonight, like last night, husband tempted by the couch’s quiet: that plush other woman, slightly concave in the middle like my…
Mother versus Writer: A Tug of War
by Julianne Palumbo The place where motherhood and creativity intersect is a precarious one. I say this—two books, a magazine, and three children later.…
A Mother Who Is a Playwright / A Playwright Who Is a Mother
By Jennifer Berry The two most empowering choices I ever made were choosing to be an artist and a mother. Against all odds and by…
My Human: A Visual Poem
Lauren Haldeman is the author of the poetry collection Calenday (Rescue Press, 2014) which was a finalist for the 2014 Julie Suk Award. Her…
Like Grandmother like Granddaughter
“Jessamine was sort of a Renaissance woman on the range,” Tempe Javitz says of her late grandmother. “Nowadays many are run totally by women…
The Morning of Imperfect Butterflies
By Becky Tountas The rhythm of the rain on the roof made a pitter-patter sound and the windows were foggy from the moisture when I woke…