Jen Bryant
Jen Bryant is a writer, perpetual student, and stray cat whisperer. Her work has appeared in Ms., BUST, The Sun Magazine, Hipmama, and elsewhere. A native of the South, she currently resides in the Midwest. Jen is an editor at MUTHA Magazine and the founder of the Teen MUTHAs Rise Up collaborative column.
May 14th, 2024 | by Jen Bryant
Part of the impetus for this book was that I wanted to read a history of single motherhood and I couldn’t find one – and that in itself surprised me
July 27th, 2023 | by Jen Bryant
"I somewhat naively believed that if I applied enough thinking and feeling and time and energy towards somehow solving the problem of my marriage falling apart, that by the time I got done with the book, I would get it — I would understand what happened, and I would be able to set it down."
July 14th, 2022 | by Jen Bryant
In light of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health overturning Roe v. Wade, we asked MUTHAs: "How has abortion access, or lack thereof, affected your life?"
June 8th, 2022 | by Jen Bryant
Now that the weather is getting warmer, my son and I have been going for walks in the evening. After
March 24th, 2022 | by Jen Bryant
“When adult children get into a situation where they can no longer support themselves and/or have no place to live,
March 6th, 2020 | by Jen Bryant
“I have so many friends that say how much they love hanging out with their kid…and I don’t feel that.”
October 8th, 2018 | by Jen Bryant
“If parents can’t even talk to their kids about sex because it’s just too taboo, how can the government require
August 23rd, 2018 | by Jen Bryant
When you become a teen parent, a lot of the things average teenagers are dealing with no longer seem to
April 26th, 2018 | by Jen Bryant
“The same story can be told a thousand times, but that doesn’t mean that it’s true.” This simple, powerful idea
February 27th, 2018 | by Jen Bryant
I first became aware of Katherine Arnoldi’s graphic novel The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom a few
