BLACK LIVES MATTER
June 8th, 2020 | by Ezra Stone
We at Mutha Magazine stand with the Movement for Black Lives: with black folks, black families, black writers and artists,
No Relief
May 13th, 2024 | by Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
You perched on the toilet, feet dangling, hands clutching the seat, and pleaded with me, “Don’t flush don’t flush don’t flush.”
My Children Almost Grew Up Without Family Dinners
May 9th, 2024 | by Allie Falender Rubenstein
People often asked me, “How do you do it all?” I was not doing it all. I was slowly starving myself to death while being completely absent from my children's lives.
Losing Grip: Author Roxanna Asgarian on the Child Welfare System
May 6th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
"The systems are clearly biased...but we also see in the Hart story just how many individual acts of bias contributed to these kids' deaths."
The Urge to Disappear
May 3rd, 2024 | by Amy Shearn
Why do so many women fantasize about running away from home
Walking into Traffic
May 2nd, 2024 | by Eileen Nittler
One day he will be gone for as long as he was alive.
You Must Give Her Freedom: An Excerpt from ON GOLD HILL
April 29th, 2024 | by Jaclyn Moyer
I watched my grandmother cup my daughter’s head in her palm, then said, “Speak to her in your language—she’s learning. Speak in Punjabi.”
Mother Doll: Excerpt from the Novel by Katya Apekina
April 25th, 2024 | by Katya Apekina
“I guess it was appropriate that my marriage ended after visiting a clubhouse for magicians. The stability of marriage was an illusion.”
Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends: Novelist Katya Apekina on Russia, Motherhood, and Mother Doll
April 25th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
"Russian immigrants find the American friendliness to be off-putting and insane. Why do people smile so much?"
All of the Hidden Almosts
April 22nd, 2024 | by Megan Mizanty
Once you cross the line to the other side of delivery, people share more about their own birth experiences