“Reproductive justice is a bridge in a way that choice never could be.” New at MUTHA: Jen Bryant in conversation with authors, activists, and thought leaders Marlene Gerber Fried and Loretta J. Ross. #reproductivejustice #interviews #books

“I told my boys about the severity of weapons at school. How children and teachers have gotten hurt. That even though it’s a toy, it inspires real and unnecessary fear in others. When I noticed my second son checking out and growing bored with my spiel, I resorted to more truth.” - Samantha K. Smith

“This is not a test I should be taking. This is not a test I am prepared to pass. But the bittersweet acknowledgement of nothing hurts every single time.” Ariel Neitch on trying to conceive.

“Community is what fascism cannot overcome.” New from Amy Martin. 🔗

“It wasn’t until she started hiding in closets to escape the voices in her head that we learned schizophrenia also explained her lack of organizational skills. There was no guidebook on how to fix it, and I didn’t have a clue.” - Brittany Miles #schizophrenia #executivedysfunction #essays

Resources for resisting ICE in your community and an #ICEoutcomics call to action here: open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...

“The hospital’s rules were clear. Olive wasn’t allowed to sleep with me. She was too little—a fall risk. Her crib sat just out of reach.” - Mikaela Perron-Sampson #pediatriccancer

“My first thought: My god. They killed somebody, again. My second: If they’re out here shooting white people in cold blood, what chance do the rest of us have?” New from Sharline Chiang. #heatedrivalry #ice #essays

“My son, a true artiste, hid his vegetables in the back of the bookcase in the dining room, which I didn’t find out about until we moved. What were all these tiny orange things behind the encyclopedias?” From Jennifer Hayden’s new graphic memoir, WHERE THERE’S SMOKE, THERE’S DINNER - excerpt at 🔗

“A cousin, swollen with her third child, stood still while the women circled her like a secret.” New from Maria Olujic 🔗

“but the vibrating fleshiness of real-life babies did not yield to the stopwatch…” From “Rodent Mother” by Shelley Smithson - read it here ⬇️

Take to the streets - new from Rachel Deutsch

“I can’t sleep. I can’t stop thinking about ICE and how they killed Renee Good.” New from longtime MUTHA contributor Lisa Lim: reflections on ICE, state-sanctioned violence, and the murder of Renee Good.

“New parents love to talk about strollers and sleep sacks. But there’s no book called What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Eighteen-Year-Old. No budgeting app for senior-year expenses. No “End of Childhood” ornament.” New from Zora Foote. 🔗 www.muthamagazine.com/2026/01/the-...

"My fingers are surprised at a softness like lips puffed around the horizontal line of scar. My skin is dry so I head into the light & rub coconut oil on all I can reach. The oil is no small miracle of ordinary care."

“Where in the world did I get the idea that you have to either accept yourself or change? There are worlds beyond those two possibilities, & between them my skin speaks for itself.” - Abby Vines-Lopez #essays #bodies #tattoos

“If we could go back in time, before the dark winter of her decline, to the hopeful promise of the solstice.” Michelle Fitzgerald on seasons, solace, and the sandwich generation.

“You’re just 14 years old in the world and then all at once you’re 18 and super involved with bills and stress and the undoing of others all around you, like a river that wets your feet over and over. Insurance and FICA and fucking credit card bills and how do I change a tire?” - Amy Turn Sharp 🔗

I got to interview Kate Rope about her new book, "Strong As A Girl." Now I can add "author interviewer" to my writing accomplishments.

New at MUTHA: Megan Hanlon in conversation with Kate Rope, author of STRONG AS A GIRL. Read it below!

“Do I research pre-K options? Or places to flee?” New from KC Councilor. #comics #graphicmemoir #transfamilies

“We lose part of our heritage and identity simply by not knowing the ancestral stories omitted, secrets held, and histories lost and forgotten.” New from Kris Ann Valdez. #essays

“You know this is happening with others, but even when you know other people are going through it, you still feel lonely. You feel like it’s just you. You’re the one with the problem child….” Read the rest of D.W. McKinney’s interview with Nefertiti Austin about SHE’S JUST SPIRITED at the 🔗

“I’m pregnant.” “How could you do this to me? What? Fuck.” New from Deborah Richardson. #pregnant

Thanks @muthamagazine.bsky.social! I’m thrilled.🙏🏽

Congratulations to our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominees! ✨ #pushcart

“On the eve of our almost baby, baby in waiting, baby to come, baby pending, I have no calm in me, not waiting able, though I wait and wait and wait.” New prose poetry by Joanna Clapps Herman ⬇️

“We accept that some men cut and run from parenting—even as we judge them for it—so why is it inconceivable that a woman might choose—with care and intention, and without the luxury of avoidance that sperm donors have—to have someone else raise their children?” - @cherylekleinla.bsky.social

“Later we drove to the beach to celebrate his former recovery house friends’ sobriety dates. There he surprised me by taking a one-day chip.” New at MUTHA: a pair of poems from Carla Rachel Sameth. 🔗

“Her brain was on fire with the hallucinations…” New from Brittany Miles. #mentalhealth

“I knew that tic tic tic had to depart from the traditional book form, not only because I didn’t want to break my long lines (and I really didn’t want to do that!) but because I felt that the book’s format had to embody the continuum of time.” 🔗 ⬇️

Hey y'all. My latest with @muthamagazine.bsky.social take a look: www.muthamagazine.com/2025/11/feral/

"In a bowl hollow as your heart, sift together dry ingredients. Watch what once was familiar spread and scatter until it becomes something else. Pinpricks of essence in a sea of white tedium. Set it aside and keep going." @muthamagazine.bsky.social www.muthamagazine.com/2021/10/how-...

“I’ve since wondered: Is that when Duke first spotted me? Is that why he pursued my mom?” New from Kayte Young.

One of @melodyglenn.bsky.social’s major hopes for her book MOTHER OF METHADONE is that it leads to policy change that increases access to methadone and #HarmReduction and prioritizes treatment over incarceration. @muthamagazine.bsky.social

“I have gripped the doorknob closed with white knuckles against a raging child on the other side, and I have allowed the raging child in me to whisk up a whirling tornado of pain, sweeping up everything in its path.” New from Arianne MacBean’s TOUGH SH!T: THE ANGRY WOMAN’S GUIDE TO EMBODYING CHANGE

“The real horror comes not from the specter of witches among us, but from the fact that people who can become pregnant have found themselves transported back to the 15th century…” Excerpted from @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social’s GRAPHIC RAGE: COMICS ON GENDER, JUSTICE, AND LIFE AS A WOMAN IN AMERICA. 🌙

“It’s unlikely one-year-olds remember first birthday parties and unclear if they even understand what’s going on…” New from Jocelyn Cox

@melodyglenn.bsky.social was knee-deep in burnout after a decade of medical training. But when she discovered that we had very effective treatments for opioid addiction, she found the purpose her professional life had been lacking. @muthamagazine.bsky.social

Bridey Thelen-Heidel took our conversation to wonderful places. Thanks for the journey 💞

“Every time my research was deemed impractical, every time my emails to supervisors went unanswered, every time my “non-academic” writing was labeled as silly, it was largely because stigma against people who use drugs was spilling over into how addiction medicine itself was perceived.”

New from Pam Wye’s Eisner-nominated story series, WATER I’VE LOVED.

“Sixteen years after losing my mom, I became one.” New at MUTHA: an excerpt from Tiffany Graham Charkosky’s debut memoir LIVING PROOF and an author interview by MUTHA senior editor Cheryl Klein. Check both out at the links below!

“Even though I’ve spent the last twenty years overcompensating for being a calamitous teenager (4.0 in college! Psychotic work ethic in my 20s! My house is spotless! Drama-free friendships! I do pilates and shop at the farmer’s market for fuck’s sake!) I have never shaken the shame…” - Ashley Hudson

“After years of studying teen micro-expressions, I’ve finally been able to narrow down the most common ‘looks’ many teenagers will reveal to a parent at some point in their young lives…” New at MUTHA: Orli Auslander on HOW TO TALK TEEN. #comics #teenagers

My latest essay was accepted by @muthamagazine.bsky.social, a publication that digs into the messy, beautiful realities of motherhood. It’s about love, fear, and watching your child thrive. Grateful to the MUTHA editors for their thoughtful edits and care. Can’t wait to share it soon. 💛 #booksky

“Nine months ago, we were a community ravaged by fire. Today we are a community ravaged by ICE, which has been raiding our neighborhoods, kidnapping new moms and brandishing weapons at passersby.” New from Akina Cox. #eatonfire #ice #mutualaid

“Making literary art right now is a profound act of rebellion, and it’s more important than ever.” Click the link below to read the rest of DW McKinney’s interview with Hannah Grieco, author of FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT. 🔗 #books #interviews www.muthamagazine.com/2025/10/firs...

All the love to DW McKinney for her patience and generosity with this interview at @muthamagazine.bsky.social! We met up on a day that I was sleep-deprived and totally unhinged. She somehow made sense of it all! ❤️ www.muthamagazine.com/2025/10/firs...

“One thing I learned early on while being a lesbian with a kid is that people are usually trying to figure out how soon after meeting you they can start asking super invasive questions!” Read the rest of Amy Noseworthy’s new comic at the link. www.muthamagazine.com/2025/09/supe...