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Parenting & Family

Queer Co-parenting Helped Me Unlearn Everything TV Taught Me About Family

Queer parenting insists that parenting is a verb, an action and identity available to any and all adults who take on a shared responsibility.

Parenting & Family

I Was Ready for Parenthood — Then the Pandemic Struck

The question was never ‘did I want you.’ The question was always ‘could I keep you safe?’

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First Person Parenting & Family

Are All the Queer Moms Hanging Out Without Me?

As we start to shift the narrative about raw honesty online about motherhood, I wish that queer moms opened up more about how hard it is to create their inner circle.

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Dating Parenting & Family Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 201: Mommi Culture

Honey, we’re home!!!! “Wait, Is This a Date?” is back and we’re talking all things mommi culture! And all things dating as an actual mom!

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Parenting & Family School

“I’m Angry and Sad and Scared and I Know Nothing is Going to Change”

We invited the parents and educators on our team to share how they’re feeling in the aftermath of the horrifying school shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas.

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First Person Parenting & Family

Things That Have Mothered Me That Are Not My Mothers

I think of all the things that have taught me lessons and made me the woman I am and feel that, even if my mothers didn’t care for me the way I wanted them to, I still came out on the other side, not unscathed, but survived.

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Gender Parenting & Family

I Wish I’d Medically Transitioned Before Giving Birth

Less than a year after giving birth, I decided to medically transition. I wish I’d done it sooner.

Parenting & Family Webcomics

Foolish Child #103: After School Pick Up

I get why you told that woman to kick rocks when she implied you weren’t being a proper parent by not forcing your kid to hang out with her kid but… why didn’t you correct her when she referred to the co-parent as your husband?

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Gender Parenting & Family

Nursing as a Nonbinary Person Was Hard; Getting Back to my Binder Was Harder

My intention was always to go back to my binders as soon as I was done nursing my son. But the longer I waited, and the longer they sat there in my drawer, tucked in with my socks and underwear, the more they became less a sense of self that waited to be reclaimed and more a lurking, almost ominous presence that filled me with anxiety every time I thought about going to put one on.