Relationships

Friendship, motherhood, relationships.

Reader Essay: MY Jenny

November 18, 2022

I’ve never wanted kids of my own. Which is precisely why I found myself exiting a Pasadena fertility clinic with a grab bag containing an informational booklet, an application for financing, and a pen that contained small plastic sperm swimming around in its cap.

I’ll explain.

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Friendship vs. Community. My personal experiences, thoughts and ideas for re-imagining the world

Nadia Meli

Mar 10, 2025

On a fine day in May last year I was scrolling through Substack and saw a note someone had shared that said: “I am so heartbroken that I am not married yet, I thought I would have my own... See more

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My Mommies and Me

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My Mommies and Me

Searching for the soul of America in Mormon mommy blogger Instagram

Alexandra Tanner

MY MOMMIES have been quiet all week, which is not how I like them. Lolo and her littles Sav and Hunty have taken one of their Silkie chickens to the vet for a broken leg. Jess and her husband Colton are still—still!—waiting for Brynnleigh at 40 weeks

the cut - june 11 - 2024What If Motherhood Isn’t Transformative at All?

We’re often told that becoming a parent will alter one’s identity. For me, the change never came.

By Anastasia Berg, editor of the Point

The Age of Abandonment

We simply don’t believe anyone will stay

Freya India

Oct 09, 2024

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I’ve written a lot about my generation and fear. Our fear of love, and fear of life. But I’ve been getting the sense lately that there’s some ultimate fear underlying all this, running through everything. And I’m becoming... See more

Freya India • The Age of Abandonment

Whether you’re ‘childless’ or ‘childfree’, you shouldn’t have to talk about it

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Whatever term is used, it positions having a child as the default, and has the power to be wounding. Why define by deficit?

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Whether you’re ‘childless’ or ‘childfree’, you shouldn't have to talk about it | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Abroad

Smile like you mean it

To cope with the anxiety of unstructured socialising as an introvert, I've developed a charismatic 'on the job' alter ego. It has totally backfired.

Cristina Carmona Aliaga

Dec 06, 2024

Margaret Qualley pictured by Greg Williams, British Vogue (May 2024)

Hello dear readers,

I hope these words find you sane.

As anyone living ... See more

Cristina Carmona Aliaga • Smile like you mean it

On the Myth of Motherhood as Self-Improvement

And why I care as someone who has no kids and no desire to have kids

Ines Bellina

Jun 20, 2024

I often warn people I’ve just met that they’re free to follow me on Instagram but cannot hold my Stories against me. “It’s where my Id lives,” I explain. “You have to promise to keep liking me even after watchin... See more

So how do we actually do this community thing?

My Mommies and Me

Freya India • The Age of Abandonment

Whether you’re ‘childless’ or ‘childfree’, you shouldn't have to talk about it | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Cristina Carmona Aliaga • Smile like you mean it

Ines Bellina • On the Myth of Motherhood as Self-Improvement