On Survival, Storytelling, and Saving Your Own Life: An Interview with Sarah Hanson
Hanson’s book invites readers to understand the human experience behind the statistic.
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Filling In the Missing Spaces: An Interview with Barrett Bowlin
"It’s taken me a long time to realize this, but I think I build my essays up from connections I see between images."
Abortion and Reproductive Justice: A Conversation with Marlene Gerber Fried & Loretta J. Ross - Mutha Magazine
"Reproductive justice is a bridge in a way that choice never could be. Choice just doesn’t make sense to people who don’t have choices in life – people whose lives are shaped more by oppression. Justice does."
Transforming Pain into Purpose: An Interview with Heather Marie Cline
"I’ve read so many stories of other survivors throughout the years – they made me feel seen, gave me hope, and made me feel less alone."
Coercion, Control, and Modern-Day Maternity Homes: An Interview with LIBERTY LOST’s T.J. Raphael - Mutha Magazine
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, the number of maternity homes across the US has increased by 23%, meaning that more people may soon experience what Abbi went through.
Ordinary Love: An Interview with Marie Rutkoski
It’s a lot easier to see the doors that money opens, and the ways in which it smooths certain things over, when you don’t grow up in that environment
True Happiness: An Interview with Veena Dinavahi
"Every time I had heard stories of cults or abuse, it had been with this perspective of othering them. What I was hoping to bring to the table was the ability to make the experience relatable."
Storytelling Is About Love: A Conversation with Tara Dorabji
Coming up in movements and social justice work myself, I saw so many women doing the labor, propelling the movements, holding the cultures, tending the family, and so I wanted to bring those stories to the forefront.
Legacy, Autonomy, and Cutting Ties: An Interview with Greta McGee
If someone only loves you in the form they approve of, is that really love?
Processing Trauma Through Personal Narrative: An Interview with Bridey Thelen-Heidel
In clear, sharp prose, Thelen-Heidel reclaims the narrative of her life from the monsters who shaped her early years.
Transformative Support for Single Moms: A Q&A with Jeremiah Program Brooklyn
Jeremiah Program’s mission is to “disrupt the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time.”
Storytelling As Exploration: An Interview With Melissent Zumwalt
"Working on this essay allowed me to think about myself and my relationships in a way I hadn’t done before."
Reimagining Family: A Q&A with Ruby Russell, Author of DOING IT ALL: THE SOCIAL POWER OF SINGLE MOTHERHOOD
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.
Writing From the Center: A Conversation with Maggie Smith
Keep Moving was writing from the dead center of the most difficult year of my life. For me, that book was really about pressing forward, hence the title.
Difficult Mothering: An Interview with Author Judith R. Smith
These relationships are complex, and the author doesn’t reach for platitudes or easy answers.
“Creating a Culture of Compassion:” An Interview with Ana Joanes, Director of Wrestling Ghosts
Shot over the course of two years, the film tells the story of a young mother, Kim, as she struggles to break free of old cycles in order to build a different future for her family.
Teens, Sex, Abortion, and the Law: An Interview with CHOICE/LESS Host Jenn Stanley
I’m interested in talking to people about whom our society talks incessantly, but whom we never hear from ourselves: people who have abortions, or place children for adoption, or have complicated pregnancies and have to make hard choices.
“Success Means Impact:” Her Future Empowers Teen Moms
When you become a teen parent, a lot of the things average teenagers are dealing with no longer seem to apply to you.
The Faces of Young Motherhood
“The same story can be told a thousand times, but that doesn’t mean that it’s true.”
“My Teen Pregnancy Wasn’t A Tragedy”: MUTHA Interviews Katherine Arnoldi
If a teen mom is kicked out of high school, she doesn’t get guidance in her junior and senior year about grants and scholarships for college. If you’re coerced to leave as a pregnant freshman or sophomore, then you’ll miss out on that.
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