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The Mother's Body
A Nightcap in which I scrutinize myself for your entertainment.
Nov 18, 2025
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Becoming a Mother Feels Like Becoming the Sun
An ode to the joys of motherhood.
Jul 22, 2025
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Motherhood Deserves to Go Mainstream
I want to read mom stories. I want to watch mom movies. I want to be so inundated with mom content that I can find a motherhood story for every emotion…
Feb 19, 2025
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Becoming a Mother Feels Like Becoming the Sun
Jul 22, 2025
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Motherhood Deserves to Go Mainstream
Feb 19, 2025
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Breastfeeding Is a Full-time Job (Part 1)
Aug 21, 2024
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How I Healed My Postpartum Body
Jul 30, 2025
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Mothers! Assemble: On Breastfeeding (feat. 20 Substack mothers)
Feb 4, 2025
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The Adventures of the Postpartum Mommy Monster and Her Wavering Body Image
Feb 26, 2025
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I Never Imagined That I Would Write So Much About Motherhood
A reintroduction fit for the new year.
Jan 6
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Closing the Chapter of My Business Owner Era
Why I don’t believe that entrepreneurship and freedom are synonymous.
Nov 11, 2025
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Before I Was a Mother, I Was First a Sister
I don't love my daughter more than the people I have loved years before her arrival; I love her different.
Nov 4, 2025
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A Poem Called "Hot Mom"
Poetry about the mother's postpartum body because I cannot stop writing about the body.
Dec 2, 2025
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Poems Called "Upon learning that a pregnant woman can hold three generations inside her body at once" & "Upon learning that fingerprints are…
Poetry about the mother's body.
Oct 7, 2025
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A Poem Called "One"
Poetry about time and love and my daughter turning one and crying all over my keyboard about it.
Jul 11, 2025
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Mother Love Letters
Intimate and confessional writings on motherhood, womanhood, and identity.
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