Midlife Mommy, For Real

Dear Nina is the place to discuss the highs and lows of friendship. Why isn't your friend texting you back? She's mad at you! (Just kidding, she's probably not.) But maybe she is? See what I mean! Friendship is tricky, even for grownups.

trying to be a good mom is a scam. let's be something new.

Feminist analysis of politics, pop culture, and literature + other hysterics by Amanda Montei PhD, MFA, author of TOUCHED OUT: MOTHERHOOD, MISOGYNY, CONSENT, AND CONTROL (forthcoming from Beacon Press, September 2023) and other books.

A newsletter for people seeking to transform life's interruptions into creative grist

how to do a hard thing when you're already doing another hard thing

Curating fee-free (AND paying) calls and competitions—plus other resources—for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Dismantling diet culture and anti-fat bias, especially in health, fashion, and parenting. (But non-parents like it too!)

Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell.

Think more about the culture that surrounds you