By: Julie Gamberg I live in a hip neighborhood in a major metropolis. Like maybe 8 out of 10 on the with-it scale. If I didn’t live here, I’m not sure if I would have joined the local mom’s club as a way to find camaraderie, support, and connection with other new mamas. Open-minded, cool, […]
By: Sheana Ochoa There have been numerous studies showing that human beings are not naturally monogamous animals. We don’t need anthropologists and sociologists to tell us this. And it isn’t just the astronomical divorce rate in the States that indicates people are not necessarily meant to mate for life. The only thing we know to […]
By: Sheana Ochoa When I turned thirty-five the last thing on my mind was becoming a mother. I had spent my late teens, twenties, and early thirties so wrapped up in myself, the thought of having the responsibility of a child was submerged somewhere between marriage and home ownership. I was content being a perennial student, […]
By: Craig Zagurski I have two weeks to myself. Every two weeks. And I love them. I wake up as late as I want on the weekends after staying up as late as I wanted the night before. I can sit by myself at the Mac for as long as I’d like. I can work […]
By: Craig Zagurski I am such a big lover of outstanding movies and even collect a decent number of them so that, I guess, I can revisit certain feelings of hyper- or relatable-reality and help keep my imagination a potent resource for fun and adventure. It follows that I cannot WAIT for my own offspring […]
By: Craig Zagurski “I’m happy….I’m in a good headspace…..I’m available…..” My then-rationale for an embarkment. Thought it would be “interesting” to try out having a new “intimate relationship” for my first time in over 11 years, and, as a single parent. Joined a dating site or five and spilled my poetic guts into each copied-and-pasted […]
By: Brandy Black Sperm Donor X trailer from Deirdre Fishel on Vimeo. Sperm Donor X is a documentary that explores the underbelly of 4 different women choosing to be single moms, each taking different paths to pursue their dream of having children. It delves into the processes of picking a sperm donor, artificial insemination, adoption, […]
