motherhood
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Books13 Books That’ll Make You Want to Call Your MomThese must-reads come from literary mothers like Maya Angelou and Amy Tan, as well as our contemporary faves.
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CultureFinally, a Platform Where Women Are Getting Real About MotherhoodAmrit Tietz and Lauren Levinger, co-founders of the website Spread the Jelly, are bringing radical honesty to the parenthood experiences nobody talks about.
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BeautyYour Definitive Guide to Pregnancy-Safe SkincareExperts share the beauty items that got them through every trimester.
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BeautyErasing My Mother's FaceHow a decade of beauty treatments has both honored—and altered—my resemblance to the woman who taught me to love myself.
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BooksMy Pregnancy Obsession Became the Freebirth SubcultureIn an excerpt from Amanda Hess's debut memoir, 'Second Life,' she writes about a movement that predates MAHA moms.
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CelebrityOlivia Culpo Announces She's Pregnant With Her First ChildThe model shared photos of her baby bump, along with the caption, "next chapter, motherhood."
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CelebrityCameron Diaz Was "Just Trying to Stay Alive…Like Every Other Mother" During 10-Year Hiatus From Acting"I was not keeping up with any kind of training...I said no to everything."
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PoliticsWomen Are Having Fewer Children, and Global Warming Is to BlameIt’s not just the climate that’s changing. Our environmental crisis is shifting American attitudes about having kids.
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CelebrityJessie J Heartbreakingly Opened Up About Having a Miscarriage After Deciding to Have a Baby AloneThe singer was so vulnerable on Instagram.
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Health-fitnessAmerica Is One of the Worst Places on Earth for Maternal HealthcareAccording to an eye-opening new report.
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CultureHome Girls
They may chronicle domestic bliss, but for housekeeping underachiever Sandra Tsing Loh, housewife blogs inspire mixed feelings.
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CultureThe Modern Motherhood ConflictIn a controversial new book, firebrand French philosopher Elisabeth Badinter argues that modern motherhood is a throwback to the pastand has become a tyranny for women
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BooksSupermom SmackdownA new book by American journalist Pamela Druckerman, Bringing Up Bébé, says that French mothers are superior to American mothers. Quelle horreur! Marie Claire gets le scoop
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Sex loveMy Best Friend Stole My BrotherWhen writer Susan Shapiro introduced her brother to her close friend, she had no idea she'd lose them both.
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FeaturesWhat's the Best Age to Have a Baby?Whether your clock started ticking early or you're feeling a time crunch at 40, deciding when to have a baby is never simple.
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CultureJust a Typical Day of Women Inspiring WomenAt the first-annual WIE symposium, such female leaders as Arianna Huffington and Sarah Brown took the stage to discuss some seriously interesting topics.
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Health-fitnessPregnant? Depressed? You're Not AloneAshamed, confused, and afraid to take meds, thousands of mothers-to-be struggle silently with depression. But avoiding treatment could be the worst choice for mom and baby.
By Liz Welch -
Health-fitnessMy Amazing Milk MachineAfter growing up in a frenzy of feminism and bra burning, Martha McPhee learned to embrace her breasts after she became a mother.
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Health-fitnessShould You Freeze Your Eggs?
Trying to beat her biological clock, Sarah Elizabeth Richards turns to extreme science.
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards
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