Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue No subject offers a greater opportunity for terrible writing than motherhood… To be fair, writing well about children is tough. You know why? They’re not that interesting. What is interesting is that despite...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue I have never been asked, but I know people wonder if all adopted children have a fear of abandonment, if we are all just longing to be loved wherever we can find it. The thing is that I know that I am...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue Sometimes the only way we can support reproductive rights is with our money. (Activism looks different for all of us; some cannot afford to be in the streets or get arrested. Sometimes all we can do is...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue When I was fifteen, I had a miscarriage. I was probably only 7 weeks in. My boyfriend raped me hard enough to bust the condom. I saw and learned a lot about the world. I felt trapped when I saw the...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue Almost every woman I know remotely or intimately has had at least one, if not multiple, abortions. I’m in the “two” category. Damn those diaphragms. The first was November 1984, just eight months after...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue The Club made no allowances for guilt. No second guessing. No politics. No weeping. No apologies, no forgiveness. No regrets, no what-ifs, no relief, no thanks. No work, which we left back on our...
