Literary Essays:

“How to Be Funnier than the Funniest Man in the Room” at The Nervous Breakdown, May 2017

“I’m Tired as Hell, Too, Mamas. Tread On” at Sweatpants & Coffee, April 2016

“Because Misogyny” at As It Ought to Be, May 2014; reprinted in Posh Seven Magazine, July 2014, reprinted in Like a Girl: Perspectives on Feminist Identity, Lucid Moose Lit, 2015

“Why Write #28” in Green Mountains Review, January 2014

“100 Words on Love: His Certainty is a Map” at The Good Men Project, December 2013

“We Search for Ghosts Even Where We Know We Cannot Find Them” in The Citron Review, March 2012

“There Was a Moment to Turn Back” in Brevity 35, January 2011

Op-Eds and Essays:

“Reluctant Hugs: Why You Shouldn’t Force Kids to Show Physical Affection” at Parents, December 2016

“Stop Telling My Daughter to Be a Good Girl” at Parents, October 2016

“How to be a white ally: Fighting racism is your responsibility – start now” at Salon, July 2016

“As A Rape Survivor, This Is How I Talk About Consent With My Daughters” at Cosmopolitan, May 2016; reprinted in Woman’s Day & Good Housekeeping, May 2016

“How to Know if You Suck at Parenting” at Mom.Me, May 2016

“Why I Celebrate My Father on Mother’s Day” in Redbook Magazine, May 2016

“When My Young Daughter Asked If God Was Just a Story, Here’s Why I Said Yes” at Good Housekeeping, April 2016, reprinted at Yahoo! News, April 2016

“That Time My Toddler Asked Me About Death” at Mom.Me, January 2016

“5 Ways to Teach Your Toddler Not to be a Judgmental Jerk” at Mom.Me, November 2015

“My Mom Died – But I Can Mother Anyway” at Scary Mommy, August 2015

“Finding My Mother Through My Daughter: Motherlessness On Mother’s Day” at Role Reboot, May 2015

“Egypt gets a revolution, Baltimore a riot: Why hasn’t radical empathy started at home?” at Salon, April 2015

“My Daughter Loves My Husband More Than Me” at Good Housekeeping, December 2015

“I’m the mom whose baby photos you’re blocking on Facebook” at Salon, July 2014; reprinted in RoleReboot, July 2014

“Emily Yoffe: Don’t Empower My Rapist” at As It Ought to Be, October 2013; reprinted at The Good Men Project, November 2013

“Miley Cyrus Deserves Better Than Our Slut-Shaming and So Do Our Daughters” at As It Ought to Be, August 2013

“A Letter to My Daughter” in Posh Seven (formerly I AM Modern), September 2012

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