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Many in our generation have found that our own Gen X parenting feels and looks a lot different than what they remember from their own childhoods. In today’s essay, Gina Rich reflects on her own struggles with balancing fear and freedom in her parenting. Growing up, I was lucky enough to have a girl my age […]
If you want to get published online, your work isn’t done when you finish the piece. (For more on the qualities of good writing that will impress an editor, read this.) I’ve read hundreds of submissions — for our anthologies and for our website — and my best advice is to treat the submission process […]
By Kristina Wright I was a fourteen-year-old high school freshman when Natalie Wood drowned under mysterious circumstances. High school was a different world than middle school had been, a world where I discovered how to flirt and date and daydreamed about the prince who would be my boyfriend. My mother shared her love of Natalie […]
Not all women experience a midlife crisis in their forties, or at least not in the same way. Midlife can also be a time of new starts and new beginnings. Elura Nanos shares how she has come to look at midlife in a new way. By Elura Nanos For a little while now, I’ve […]
Unemployment is stressful for a family, and for a marriage. When a spouse is unemployed, conflict and resentment can easily find its way into even the strongest marriage. What happens when both spouses are unemployed? Liz Alterman tells the story of the impact of unemployment on her marriage. I’ll probably never be able […]
When should a midlife woman leave her marriage? During the HerStories Project relaunch, we announced that Gen X women at midlife is the new focus for essays and classes at our site. The relaunch included a call for questions for our resident advice columnist, Nina Badzin, that goes beyond friendship dilemmas. Although Nina will take […]
