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Refinery29: “Do you trust this momfluencer? Good, because she has something to sell you”

January 31, 2022 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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Los Angeles Review of Books – “The Monumental Unsaid” – A Conversation with Rachel Yoder

August 30, 2021 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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Kate Baer Wants to Know why Moms aren’t Rioting in the Streets – Romper

March 20, 2021 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

My interview with Kate Baer on her poetry and motherhood during the pandemic. … [Read more...]

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‘People Like Her’ and the Moms we Love to Hate – Romper

March 20, 2021 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

Dissecting my love/hate relationship with momfluencers through the lens of a momfluencer thriller by Ellery Lloyd. … [Read more...]

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Harper’s Bazaar: “Momfluencer content enrages me: Why can’t I look away?”

January 29, 2021 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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The Washington Post – “How to make sure your vicarious grief for your children doesn’t make things worse”

September 24, 2020 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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InStyle – After the Pandemic, We’ll Finally Have to Address the Impossible State of Motherhood

June 27, 2020 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

Gender inequality rages on. … [Read more...]

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The Lily – The future of the bra is up for the debate in the pandemic

June 27, 2020 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

Bras and the pandemic. … [Read more...]

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The Lily – Missing out on prenatal care is leading to pregnancies ‘riddled with anxiety’

June 27, 2020 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

Prenatal care and the pandemic. … [Read more...]

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The Washington Post – Moms will inevitably shoulder extra domestic work during this pandemic. Here’s how their partners can help.

June 27, 2020 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

Motherhood and the pandemic. … [Read more...]

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The Washington Post: “New Mothers don’t get Enough Sleep. That Needs to Change.”

February 14, 2020 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

Sleep deprivation is a form of torture for a reason. … [Read more...]

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InStyle – “Why I Can’t Get Enough of Gwyneth Paltrow”

January 22, 2020 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

Inside my tortured affair. … [Read more...]

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Glamour “I Want to be a Hot Mom”

January 17, 2020 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

Wanting to be seen for myself is complicated. … [Read more...]

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WBUR – “Meghan Markle is Not OK. And That’s OK.”

October 29, 2019 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

Because maternal and postpartum care is inadequate, even for princesses. … [Read more...]

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The Washington Post: “Burn It Down: The Importance of Female and Maternal Rage.”

October 11, 2019 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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The New York Times: “Why Having a Third Baby Felt Like the Safe Choice”

October 5, 2019 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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Longreads: “What Gwyneth Paltrow and Great Expectations Taught me about the Male Gaze”

February 6, 2019 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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Vox’s The Goods: “Why do we stop giving meaningful gifts to our friends?”

December 9, 2018 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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The Washington Post: “We split the housework, but somehow my husband still ended up the fun parent”

November 15, 2018 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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The Washington Post – “Why I’ve Stopped Trying so hard to Make ‘Mom Friends'”

November 1, 2018 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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The Washington Post – “Mama Bear Knows Best: The Enduring Problem with Children’s Picture Books”

October 22, 2018 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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The Washington Post – “Why I’m Struggling to Explain my Beauty Routine to my four-year-old Daughter”

September 19, 2018 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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The Rumpus – “The Promise of a Shampoo Bottle”

August 30, 2018 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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The Lily – “Can Women’s Work be a Feminist Act?”

July 8, 2018 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

My mother’s love of interior design infused my childhood like air. I never thought about the pink patchwork covering my bed, the Mary Engelbreit prints, or the primroses running up and down my bedroom walls. … [Read more...]

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Ploughshares – “Domesticity and Anne of Green Gables”

July 8, 2018 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

At eleven, I was enchanted with Anne’s intellect, her imagination, her appreciation of beauty, but most of all, I loved her rage. … [Read more...]

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The Washington Post – “Caring for young children and elderly parents, and wrestling with resentment”

February 14, 2018 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

The Washington Post - "Caring for young children and elderly parents, and wrestling with resentment" … [Read more...]

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Pigeon Pages – “The Orange Tank Top”

February 14, 2018 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

A flash piece about longing, adolescence, and female-on-female gaze. … [Read more...]

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Hippocampus – “More than I Dreamed of, Barely Enough”

February 14, 2018 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

Writing about writing and motherhood and too-hard avocados. SaveSave … [Read more...]

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The Rumpus – “Mimesis of Girlhood in Three Acts Featuring Bright Eyes”

September 2, 2017 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

Where I write about boys, sex, mouth guards, and music. And the sometimes sadness of growing up. … [Read more...]

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Vol. 1 Brooklyn – “Sweet”

March 30, 2017 Sara Petersen Leave a Comment

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