War
If We Die, We Want to Die Together
The state can always find a reason for us to kill each other.
Meg Conley
Hi, my name is Meg. I create Pocket Observatory, a not-for-profit attention reclamation project.
Patriarchy
Angry Girls, Angry Women
What was the first album by a woman you remember feeling was forbidden?
Marriage
The Colonoscopy + The Couple
There is no ladylike way to say, “Sometimes I bleed from my butt.”
War
The Sounds of War
The fighter jets that invaded Iraq train over my backyard.
Childhood
An Ordinary Age
Raised in a culture veined with the fool’s gold of American Exceptionalism, I thought I had to be exceptional.
Family
At Home with Anica Wong
An elegant dance in a utilitarian kitchen.
White Supremacy
Historic Character
My neighborhood’s fight for integration changed America. Now white neighbors are suing a Black pastor over his social justice work.
White Supremacy
Challenging racism is homemaking
Racial Justice at the Kitchen Table
Mormonism
My Mother Risked It All on the Beanie Baby Boom
She was a Mormon homemaker who just wanted to take part in the market economy. Then it all came crashing down.
Grief
Finding My Family’s Bones
How visiting Appalachia helped me begin to understand my family
Children's Rights
Power Grids Are Failing All Over America
Profit, power, preconceived notions. For these things we let dreaming children die.
Mormonism
Murder Among Mormon Men
The Hofmann story was male-driven, but the violence it resulted in was evenly distributed.
Mormonism
A Wall for Jesus
I ask that you show my daughter whiteness is not a prerequisite for salvation.
Marriage
I wore lingerie for the first time in years. It was a disaster
Lingerie is complicated because lingerie is not neutral. It is a consumer good driven by exclusionary trends.
Platforms
Parenting Is Hard. Celebrity Cameos Can Help.
During a pandemic, it takes a celebrity village to raise a child
Care Work Capitalism
A Crowded Table
I own the table of my dreams because someone was desperate.
Patriarchy
What Happened to the GOP Being the ‘Pro-Family’ Party?
Senators Mike Lee and Marco Rubio are for bringing children into this world, but against helping them survive it
ADHD
People Said I Was ‘Special.’ Really, I Just Had ADHD.
The diagnosis that came decades later than it should have
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