Role Reboot

How To Be A Child-Free Stepparent

This originally appeared on Fem2.0. Republished here with permission. I’m no person’s mom, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be a loving and influential adult. By the time I was 12, I knew I didn’t want children. I loved kids, I saw the joy they brought into people’s lives, but I just didn’t feel the […]

On Choosing My Own Last Name

At 18, I added my mother’s last name to my signature. Is it worth it to me to explain to strangers where my names come from, and to suffer through bureaucratic confusion in order to feel complete when I see my name? Yes. In The Hairpin this week, Molly Caro May hopes for a “pro-choice situation for last […]