Writing
Sex clubs.
Mothers-in-law.
Bulk mayonnaise.
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These are just some of the prolific subjects Allison has covered in her journalism and personal essays, which have published in top-tier and major outlets from The New Yorker, The New York Times and Washington Post to Cosmopolitan, InStyle and ELLE, Refinery29, CNN, NBC, Buzzfeed, Slate, New York Post, Daily News and many more. Common themes across her work include queer identity, gender, love and sex, motherhood, New York and coming of age.
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She is actively seeking representation and a home for her first book, Urban Inbreeding, about sex, drugs, and parents who are cousins. A taste of her coming of age story was covered in Curbed.
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New Yorker
New York Times
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A Divide Over New Inclusive Language, Even Among Liberals (LTE
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Watching a Partner Change Is Hard. Accepting It Can Be Harder
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For a Lesbian Couple, the Path to the Family Holiday Table Was Down the Aisle
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Washington Post
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Billy Porter wore a tuxedo and a dress. We should all feel empowered to make such bold choices
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We are an LGBTQ family. Please don’t ask us awkward personal questions at holiday parties
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5 splurges that could help keep the peace in your relationship
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Being a lesbian in 2019 is boring. But I’ll take yawns over fear any day.
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CNN
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Opinion: If Dolly Parton can be canceled, we’re in serious trouble
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Opinion: Billie Eilish’s “Lunch” is the Pride anthem we so desperately need​
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Opinion: Being lesbian is no longer just a personal identity. It encompasses much more
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Opinion: Tracy Chapman finally gets the standing ovation she deserves
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Be a good IRL human in this time of anti-LGBTQ and other attacks
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Ten years ago, the Supreme Court gave my wife and me a wedding gift
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How to clap back against anti-LGBTQ attacks this Pride month
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The Senate just gave LGBTQ Americans a reason to breathe easier​
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Think same-sex marriage can't be abolished? Look at what happened in Bermuda
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Americans are facing a Rainbow Scare -- and it may get worse before it gets better
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Forget New Year's resolutions. It's time to commit to stop doing things that don't work for you
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Amy Schneider knows more than you do - and it's just what we all need
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The joy of positive female representation in Disney's 'Encanto"
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Don't fall into the nuclear family trap: All kids need is love
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Beverly Cleary's Ramona is a force for all us beautiful pests
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Arkansas governor's surprising veto of anti-trans law lasted one day
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Should you tell people you got the Covid-19 vaccine? Here's what to consider
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Do we really need pants? And other lessons from a pandemic year
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How the Covid-19 pandemic has changed our sense of mortality
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Are we getting weirder? Perhaps we're simply becoming ourselves
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Wearing clothes, talking to people and other very simple 2021 goals
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Socially distanced Santa is the best thing to happen to Christmas
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Firing Virginia teacher who misgendered student was the right call
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The world lost an LGBTQ hero this week but her fight isn't over
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Couples everywhere: Here's why you (or they) can't ever find anything. It's not your fault
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Our aversion to a 'return to normal' goes beyond just the office. Here's why
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Is pandemic purgatory worse than lockdown? How to end the languishing
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The Lily
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NBC
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Parade Magazine
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New York Post
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Four homes now for sale in a prized NYC co-op where units rarely list
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New luxury residences are coming to an increasingly less horrible Penn Station
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Private helicopter company partners with luxury NYC condo building
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Inside the most luxurious new trophy towers launching this year in NYC
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This is why New Yorkers are spending hundreds of millions on fake real estate
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How NYC renters are turning their apartments into winter ‘sane asylums'
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Fleeced Navidad: Bonkers Christmas displays cost more than ever
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Cellar’s market: Record-high rents push New Yorkers into basement homes
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Inside Edgar Allan Poe’s hellish — and relatable — NYC housing hunt
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NYC’s safest neighborhood is this off-the-radar slice of Queens
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‘Whisper listings’ complicate red hot middle-class housing market
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How this colorful 'Fun House' became the eye candy eyesore of Queens
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Millennials are moving back into awkward teen rooms in record numbers
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Fur the clout: Inside the pooch palaces of NYC’s top dog influencers
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Meet the history buffs who live in NYC’s most notorious asylum
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Obnoxious New Yorkers who fled to suburbs are driving neighbors nuts
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Top home renovation projects to consider, and what they’ll cost
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These New Yorkers fleeing coronavirus vow they’ll never return
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Fleeing NYC amid coronavirus leaves defectors with ‘survivor’s guilt’
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Meet the NYC man living in a 22,000-square-foot mansion rent-free
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This neighborhood just smashed Brooklyn’s sales record for the 4th time
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Inside the multimillion-dollar homes of NYC’s top mayoral candidates
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Hedge funder’s Connecticut hockey palace slashes ask to $5.9M
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How developers are selling Manhattanites on luxury — in Queens
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New York Daily News
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A schmear and a tear: Reflections on the cream cheese shortage
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Why do we womenspread? Mostly because men don’t respect our personal space
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Have a Pepsi and a smile: Relax; the JetBlue logo is not ‘despoiling’ a Queens landmark
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Allure
BuzzFeed
Cosmopolitan
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As a Fat, Queer Woman, I’m Finally Seeing My Future Self on TV
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How to Confront the People in Your Life Who Are Breaking All the Rules​
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Women Are Letting Their Facial Hair Grow in During Quarantine and Damn, Does It Feel Good
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When I Was Pregnant, I Had Wild and Seriously Hot Sex Dreams About My Ex
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The Secret Side Effect to *Waves Hands* All This: Everyone Is Lying Now
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ELLE
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Slate
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Don’t Be Fooled by Queer-Friendly Pop Culture. LGBTQ Children Are Under Attack.
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Europeans Aren’t Fighting Transgender Bathroom Wars. Why Are Americans?
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What the Valentine’s Day Cards for Sale at a Local Drugstore Say About LGBTQ Equality
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The 10 Most Important LGBTQ Events of 2015, from Jenner to Obergefell
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I Saw Two High School Girls Kissing on the Bus, and It Filled Me With Hope
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On Transgender Day of Remembrance, Five Lessons From the Trans Community
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Why “Can’t You Just Go to Another Clerk?” Is the Wrong Response to Discrimination
Vice
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Pride Is More Important Than Ever, Because We Have More to Lose
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The Organization That Wants to Make Gender Affirmation Surgery Easier
New York Magazine
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Wry Times
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Conde Nast Traveler
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JetBlue Offering Free Flights to Families of Orlando Shooting Victims
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Flight Attendant Adopts Dog Who Kept Waiting Outside Her Hotel
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There Might Be Millions of Dollars in Your Plane's Cargo Hold
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JetBlue Surprises NYC Street Musicians With Year of Free Travel
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Quartz
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Why American workers are especially at risk during flu season
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Can we talk about the fact that business travel still feels unsafe for 95% of LGBTQ people?
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This US spy manual intended to sabotage Nazis has great tips for coping with your toxic boss
Refinery29
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Can You Really Get A Flight Upgrade If You Say You Just Got Engaged?
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Grandmother Of Orlando Victim Showered With Messages Of Love At 30,000 Feet
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I Never Realized How Much I Wanted To Be Pregnant Until I Found Out I Wasn’t
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Why I Have To Overcome One Of My Biggest Dislikes To Become A Mom
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I was on an ISIS hit list and it changed my perspective completely
Business Insider
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InStyle
Real Simple
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Health Magazine
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Why My Sexless Marriage Has Made Me Happier Than I’ve Ever Been
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How the New Gender-Neutral Barbie Would Have Completely Transformed My Childhood
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I’m a Lesbian, and When My Ex-Girlfriend Married a Man, It Made Me Feel Erased
Parents
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I Once Embraced the 'Cool Aunt' Title but Now I Realize It Was a Lie
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Families Are Forming Between Friends—Here's How Platonic Parenting Works
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Second-Parent Adoption Was the Only Option My Wife Had to Gain Parental Rights of Our Kid
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Men's Health
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The Village Voice
Huffington Post
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My Son Is Only 3. Here’s Why I’ve Already Started Teaching Him About Pride
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I’m Part Of An LGBTQ Family. Here’s What I Do When People Ask Us Invasive Questions
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My Son Is Only 3. Here’s Why I’ve Already Started Teaching Him About Pride.
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I’m Part Of An LGBTQ Family. Here’s What I Do When People Ask Us Invasive Questions.
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Neighbor Lashes Out At Family For Hanging Rainbow Flag In Honor of Orlando Victims
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BREAKING: Gay Man Arrested On New York Beach For Slipped Towel
Gothamist
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Why Are Tennis Permits In NYC Parks So Outrageously Expensive?
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'No Justice, No Peace!' Activists Chain Themselves In Police Union's FiDi Office Building
DNAInfo
Bustle
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Bust
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What We Can Learn About Workplace Sexual Harassment From The Roger Ailes Case
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When A Salesperson Asks You Why You're Shopping In The Men's Section
Bitch
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The Advocate
Curve
Go Magazine
AfterEllen
New York Blade
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Grrls v Bois: FTMs finding acceptance in lesbian organizations is a continuing struggleTriucy
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MTV
Queens Chronicle
MTA not going your way? Try these options instead!
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Tricycle Magazine
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Change.org
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AWARDS
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The Association of LGBTQ Journalists 2020 Excellence in Journalism Award - Excellence in Travel Writing Award for “Traveling as a trans person: It’s complicated,” CNN
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GO Magazine 2021 "100 Women We love"
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Yahoo! OUTstanding 2021 LGBT+ Role Models: Future Leader
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theboardiQ Pride Hall of Fame - 2021
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MEDIA APPEARANCES
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CNN
Apple TV (Dear)​
Yahoo!
Shondaland
Consumer Reports (video)
Curbed
Girl Boner (Podcast/Apple/iTunes/iheartradio)
The Royal Gazette
Greenwich Time
Greenwich Free Press
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Greenwich Sentinel
CUNY TV
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LITERARY JOURNAL PUBS
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Grande Dame Literary
CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
SheKnows
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I Have to Adopt My Biological Child Just Because I’m a Same-Sex Parent
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Dear One Million Moms, There’s Nothing Wrong with 2 Moms in Toy Story 4
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I’m a Fat Mom, & Here’s What I Wish People Would Stop Saying to Me
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This July 4, I’m Teaching My Kid the Dark Truth About America
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Why I Have to Teach My Kid About Both Hanukkah & Anti-Semitism This December
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Fun Bath Time Essentials That Will Actually Inspire Your Kids to Wash Up
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Surprisingly Fascinating Hanukkah Facts to Teach Kids the Real Story
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10 Captivating Kids Books That (Sneakily) Teach Life Lessons
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3 Things I Planned for My Birth That Definitely Did Not Go as Planned
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People Think I Have a ‘Designer Baby’ Because I Chose His Sperm Donor
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7 Surprising Tips to Survive the First 6 Months of Parenthood
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Here’s How I Told My Boss That My Family Is More Important Than My Job
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The Easiest Ways to Keep Your Kids Safe Online — & Put Your Panicked Mind at Ease
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How We Juggle the Holidays With 2 Religions, 2 Moms & One Kid
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Essential Drowning-Prevention Tips for Summertime (& Anytime)
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Everything to Pack in Your Hospital Bag for Birth — & What to Leave at Home
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Apparently (Medium)
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Why This Activist Believes LGBTQ+ People Need Corporate America
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How Do I Protect My Son From the ‘Real World’? Maybe I Don’t
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I’m Here to Tell You It’s Okay If Breastfeeding Doesn’t Work Out
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Even The World’s Best Athlete (HINT: Serena Williams) Can’t Escape Sexism
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To the Parent Who Has to Cram in Work After Bedtime — I See You
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Marriage and Kids Weren’t Part of My Plan, But Now They’re Key to My Fulfillment
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Open letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on his anti-transgender bill signing
Frazzled Humor
CT Post/Stamford Advocate
Hartford Courant
Greenwich Free Press
Greenwich Time
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Opinion: We are smarter than this transgender stand, Greenwich
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Opinion: Hey Greenwich, let's stop using titles from an era when only men were leaders
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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Chelsea Manning Faces Charges for Trying to Take Her Own Life
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Catholic Bishops Play Doctor With Pregnant Woman With Brain Tumor
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Top 10 Reasons Why Protecting Pregnant Workers Is Good For Us All
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Open Secrets Magazine
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The Belladonna Comedy
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Medium
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