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medically unsound

Robin Marty The Supreme Court's plan to hear the Mississippi abortion case is likely the end of Roe

Image:; A mother works at her make shift office set up in her daughter nursery.

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all in a day's work

Why I'm putting 'mother' on my résumé (and other moms should, too)

Motherhood must be recognized for what it is: A training ground for leadership in all its forms.

Katya Libin

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acting like children

As a parent, the CDC's new mask rules weren't freeing. They create more work for me.

The new mask rules only apply to vaccinated people — so every parent of a child under 12 has to convince them to keep a mask on for the foreseeable future.

Joy Engel

Photo illustration of a Brood X cicada on a stem of a plant.

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sands through the hourglass

The cicadas are coming and bringing an important message about time

They're loud but brilliant, particularly for their ability to be mini-time capsules that push through the soil and remind us of earlier versions of ourselves.

Judi Ketteler

Photo illustration: Mangoes and peaches form the curves of a woman in a painting wearing white sneakers, lying over clouds with an ice-cream sundae.

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going all out

The post-Covid 'hot girl summer' is vaxxed, waxed, happy and fat

We survived a global pandemic and now you're worried about the size of your jeans? Let's just refuse to ever be ashamed of our bodies again.

Samhita Mukhopadhyay

Illustration of a mother vacuuming as her husband eats popcorn on the couch, and her daughter looks at superhero comic depicting the mom.

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START SLACKING

If you want a world where our sons and daughters are equal, stop doing all the housework

Kids will later emulate what they see their parents doing now, no matter how few princess movies you let them see.

Stephanie Fairyington

Here's what to hold onto post-pandemic

These lessons from the lockdown made our lives richer, healthier and more meaningful.

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Don't throw out your Covid masks

The pandemic has unequivocally proven the public health value of masks. Here's why they should stick around in certain situations.

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Can't touch this! And that's how I want it.

The pandemic has unshackled me from the casual touches that define interpersonal communication for most people.

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It's the dawning of a new era of resistance

The pinprick of light at the end of this dark tunnel is finally coming into view, and it will hopefully bring a new era of working-class resistance along with it.

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Covid gave me the best birthday party ever

It was a revelation. We could gather friends from earlier times and time zones in one virtual room.

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Outdoor dining should stick around

This era has shown us that going out to eat can mean more than an overstuffed booth and an overly fussy menu. It does almost everywhere else in the world.

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Moving home, I saw I'd got success all wrong

I always thought success meant living by myself as an adult. But the complexities of Covid made me rethink that, and my life is better for it.

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The surprising power of a random Covid walk

Covid-19 highlighted for me how the rhythms and necessities of office life had once paradoxically required me to move around. And how much even small periods of movement matter.

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Accepting our mortality helps us live better

Accepting our mortality allows us to consider what really matters in life and motivates us to act on our values.

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