Dear Julie: Advice About an Enabler and a Kid-Hating Friend
DAME’s Friendkeeper knows just what to do with a healthy-habit saboteur and helps a mom handle a pal who can’t stand her children.
Parenthood
Dear Julie: Advice About Divisive Politics and Crappy Kids
DAME’s Friendkeeper helps a woman keep the peace over opinions of Gaza and tells another how to handle her pal’s badly behaved children.
My Sweet Young Sons: Cops Are Neither Here to Protect Nor Serve You
John Crawford in Ohio. Mike Brown in Missouri. They were both unarmed. Have the police declared war against Black men?
Dame’s Newsfeed: The Crossover Appeal of a Doll of Color + a Real-Life Superhero
Our weekly roundup of the good, the bad, and the just plain unecessary.
What Would Make a Mother Poison Her Child To Death?
Lacey Spears lost her five-year-old in January, after battling a series of strange illnesses since he was an infant. But as it turns out, he wasn’t the one who was sick.
I Accidentally Became a Housewife
Even feminists with big career plans can find themselves staying at home full-time with the kids. One woman reclaims the much-maligned label—and discovers she enjoys it.
I Don’t Want to Be the Town’s Token Black Family
But as this writer discovers, to find a home in a truly diverse suburb, she can’t move her husband and kids just anywhere.
Everyone’s Having a Baby But Me
Father's Day is here, and once again, my husband and I remain childless.
NYC’s First Lady Chirlane McCray Never Said She Was a “Bad Mom”
And the New York tabs know it. So why does the media still resent women’s success at work and at home?