Writer,
journalist&
Author.
My work appears in publications like the Atlantic, the New York Times, Glamour, ELLE, TheWeek.com and elsewhere, and I was a former contributing writer at CNN.com and Slate, where my cultural criticism about motherhood appeared on DoubleX. My book, When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others, is out now from Gallery Books.
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The Branch of Philosophy All Parents Should Know
Care ethics just might transform the way people think about what they owe their children.
Selected Writing
KvellEr
I saw, for the first time, the binding of Isaac through the parental lens and discovered a truth in it I needed to hear. We can be connected to our children and have a spiritual life.
The Atlantic
Relationships can be inconvenient—but we all depend on others.
The Atlantic
Care ethics just might transform the way people think about what they owe their children.
Glamour
It’s been 40 years since the first successful IVF birth. Now an estimated one million embryos are on ice in the U.S., but who gets to decide whether these “maybe babies” are human life, a clump of cells, or something in between?
The Atlantic
A new book asks us to consider that children might have a natural aptitude for grappling with our deepest philosophical questions.
THE ATLANTIC
A new book argues that children are disenfranchised citizens whose basic needs are being ignored.
The NY Times
Newman’s unsuccessful foray into chart-making is an apt metaphor for the book itself. Her memoir reveals a desire to order parenthood and give structure to the unwieldy emotional odyssey that is raising children.
SLATE
Fetal personhood bills are gaining steam—but many religious and scientific ethicists, as well as women, see the path to personhood as a gradual one.
LONGREADS
Every year America’s schools shut down for nearly three months—leaving families like single mother Olympia and her 6-year-old daughter Raina struggling to keep up.