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Laura Norkin
Fashion
Did You Ever Notice This About The Clothes You Grew Up Wearing?
Laura Norkin
Nov 16, 2017
Parenthood
Why Aren't We Talking About The Parent Pay Gap?
Laura Norkin
Nov 9, 2017
Parenthood
The Real-Life Birth Story Of TLC's Soon-To-Be Famous Quintuplets
Laura Norkin
Nov 6, 2017
Parenthood
What It Was Like Being A Working Mom In The Public Eye, When That...
Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift’s political career began when she was young — just 25 years old. She was a rising star in the Republican party, runni
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Laura Norkin
Parenthood
Zumba For Babies Is Fun & I Don't Know Who I Am Anymore
Think of the words “mommy and me fitness,” and now picture the person likely saying them. Crumple that up and throw it away. Now, picture someone whose
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Laura Norkin
Parenthood
Do We Really Need To Keep Early Pregnancies A Big Secret?
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Laura Norkin
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Parenthood
You're Doomed To Be A Helicopter Parent — But It's Not Your Fault
We are raising different kids in different times, and — yeah, I’ll say it — it’s harder, and scarier, and it’s making us all a little nuts.
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Laura Norkin
Parenthood
Savannah Guthrie Gets Up For Work At 3 AM — & She Still Puts In A...
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Laura Norkin
Parenthood
33, Married, & Ready For A Baby: I Am The Face Of Late-Term Abortion
The House is voting today to ban abortions at 20 weeks, with very limited exceptions. Stories like this prove how devastating a law like that would be.
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Laura Norkin
Wellness
Deciding To Have A 2nd Kid After Nearly Dying The First Time
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Laura Norkin
Features
This Is How Abortion Ends In America
This is the doomsday scenario in which we lose access to abortion in the United States. The worst part? It's already happening.
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Laura Norkin
Fashion
The Real Reason Your Style Suffers After Having Kids
If any of us has slacked in the self-styling department after kids, it isn't because maternity panties are cozy, and leggings are the best pants. And it’
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Laura Norkin
Features
What Do Men Do On Paternity Leave? Become Dads
Ari Joseph answers the door of his Brooklyn apartment with 7-week-old Selma strapped into a nursery-gray Boba baby carrier. All that's visible of the
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Laura Norkin
Take Back The Beach
All The President’s Clones: Why Trump’s Favorite Women Look Exact...
When Trump took his oath of office, it was the American Dream made manifest — business tycoon and macho reality TV icon ascends to the highest position i
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Laura Norkin
Weddings
No Really, You Don't Have To Invite My Kid To Your Wedding
Welcome to Mothership: Parenting stories you actually want to read, whether you're thinking about kids or not, from egg-freezing to taking home baby a
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Laura Norkin
Food & Drinks
How Ayesha Curry Takes The Struggle Out Of Cooking Dinner
"Dinner is hard. It's so freaking hard."
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Laura Norkin
Parenthood
Women Are Still Dying In Childbirth & We Need To Talk About It
Christy Turlington Burns became a maternal healthcare advocate the day that she became a mother. Because no woman should give birth without adequate care.
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Laura Norkin
Parenthood
Let’s Not Forget The Grandmas Who Become "Mom" For A Second Time
This Mother's Day, I'll be thinking of the moms who've been taken by addiction, and the grandmothers who step up to raise the children left behind.
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Laura Norkin
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Parenthood
My Son Was Killed At Sandy Hook — For Mother's Day, I'm Fighting ...
Nickole Hockley founded Sandy Hook Promise after her son was gunned down at his elementary school in 2012. Her Mother's Day wish? That violence like this s
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Laura Norkin
Books & Art
It's Hard To Find Kids' Books Without Moms — Here Are 10 Great Ones
Because every child should see herself and her family reflected back in the stories she reads.
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Laura Norkin
Work & Money
Laura Dern Talks Motherhood & Her New Show (It's "Crazier Than
On the heels of Big Little Lies, and as she’s promoting a new motherhood-focused charity initiative, I had wanted to speak to Laura Dern about her identi
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Laura Norkin
Work & Money
Why World-Famous Boxer Laila Ali Puts Being A Mom 4th On Her List
Laila Ali is working to help women shrug off the stereotypes that hold us back. Like gender-norms, for example, but some have been easier than others to sh
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Laura Norkin
Parenthood
If Motherhood Scares The Shit Out Of You, Read On
Becoming a mom is a big IF, so why do we talk about it like a "when"? It's about time we change the conversation entirely.
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Laura Norkin
Features
No, That Shitty Comment Isn't "Trolling"
It turns out most of the antagonistic behavior online is something other than "trolling," and there’s already a name for it: racism, misogyny, and rudene
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Laura Norkin
Work & Money
Brooklyn Decker On Having It All — But Only If You Want To
Brooklyn Decker sat down with Refinery29 to talk about motherhood, the struggle of getting dressed, and why you'll never see her kid's face online.
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Laura Norkin
Features
Till Travel Ban Do Us Part: One Couple’s Story From Across
Do...
“We’re just in this weird limbo,” said Diamond DeDual while driving her infant son, Arrow, to his babysitter’s house on an unusually warm February
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Laura Norkin
Wellness
A Shrink Explains Why You Can't Stand To Watch THAT Oscars Moment
If you're still feeling horribly uncomfortable for the La La Land crew that had to hand over their accidental Oscar last night, there's a very go
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Laura Norkin
Features
What Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation Could Mean For Campus Sexual...
It’s official: Betsy DeVos is now the secretary of education. Two Republicans crossed party lines to oppose her, but it came down to a 50-50 tie with
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Laura Norkin
Body
I Wasn’t Supposed To Survive A Week — Here Is My Story
You only get baptized in the hospital if they don't think you're going to make it. And that's why, on the fourth day of my life, I was praye
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Laura Norkin
Features
A Pro-Life Democrat Explains What That Means, Exactly
If any two political identifiers are at odds with one another, being “pro-life” and a “Democrat” seem to be. But a surprising numbe
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Laura Norkin
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