Mutha Magazine Articles By Allison Or Alison -

On the other hand, a writer who goes simply as “Alison” in Mutha’s archives takes a scalpel to the cultural expectations of motherhood. Her viral 2019 piece, “I Am Not the ‘Fun Mom’ (And Neither Are You, Karen),” is a masterclass in comedic deconstruction. She systematically dismantles the competitive hierarchy of playgrounds—Pinterest moms vs. free-range moms vs. organic-everything moms—before landing on a radical conclusion: that the entire performance is a distraction from the fact that parenting, under capitalism, is isolating and under-supported.

These articles avoid the “warrior mom” trope. Instead, Allison focuses on the ambivalence of early motherhood—the love so huge it’s violent, coupled with the grief for a former self who could sleep in and drink hot coffee. Her Mutha pieces are often cited in comments sections as “the thing I read at 3 AM while nursing that made me feel less alone.” She has a knack for naming the unnameable: the rage, the boredom, the strange erotic dislocation of one’s body becoming public property. mutha magazine articles by allison or alison

Her follow-up, “The Gratitude Journal That Tried to Kill Me,” is a brilliant short-form satire, written as a series of increasingly unhinged entries in a mandated “blessings” diary. It begins earnestly ( “Grateful for tiny handprints on the glass” ) and devolves into ( “Grateful I didn’t scream ‘I hate you all’ at the family craft time, only whispered it into the laundry hamper.” ) On the other hand, a writer who goes