Archive - Inner Workings

Thoughts from the fertility clinic waiting room

What is the situation in that body? Has she been at this for years?

Jul 25 •

I changed my mind, it was all worth it

Watch me debate myself

Jul 24 •

Against "having it all"

A career woman tries not to work

Jul 18 •

Alt love songs for ten years in

The new relationship glow is definitively gone and children have swiped most of our free time. Let's celebrate!

Jul 10 •

Sara Tasker on chronic fatigue and invisible disabilities

“I mean, so many of the things I'm talking about here really are just me worrying about what other people think of me, and I feel like if I could drop…

Jul 2 •

June 2024

Breastfeeding in America

I’m still trying to ward off the shame

Jun 25 •

Should I orient my Substack towards art or growth?

Or maybe you can tell me the magical way to do it all

Jun 19 •

Who am I with kids?

Hint: not someone who makes beautiful quilts

Jun 12 •

I like people who apologize

Against the classic business power play

Jun 6 •

Holding Both Grief and Joy

Julia Edelman on losing her vision, ecstatic dance, and finding tiny joys

Jun 4 •

May 2024

An update from the home front

It's a glittering glowing dumpster fire

May 30 •

Ode to an Inside Joke

How an inside joke with Alex Dobrenko turned into a hot little orb of love

May 23 •

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