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My Mother Risked It All on the Beanie Baby Boom

She was a Mormon homemaker who just wanted to take part in the market economy. Then it all came crashing down.

Mar 19, 2021

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Mar 19, 2021

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Finding My Family’s Bones

How visiting Appalachia helped me begin to understand my family

Mar 13, 2021

Finding My Family’s Bones

Mar 13, 2021

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Motherhood in America Is a Multilevel Marketing Scheme

Stay-at-home moms can’t hold this pyramid up much longer

Dec 7, 2020

Motherhood in America Is a Multilevel Marketing Scheme

Dec 7, 2020

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On Protecting Historic Character

My neighborhood’s fight for integration changed America. Now white neighbors are suing a Black pastor over his social justice work.

May 18, 2021

On Protecting Historic Character

May 18, 2021

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Murder Among the Mormon Men

The Mark Hofmann story isn’t about a Mormon man, it’s about Mormon men.

Mar 11, 2021

Murder Among the Mormon Men

Mar 11, 2021

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Power Grids Are Failing All Over America

We can no longer trust our nation’s infrastructure to keep our families safe, happy, and healthy

Mar 3, 2021

Power Grids Are Failing All Over America

Mar 3, 2021

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People Said I Was Special. Really, I Just Had ADHD.

The diagnosis that came decades later than it should have

Feb 26, 2021

People Said I Was Special. Really, I Just Had ADHD.

Feb 26, 2021

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Parenting Is Hard. Paying C-List Celebrities to Talk to Your Children is Easy.

Cameo has been a surprising lifesaver during this endless pandemic

Feb 17, 2021

Parenting Is Hard. Paying C-List Celebrities to Talk to Your Children is Easy.

Feb 17, 2021

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What Happened to the GOP Being the ‘Pro-Family’ Party?

Senators Mike Lee and Marco Rubio are for bringing children into this world, but against helping them survive it

Feb 5, 2021

What Happened to the GOP Being the ‘Pro-Family’ Party?

Feb 5, 2021

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It’s Alright to Be Wrong

Being wrong doesn’t mean you’re not alright, it just means you’re not all-knowing.

Jan 27, 2021

It’s Alright to Be Wrong

Jan 27, 2021

Meg Conley

Meg Conley

✒️Women’s work, economic justice and the home. Work in Slate, GEN, Medium + my newsletter, homeculture. Subscribe at megconley.com

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