I'm a writer and speaker based in Seattle, Washington, where I live with my family on Beacon Hill.

I’m the author of the national bestseller Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change, called “a landmark and a lightning storm, a gift that will be passed hand to hand for years,” by The New Yorker.

You can watch me discuss Essential Labor and the value of domestic work on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah or listen to my conversation with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. My TED Talk, “What Working Parents Really Need From Workplaces,” insists that we treat caregiving and parenting as the work that makes all work possible.

My first book, Like a Mother—a narrative nonfiction book exploring the emerging science and cultural myths of pregnancy—was an NPR Best Book of 2018 and a finalist for the Washington State Book Award in Nonfiction.

My writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Cut, New York, Bon Appétit, and featured on Fresh Air and The Daily Show. In a previous life I was the staff food writer at The Stranger in Seattle. I am proud to have started my career as a beat writer at a local alt-weekly.

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