June 8. 2023

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Ricki Lake Has Unfinished Business

She gave birth on camera and changed Americans’ attitudes towards birth forever. Fifteen years later, it’s clear how much more has to change.

by Jennifer Block, Beau Grealy and Tiffany Reid

Meghan Trainor's TMI Life

At the pop star's family compound, things are just getting started.

by Gillian Telling

How Allyson Felix, America’s Most Decorated Runner & Mom, Stays On Track

The five-time Olympian finds the sweet spot between big dreams and daily to-dos.

by Jordan Ligons
COOL MOM

It's A Beautiful Day In Jenny Slate’s Neighborhood

Jenny Slate, mother of Marcel the Shell, has given up performing her identity and doubled down on delighting you.

by Meaghan O'Connell
cover star

Hilary Duff Never Meant To Make It Look Easy

Even Hollywood's ultimate Good Mom is figuring it out along the way.

by Danielle Pergament
Exclusive

Raven’s Chosen Family

Raven-Symoné and Miranda Pearman-Maday are each other’s LGBTQ+ icons.

by Shayla Lawson

Kevin Hart Isn't The Funniest Person His Kids Know

“What I've learned as a father is that the most important thing in the world is listening. It’s not about trying to be right.”

by Joel Stein

Jessica Alba Has Always Had A Vision

Alba on weathering the pandemic and taking her company to the next level

by Amil Niazi

It's Getting Real For Mandy Moore

The matriarch of 'This Is Us' embarks on her own family story.

by Doree Shafrir
Life

Tess Holliday Is Having A Slumber Party — And We’re All Invited

The body positive icon on her lovable new podcast and dating post-divorce

by Marisa Meltzer

The Good Mom

Kristen Bell’s exuberant, effortful, miraculously-not-annoying quest to do it right.

by Jennifer Weiner

Working From Home With Shay Mitchell

by Meaghan O'Connell

The Shopping List

Pregnancy

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Abortion Is Healthcare

Keeping you informed, connected, and seen in a post-Roe world.

by Romper Staff
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Op-Ed

The Law That Protected My Daughter's Connection To Her Culture Is Under Threat

by Aubrey Nelson

She can thrive with her adopted family because of her deep connection to one she was born into.

GOOD ENOUGH PARENT

Should I Have A Second Kid?

by Sarah Wheeler

Carefully mapping every possible outcome is less likely to deliver you an answer than it is to trap you in the question for all eternity.

Entertainment

'American Girl Live!' Concert Tour Is Coming To 20 Cities This Fall

by Jen McGuire

The concert stars five American Girl dolls through different decades.

Politics

New Law Says Employers "Have A Duty" To Pregnant Workers & It's About Damn Time

by Jamie Kenney

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires “reasonable accommodations” for pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions in the workplace.

Celebrity

Rumer Willis Describes Breaking Her Own Water During Labor With Her Finger

by Jen McGuire

“I reached my finger up there, and I'm feeling and it was crazy.”

TV

The Duggar Family Follows The Deeply Disturbing "Blanket Training" Method

by Jamie Kenney

Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets explains the controversial methods employed by the Duggars to teach obedience in babies.

TV

The Summer I Turned Pretty Is Returning For Season 2 This July

by Sydni Ellis

We’ll get to see more of Belly and Conrad!

Brownie Points

Baby Registry Gifts To Win The Baby Shower

by Anne Vorrasi

Eyes on the prize: bragging rights.

TV

What You Need To Know About The Duggar Family & Their Stance On Divorce

by Gillian Walters

While a Duggar divorce is possible, it’s definitely not common or even encouraged.

Celebrity

Drew Barrymore Calls Out Tabloids For Claiming She Said She Wished Her Mom Was Dead

by Jen McGuire

“I have never said that I wished my mother was dead. How dare you put those words in my mouth.”

Royals

Kate Middleton Attended A Baby Massage Class & Awwed Over Their "Squidgy Legs"

by Jen McGuire

The Princess of Wales simply cannot keep her composure around cute babies.

I'm Lovin' It

McDonald's Is Debuting New Purple Shakes In Honor Grimace, The Sweetest Gemini Of All

by Jen McGuire

Grimace is getting his time to shine!

Lates

Prince Harry Addressed "Very Damaging" Rumor That King Charles Isn't His Dad

by Jen McGuire

The rumors “felt very damaging and real” to then-18-year-old Prince Harry.

TV

Jill Duggar Reveals In New Documentary She Did Not Want To Film Her Son’s Birth

by Jen McGuire

The former Counting On star also claimed that she was never paid by her father Jim Bob Duggar for filming her life.

Life

Back Under The Pull-Up Bar As A Postpartum Dude

by Krys Malcolm Belc

It was an act of defiance to transition, and another to birth children. Now what?

Celebrity

Drew Barrymore Shares Emotional Text From Her Mom That Made Her "Revert Back To Small"

by Jen McGuire

“The fact that she loves me with my truth and my honesty is the best time I have ever heard her say it.”