Meaghan O'Connell
Meaghan O’Connell is the Features editor at Romper. She works on personal essays, reported stories, profiles, and interviews about being, becoming, or wanting to be a parent (or not), and the aftermath of all of it. She helped edit Best C-Section Ever, which won an ASME award for best service package in 2023.
She is the author of And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready, which the New York Times called, “honest, neurotic, [and] searingly funny.” A finalist for The Oregon Book Award, and named one of the best books of 2018 by NPR, Goodreads, Esquire, Powell's, and more.
movies
What To Expect When You’re Esther Povitsky
The 36-year-old's new movie Drugstore June is the product of years of hard work. Having a baby, however, is brand new territory.
In Practice
How Pediatricians Think About Kids & Weight Now
“People need to feel empowered. They need to feel understood. They need to feel not judged.”
You're Doing So Good!
I Got To Watch My Husband’s Vasectomy & It Was The Best Day Of My Life
Our reproductive lives had come full circle.
Life
Review: The NooK Play Couch Turned Us Into A Fake Furniture Family
I have been converted by this Australian play couch that looks cute enough for our living room.
BODY LIBERATION
Fitness Influencers To Follow If The Word ‘Fitfluencer’ Makes You Want To Die
Because you don’t have to hate your body to enjoy moving it.
Angels
Deb Perelman Could Do This Forever
The woman behind Smitten Kitchen avoids dinner burnout by cooking not for her kids but for herself.
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.
The Work of a Lifetime
How We Really Feel About Our C-Sections
There are many ways to have a Cesarean & so many ways to feel about your own.
Back Home
Make A Plan For Postpartum, Too
A birth plan is one thing, but planning for how you will get through those first few weeks at home might be even more important.
TV
Don’t Do Drugs On Your Kid’s iPad & More Parenting Lessons From ‘Succession’
Every family has its traditions...
Entertainment
'False Positive' Leans Into The Body Horror Of Pregnancy And Boy, Does It Work
An exclusive clip from Hulu Original False Positive starring Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, and Pierce Brosnan, and premieres on June 25th.
Life
The Books Our Favorite Writers Want For Mother's Day
Kaitlyn Greenidge, Jia Tolentino, Anna Sale & more what's on their TBR lists
Life
There's Still A Lot You Don't Know About Naomi Davis
The longtime blogger-turned-influencer on her new book, A Coat Of Yellow Paint
Our Pandemic Year
It Took A Year Of Dressing For Myself To Enjoy Being Seen
After a year of not being perceived, I finally know what I want to wear.
Life
Remote Kindergarten Made Me Rethink Everything
Working From Home With Shay Mitchell
