Archive - The Daminger Dispatch

May 2025

What's on Melinda Wenner Moyer's mind?

The surprising upsides of sharing the mental load after divorce

May 30 •

Allison Daminger

Do you need a new calendar or a new partner?

Logistics issues can mask deeper problems

May 23 •

Allison Daminger

Uninformed consent

Reckoning with my own expectations for early motherhood

May 16 •

Allison Daminger

"He'll never see it"

Why am I the only one who notices the mess? (Best of)

May 2 •

Allison Daminger

April 2025

Can men and women be friends?

Rom-com tropes and the persistent feminization of scheduling (best of)

Apr 18 •

Allison Daminger

Who's guarding the gate?

Rethinking the idea of "maternal gatekeeping" (best of)

Apr 4 •

Allison Daminger

March 2025

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