I Loved Breast-Feeding My First Child. I Couldn’t Wait to Wean the Second. What Changed?

Jessica Roake

May 21, 2015 10:15 AM

For Mother’s Day, a Defense of the “Mom’s Night Out”

Jessica Roake

May 08, 2015 10:25 AM

What’s It Like to Be the Neighbor of a “Free-Range Kid”?

Jessica Roake

April 21, 2015 1:13 PM

Tracking Down a Childhood Bully 40 Years Later (Audio)

Jessica Roake and Dan Kois

April 09, 2015 9:08 AM

Could You Survive the Amorous Attentions of King Henry VIII?

Jessica Roake

April 03, 2015 10:20 AM

What’s a Mom Got to Do to Score Some Weed? 

Jessica Roake and Dan Kois

Dec 04, 2014 10:42 AM

The Brilliant Misandry of Orphan Black

Jessica Roake

April 18, 2014 8:08 AM

Yes, High-School Teachers Are Assigning The Help to Teach the Civil Rights Era. No, It’s Not a Good Idea.

Jessica Roake

Dec 02, 2013 7:15 AM

The Veronica Mars Kickstarter Project Is Great News for the Show’s Fans, Women, Movie Lovers

Jessica Roake

March 15, 2013 12:35 PM

What Kind of Craziness Could a Lame-Duck Pope Get Up To?

Jessica Roake

Feb 19, 2013 12:48 PM

Time for English Teachers To Replace Catcher in the Rye

Jessica Roake

Nov 02, 2012 11:22 PM

Why Parents (and Teachers) Should Embrace Captain Underpants

Jessica Roake

Sept 07, 2012 11:24 PM

Cute Little Psychokillers: Why “Bad Seed” Films Are So Unsettling and So Popular

Jessica Roake

Dec 12, 2011 7:17 AM

Thomas the Tank Engine: The popular children’s show is sadly nostalgic for British imperialism.

Jessica Roake

July 26, 2011 10:07 AM

What Geraldine Ferraro Taught Me About Toughness

Jessica Roake

March 28, 2011 1:14 PM