Avital Norman Nathman
Avital Norman Nathman is a freelance writer whose work – which places a feminist lens on a variety of topics including motherhood, maternal health, gender, and reproductive rights – has been featured in Bitch magazine, Cosmopolitan, Every Mother Counts, The New York Times, CNN, and more. Avital writes the weekly feminist parenting column, “Mommie Dearest,” for The Frisky and The Mamafesto column for SheKnows.com. Her first book, The Good Mother Myth: Redefining Motherhood To Fit Reality, came out in January 2014 from Seal Press. She is currently working on her second book on the “Perfect Birth Myth.”