Commentary
The Wet Noodle Syndrome
by Christina Gombar
We offered to pay our way, but found we tacitly agreed to pick up the entire tab. I ponder the state of modern marriage in Smithmag. Read More >
Reflections on a Childless Christmas
by Christina Gombar
In "Reflections on a Childless Christmas", which appeared in the Providence Journal Sunday Life section, I tell what it's like to be on the outside looking in. Read More >
Women and Children First
by Christina Gombar
This is the original version of an essay published under a pen name in Working Woman magazine, now obsolete, having been folded into Working Mother. (Which begs the question, the rest of us don't count?) Read More >
Outsourced Wombs
by Christina Gombar
I respond to Judith Warner.s Piece, see comment #58.
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Women Behind Bars
by Christina Gombar
Interviewing three female ex-cons, I learn how they shifted their addictions from drugs to studying and public service. But still 'come out into a lonely world.'
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