
Sara Petersen
Cognoscenti contributor
Sara Petersen is the author "Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture." She has written about motherhood and feminism for The New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. She also writes the newsletter, In Pursuit of Clean Countertops, where she explores the cult of ideal motherhood. She lives in New Hampshire.
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I love my dog with all my heart. Sort of
Getting a puppy, when you already have a houseful of kids, means voluntarily agreeing to more caretaking, more disciplining, more cleaning, writes Sara Petersen. If only it were as simple...

Meghan Markle Is Not OK, And That’s OK
We owe the Duchess of Sussex a debt of gratitude for saying publicly what all new mothers feel.