He’s Not Your Father And Other Things I Learned During The Pandemic originally exhibited in 2022 at The Witching Post. This painting series documents Whitney Lofrano’s experience learning at 42 that she was donor-conceived, a secret her mother had kept since her 1977 conception via sperm donation. In the show deck, each work is paired […]
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At Lincoln High, extracurricular superstar Stacey expects to cruise to student body president. Then two unexpected challengers enter: Julia, a French-Canadian transfer student perceived as Latina who gains Latino votes despite not knowing her own heritage; and Tony, a stoner whose platform is removing the school’s chocolate milk ban. What follows is a satirical, cutthroat
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Explores the many routes prospective parents can take to bring children into their lives, including insemination, in-vitro fertilization, donors, surrogacy, and adoption. The book is organized into chapters covering baby-making basics, insemination, in vitro fertilization, beyond assisted reproduction, and donor-conceived perspectives. It combines real-life stories from diverse families with scientific diagrams, illustrations, and data to
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Seventeen-year-old Jack, an openly and unapologetically gay teen at a prestigious New York City private school, is known throughout school for his active sex life, though the gossip is often far more exaggerated than the reality. When Jack starts writing a frank sex advice column for an online news blog alongside his best friends Jenna
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Chloe has spent four years at Willowgrove Christian Academy in small-town Alabama working toward one goal: becoming valedictorian. She moved from California with her two moms and has mostly kept her head down, avoiding gossip and navigating the conservative school environment. Her only real competition is Shara Wheeler—the charming, perfect prom queen who happens to
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College freshman Shani arrives for winter break planning to focus solely on her Smithsonian internship studying paleoichthyology (ancient fish fossils)—escapism from her recent breakup. Then she literally runs into May with her mom’s Subaru. Enemies-to-lovers ensues as Shani takes a dog-walking gig that keeps throwing them together. When they’re snowed in together on Christmas Eve,
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Sixteen-year-old Mimosa is one of only two aromateurs (love witches) left on the planet. She possesses an extraordinarily sensitive sense of smell allowing her to perceive individual scentprints (like distinctive fingerprints) and craft customized love elixirs to help others fall in love while remaining incurably alone herself. As one of the world’s last aromateurs, Mim
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Milo, who lives in Brooklyn with his two moms, and Hollis, who lives in Minnesota with her mom Leigh (her other mom Pam passed away seven years earlier)—who were both conceived via in vitro fertilization using the same anonymous sperm donor. When Milo’s doctor suggests that his biological father undergo genetic testing to help diagnose
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Sparrow, an eighth-grade Black girl living in Brooklyn, has always struggled with making friends and finds her primary solace in reading and watching birds. Her one trusted adult is Mrs. Wexler, the school librarian, who has allowed Sparrow to eat lunch in her office and shares her passion for literature. When Mrs. Wexler is killed
17-year-old Montgomery is a misfit living in a small town in Northern California with her two lesbian moms and her sister Tesla. Monty runs the Mystery Club at Jefferson High with her two quirky best friends. When Monty purchases the Eye of Know, a crystal amulet advertised online as having mysterious powers, strange things begin
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