Abbey Crain

Dec 5, 2024 | reckon.news | Abbey Crain

I went to college in the heyday of blogging. As an aspiring fashion writer, I mainlined the fashion and “mommy” blogs documenting the everyday lives of women around the country. I even had my own there for a minute. Blogging became vlogging became Instagram diaries and now TikTok “get ready with me’s” and I, like so many others found myself obsessed (unironically) with the day-to-day life of a Morman “mommy blogger” who has recently become the face of modern neo-conservative womanhood.

Oct 18, 2024 | al.com | Abbey Crain

Abbey Crain is a creative strategist at Reckon and the creator and editor of the Honey newsletter. Crain has covered reproductive justice and gender issues across the South for the last six years. I almost didn’t write this. I stopped writing when Roe v. Wade was overturned. I had just started IVF treatment, abortion was illegal in Alabama. What was the point of caring, of putting myself out there?

Sep 3, 2024 | reckon.news | Annabel Rocha |Abbey Crain

Brittany Pettaway’s journey to motherhood has been a long and winding road. Since 2018, the Montgomery, Ala. resident has weathered the emotional rollercoaster of fertility treatments, enduring failed attempts, miscarriage, and the strain on her marriage. Just as she and her husband, Byron, were ready to try again, they found themselves caught in a political and legal storm that threatened to upend their dreams of parenthood.

Jul 16, 2024 | reckon.news | Annabel Rocha |Abbey Crain

A necessary read for the girls, gays and theys and our allies as we navigate a rapidly changing, culturally fraught, complicated country where our bodies are constantly being legislated. Sign up for Honey today!TDLR: In the years following the Dobbs decision, conservatives have sought to influence other aspects of reproductive and sexual wellness at both the Supreme Court and state levels.

May 10, 2024 | reckon.news | Abbey Crain

A necessary read for the girls, gays and theys and our allies as we navigate a rapidly changing, culturally fraught, complicated country where our bodies are constantly being legislated. Sign up for Honey today! TLDR: We’re gearing up for a summer of triads. With Zendaya’s Challengers on the brain, we noticed some peculiar thirds shaking up the duos we know and love. The duo is dead. It’s the summer of threes. We all watched Challengers and yeah, it’s worth the hype.