Brittani Sonnenberg

Dec 4, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Preety Sidhu |Brittani Sonnenberg

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Nov 7, 2024 | muthamagazine.com | Brittani Sonnenberg

Baby Dreaming Published on November 7th, 2024 | by Brittani Sonnenberg Please Rate Your Expectations of Motherhood (excerpts from a pregnancy diary) Tags: Brittani Sonnenberg, Comics, Diary, graphic diary, graphic memoir, Motherhood, mothers, Parenting, parents, Please Rate Your Expectations of Motherhood, pregnancy, pregnancy diary About the Author Brittani Sonnenberg Brittani Sonnenberg is the author of the novel Home Leave, which was selected as a New York Times Editor’s Choice. Her short...

Aug 26, 2024 | muthamagazine.com | Brittani Sonnenberg

It began as soon as I began to “show”: the assumption, from near strangers, that it was fine to grope my belly. So what if it wasn’t sexual? It was non-consensual. An arm already moving in, as the rhetorical question, “Can I?” is fake-asked, does not count. To my mind, “Can I touch your belly?” is always an inappropriate question. If I want your hand on me, I’ll let you know. (Don’t hold your breath.)The larger I get (I’m now seven months pregnant), the more I seem to shrink from sight.

Oct 16, 2023 | travelandleisure.com | Brittani Sonnenberg

Boarding my flight to the Bahamas, I discreetly scanned the other passengers, trying to tell if anyone else was bound for a tennis tournament and lessons at Baha Mar. I registered a gaggle of already-tipsy girlfriends, a retired couple clutching hands tightly, and a foursome who looked athletic but held purses and backpacks, not rackets. My stomach tightened.

Oct 16, 2023 | yahoo.com | Brittani Sonnenberg

At the Rosewood Baha Mar, rookie tennis player Brittani Sonnenberg goes head-to-head with some of the sport’s greatest champions. Boarding my flight to the Bahamas, I discreetly scanned the other passengers, trying to tell if anyone else was bound for a tennis tournament and lessons at Baha Mar. I registered a gaggle of already-tipsy girlfriends, a retired couple clutching hands tightly, and a foursome who looked athletic but held purses and backpacks, not rackets. My stomach tightened.