ESSAYS

Sarah's essays have been featured in: 

No Revival, Just a Rift: Young Men and Women Split on Religion, Religion Unplugged

Trump’s Insatiable Greed is Destroying Us All, Dame Magazine

America’s ‘Religious Revival’ Is Greatly Exaggerated, Newsweek

Democrats Need to Do More Than Texting While Rome Burns, Newsweek

Trump Wants a Baby Boom? In This Economy?Dame Magazine

We Need New Art—Imagining a Path Beyond Trumpism, Newsweek

How Could Anyone Believe Trump Would Make America ‘Great’?, Dame Magazine

Undermining Federal Programs Depletes the Common Good, Newsweek

Why Some of Us Have to Secretly Vote for Kamala,Dame Magazine

Why Women Have Been Leaving Christianity for Decades, Boston Globe

Have Evangelicals Had Enough of Trump?Dame Magazine

Dog Whistles About ‘The American Family’ Are Hidden Behind JD Vance’s ‘Cat Ladies’ Comments,Newsweek

The Curl of Time, Longreads

No Apologies: Nirvana Shirts Are Preppy Now, Slate

East Palestine Isn’t Suffering From One Disaster. It’s Suffering From Many. The New Republic.

Remembering ‘The Total Woman’ Nearly 50 Years Later, GEN

The Soothing Break of a Self-Care Matinee, Human Parts

The Pandemic Left Me With this Creepy Baby, Human Parts

Why the Greatest Weapon Against Christian Patriarchy Is the Bible, GEN

What Happens After Christian Prophets Admit They Were Wrong?, GEN

What the #Resistance Taught Me, GEN

What Place Did Jesus Have at the Capitol Hill Riot?, GEN

The Chilling Normalcy of Mike Pence’s Debate Performance, GEN

What Would It Feel Like to Be an Optimist Right Now?GEN

The Magicians Is Your Next Great Binge Watch, The Atlantic.

Getting Elected Upended My Homelife. But Here’s What I Hope I’m Teaching My Kids, Washington Post.

Feminism Is Creating Opportunities for Our Girls. But What About Our Boys?Washington Post.

I’m Part of the ‘Sandwich Generation,’ But I Feel More Stretched Than Squeezed,Washington Post.

Are Hashtags Like #MeToo and #BelieveWomen Hurting or Helping Survivors, Glamour.

Running for Office Helped Me Find My Voice, DAME Magazine.

A Year Ago, I Joined the Women's March. Now I'm in Office, The Guardian.

Fabric of Community, Gone Threadbare: A Tour of Ohio's New Trump Country, Catapult.

I Made Up Xennial 3 Years Ago, So Why Is a Professor in Australia Getting All the Credit?Vogue.

Parenting in the Era of Big Gun, Washington Monthly.

Until We All Have Voices,Catapult.

Teaching My Daughter God Might Be a Girl, Washington Post.

Don't Call My Daughter Princess. Call Her Madam President, Longreads.

Generation Fix It, GOOD Magazine, (This issue won the 2017 National Magazine Award for Personal Service)

Ohio: An Atheist Finds (Some) Reason to Believe in Her Old Church, Religion & Politics.

Americans Hear What Might Be Gunshots And We Run, Of Course We Do, Fusion.

The Parts of Myself Lost in Parenting,The Establishment. 

Please, Keep Your Prayers, PROTO.

Atheist Mom Teaches Kid How to Pray, and Other Adventure, Washington Post.

”Glad to Be a Xennial”: Reasonable People Disagree about the Post-Gen X, Pre-Millennial Generation. GOOD.

My Postpartum Blues Don't Mean I've Failed at Motherhood. GOOD.

A Lesson in Genetics.Brain, Child. 

These Hands. Proto.

Why I Want to Be a French Mom. Babble. 

Kenneth in the Mornings. Bethesda Magazine.

Delhi Culture Shock. Whole Life Times.

Cyberforgiveness. Geez Magazine.

Here’s Looking at You, Ma’am. Underwired Magazine.

Intensive Care. The Morning News.

Naked Before God, Something Changed. Geez Magazine.

When We Buried My Dog, I Found My Father. Salon.

Shared Loneliness. Mindful Metropolis.

Simpatico. Geez Magazine.

Fickle Fortunes. Skirt Magazine.

Photo: Natesh Ramasamy