Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser

writer. blogger.

I'm a freelance writer whose work has recently appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Brain Child Magazine & the Huffington Post, Babble & Bamboo Magazine, Preview Massachusetts Magazine, Culinate, & Ceramics Monthly, & Rural Intelligence, amongst others.

My essays have appeared in various anthologies including The Maternal is Political, in the ebook anthology Welcome to My World, and Wait a Minute, I Have to Take Off My Bra.

I do some blogging for Teen Life & Momfilter, & MoonFrye & Hilltown Families. I keep my own blog—Standing in the Shadows—at the Valley Advocate, as well as a Tumblr, Refractions: Peering from the Shadows.

Oh, & I perform weddings, too. Sometimes, I even write about weddings.

Know somewhere I should be writing? Or a wedding ceremony I should be performing? Do tell. Contact me: swb@crocker.com

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- RT @momfilter: Our friend turned us on to a great gift idea: a pinkberry/ice cream gift card. #kidbirthday PS: #orgrownupgift ; )
  
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- Loads of clouds. Blue behind? Early light but not bright morning #Sky.
  
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- @kateelmes my mother's parents gave a ton of furnitiure etc to all of us before they moved from house to apt--so great in all ways
  
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- @kateelmes i hope that i won't be so terrible my grandkids are like wtf (their grandparents...) anyway. yikes -- you can't.
  
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- @kateelmes mine too--STUFF
  
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- Hey @AdamsLisa yesterday I did of course think of you when I made an appointment for son at the allergist. #Mondaypleads #Lisabadamsrocks
  
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- RT @the_pigeon: Mo Willems LIVE on the Bill Newman Show, Wed. June 19 @ 9am EST http://t.co/eyIUySMVxZ
  
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- Dads that matter positively or negatively. http://t.co/9MAPmT7Mib #postfathersdaysmackdown
  
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- Yours too CE! RT @carolynedgar: @standshadows @brainchildmag fantastic reads - yours and the posts you linked. Thanks!
  
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- Blogged, I did, about Father's Day and mothers letting go and teachers too http://t.co/9MAPmT7Mib @carolynedgar @brainchildmag
  
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- Going on my list RT @anitasilvey: Narrative nonfiction at its best. http://t.co/8NpIHYHsn7
  
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- So grey with purple with grey with blue with cotton and gauze and almost a shimmer. Morning #Sky. Heavy air. (Curlies the hair).
  
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- Heard great news about @Kateelmes -- A leader? One step closer! #emerge
  
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- RT @losangelista: Why's Sesame Street Talking About Incarceration? Because 2.7 Million Kids Have Parents Behind Bars http://t.co/TRfbam3gth
  
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- *smooch* believe in yourself, seriously! @carolynedgar @DeeshaPhilyaw
  
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- A fine point. As always. RT @the_pigeon: If two things are as different as night and day, they're still less different than night and cow.
  
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- RT @brainchildmag: A mother counts her losses and remembers what she has gained. http://t.co/T0jN07Yhm1
  
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- Rightly so! RT @emily__spangler: Shelby Knox knows who I am. HELP. #bigfan
  
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- @hegemommy some VERY big decisions in the queue. thank you for this help!
  
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- Favor to ask @Hegemommy when adoption ruling is reached pls alert me w/some good explanatory material. *interested* obviously. TY
  
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Standing in the Shadows

Standing in the Shadows
- my personal blog
  
  At Standing in the Shadows, I write about parenting four children sixteen to three, pop culture, politics & the planet.
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- Amazing Midwife
  
  Apr 04, 13
  
  What a wonderful interview with a midwife on @Kveller
- Alberta Einstein Might Have Gotten a Different Obit, Too
  
  Apr 01, 13
  
  Imagine reverse sexism in the style of the NYT obituary writers.
- A Day for Celebration and Recognition
  
  Mar 21, 13
  
  World Down syndrome day.
- How Boys Play, How Girls Play
  
  Mar 19, 13
  
  That’s the question I discuss on my blog—and so does Deborah Siegel in her TED Talk on gender from bump reveal through toddlerhood.
- Mar 19, 13
  
  Latest from Standing in the Shadows—on budgets, snow days, and loving your sweetie.
- Narratives Help Us Feel Good About Our Families
  
  Mar 19, 13
  
  A compelling case for stories.
- You are Welcome
  
  Mar 15, 13
  
  because Tumblrs are the best part of the Internet. And I heart Mandy Patinkin.
- Picture is Worth...
  
  Mar 11, 13
  
  Well, a bunch of words at least—and a big smile.
- When Death Comes via Suicide and a Family is Honest
  
  Mar 09, 13
  
  It can look like this. A really thoughtful and riveting essay.
- Alger Hiss' Typewriter
  
  Mar 09, 13
  
  Stumbled upon this wonderful essay and ended up speaking to the writer’s husband (seeking truth in Hiss case). My grandmother was on Hiss’ defense team.
- Mar 09, 13
  
  For Momfilter I wrote about Emily Neuberger’s Show Me a Story and how she helps a timid person feel courageous about crafts.
- Words that Start with F
  
  Mar 01, 13
  
  It’s Friday but that’s not it.
- Would You Get Your Daughter a Bikini?
  
  Mar 01, 13
  
  I surprised myself and I did. for @Kveller
- The Doll
  
  Feb 27, 13
  
  For Brain Child Magazine, an essay on how an object reflects my feelings about open adoption, right in my hands.
- This Might Be My Only Post-Oscar Post
  
  Feb 25, 13
  
  On unusual names and generous spirits.
- Dishwashing Made Better
  
  Feb 25, 13
  
  With vegetables on dishtowels. For @Momfilter
- Toddler Tantrums, Teen Tantrums--Which is Harder?
  
  Feb 20, 13
  
  For @Kveller—a musing on the similarities and differences.
- Connie Britton
  
  Feb 16, 13
  
  is my favorite and my best.
- Viral Photo, Foster Care, What's Lost
  
  Feb 15, 13
  
  People have responded very differently to a boy’s “newborn” photographs, taken at age 12. For the Broad Side. #smartbroads
- A Tiny Village Where Women Choose to Be Mothers Solo
  
  Feb 15, 13
  
  In Vietnam. Motherhood is powerful. The desire to become a mother is powerful. And can be groundbreaking in ways we can’t realize going in.
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- Sarah Buttenwieser
  
  Writer at Preview Massachusetts Magazine
  
  Writing and Editing | Springfield, Massachusetts Area, US
  
  Summary
  
  Freelance writer with experience & intellectual curiosity, reliability & a great read on people. I tend to be interested in whatever I'm writing about, with special interest in parenting, children, social justice, women, design, sustainability: in short, how we live.
  
  I'd like to do more freelance work. I also am comfortable with social media, & happy to help promote, network, & generally make a big deal about your endeavor if you don't feel able or interested in doing so.
  
  Experience
  - 2009 - Present
    reviewer / Art New England
  - 2007 - Present
    Writer / Preview Massachusetts Magazine
  - 1986 - 2003
    Former staffperson for Civil Liberties & Public Policy Program / Hampshire College
    
    Organized students around the country on reproductive justice issues. Helped to build programming & network.
  Education
  - 1981 - 1985
    
    Hampshire College
    
    B.A. in Women's Health Care
  Additional Information
  - Websites:
    
    Personal Website, Blog, Blog
  - Interests:
    
    Writes about parenting, politics, arts, interesting people, interiors, design, environment, planet, pop culture, social justice.