--- title: Aubrey Hirsch | TIME description: Hirsch is the author of Why We Never Talk About Sugar, a short-story collection. Her stories, essays and comics have appeared in Vox, the New York Times, the Nib and elsewhere canonical: https://time.com/author/aubrey-hirsch/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/aubrey-hirsch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Aubrey Hirsch ## Aubrey Hirsch Hirsch is the author of [Why We Never Talk About Sugar](https://shop.braddockavenuebooks.com/pages/books/why-we-never/aubrey-hirsch/why-we-never-talk-about-sugar), a short-story collection. Her stories, essays and comics have appeared in Vox, the New York Times, the Nib and elsewhere ## Aubrey Hirsch *  May 11, 2023 ### [Flowers and Cards Are Nice. I'd Rather Have Bodily Autonomy](https://time.com/6276047/mothers-day-after-dobbs-abortion/) Reflecting on motherhood on the first Mother's Day since the Dobbs decision [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 11, 2022 ### [Coming Out to My Kid Helped Me Come Out to Myself](https://time.com/6186255/coming-out-bisexual-essay/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 26, 2022 ### [Many Americans Are Celebrating the End of COVID-19\. Here's What It Feels Like When You're Not](https://time.com/6170489/covid-19-pandemic-not-over-feelings/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 4, 2022 ### [It's 2022 and People Are Still Confused That My Kids Have Their Mother's Last Name](https://time.com/6143476/baby-with-mothers-last-name/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 20, 2021 ### [The New Year's Resolution to Make When Everything Feels Out of Your Control](https://time.com/6125635/new-years-resolution-2022-help-others/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 24, 2021 ### [Parents Had Dreamed of a Smooth Return to School This Fall. This Is the Nightmare We're Facing Instead](https://time.com/6091509/back-to-school-parents-covid-19/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/aubrey-hirsch/","name":"Aubrey Hirsch"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/aubrey-hirsch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/aubrey-hirsch/"},"name":"Aubrey Hirsch","jobTitle":null,"description":"Hirsch is the author of Why We Never Talk About Sugar, a short-story collection. Her stories, essays and comics have appeared in Vox, the New York Times, the Nib and elsewhere","url":"https://time.com/author/aubrey-hirsch/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```