Katia Bishops

Katia started writing in 2012 when she went on her second maternity leave. One evening after bathtime, Katia's husband reassured their three year-old toddler that his milk (served in a bottle) was waiting for him in his room. Upon hearing the word "milk" Katia's brain went into Pavlovian mode and a little voice inside her reported for duty ("I AM READY" it said, in all caps).When Katia caught herself responding thusly and identifying so profoundly with food, she decided something needed to be done and started her blog IAMTHEMILK. Her writing initially focused on parenting humour and IAMTHEMILK became a Wordpress recommended blog in the Family category (2014-2015). The blog soon assumed a life of its own and it now also covers a variety of non-parental (and non-so-funny) topics like immigration, identity and loss.

Some of Katia's proudest achievements since starting the blog include being named a BlogHer Voice of The Year in 2013 and once again in 2017 and being twice featured on Wordpress's Freshly Pressed Editorial platform. Katia's writing has been featured on websites such as Huffington Post, Scary Mommy and Yahoo News and her blog was referenced by CNN Parents, Today Parents and tens of memes which Katia creates and posts on her personal Facebook page.

Katia's writing was published in print. You can find her humorous essays in New York Times bestselling author Jen Mann's upcoming anthology "But Did You Die?" and in "Life Well Blogged - Parenting Gag Reel" (Editor: Abbey Fatica). Her personal essays were featured in two installments of the acclaimed series The HerStories Project ("The HerStories Project: Women Explore the Joy, Pain, and Power of Female Friendship" and "So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real About Motherhood") and her essay on her experience with pregnancy loss can be found in "Sunshine After the Storm - A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother" (Editor: Alexa Haddock Bigwarfe).