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Charlene Carruthers
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·Dec 17, 2020

Healing From My Miscarriage in a Year That Took So Much

Activist and author Charlene Carruthers shares how sitting with her grief allowed her to show up for others — I knew something was wrong before my doctor confirmed that I had miscarried my first pregnancy. For years, I imagined being a mother in a country where caring for Black children often meant increased vulnerability and violence. I spent many moments being anxious about Black maternal mortality rates, thinking through…

Grief

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Healing From My Miscarriage in a Year That Took So Much
Healing From My Miscarriage in a Year That Took So Much
Grief

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Published in ZORA

·Sep 8, 2020

Audre Lorde Taught Us to Honor Our Differences

In a new anthology, the iconic writer reminds us liberation requires valuing all Black lives, not just those who mirror our own experiences — My first encounters with Audre Lorde were superficial. I read and heard her quoted across the internet and during speeches at protests. I saw words on everything from T-shirts to memes and poster boards. Then I read her work. I went deeper into her life as a mother, lover of…

Culture

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Audre Lorde Taught Us to Honor Our Differences
Audre Lorde Taught Us to Honor Our Differences
Culture

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Published in ZORA

·Jun 12, 2019

Why and How I Am Choosing to Be a Mother

Despite the all-too-real threat of maternal mortality, medical racism, and homophobia, I’m ready to be a Black, queer mom — When I’m making a choice about my own body, I often feel as if there are five other people in the room. My decision to pursue motherhood as a thirtysomething Black queer woman has been no different. Trying to conceive means I have to negotiate reproductive, gender, racial, and economic…

Opinion

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Why and How I Am Choosing to Be a Mother
Why and How I Am Choosing to Be a Mother
Opinion

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Jan 28, 2017

To the white guys who think everything is about them and 45'

I’m Black, a woman and look younger than I am, so sometimes people mistake me for an unexperienced and unprepared person. Two white men made this mistake last week during the first of two talks I would give that day at Washington State University. In the middle of warming up…

45

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To the white guys who think everything is about them and 45'
To the white guys who think everything is about them and 45'
45

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Charlene Carruthers

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Author, strategist and cultural worker www.charlenecarruthers.com

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