Mar 13We all have a little Serena in usMarch 13, 2023 — This society thrives off of the often coercive deferment and relinquishing of dreams of women and especially mothers. It twists our arms behind our backs and asks us menacingly “Who will run this household?”, “Who will manage everyone’s medications and meal preferences?”, “Who will organize family trips and block time…Feminism7 min readFeminism7 min read
Jan 31Tradition feels really heavy latelyJanuary 31, 2023 Weekly Sunday dinners with our aunties and cousins, our mothers binding our bellies after we’ve become mothers ourselves, and trunk parties in summer’s heat to usher our nephews off to college bond us deeply to our families and communities. These customs like countless others persevere because they…Family5 min readFamily5 min read
Published inZORA·Aug 6, 2022An Ode to the Daughters That Must Now Mother Their Mothers (and Fathers, Aunties, and Other Kin)August 6, 2022 Perhaps like many of us your mother was skillful at throwing daggers of shade about the neighbors across the street, she sang alto in the Church choir and let it be known in no particular terms that sister Jones can’t light a match to her tone and…Family7 min readFamily7 min read
Apr 9, 2022Snapback Culture and BBLs may have us in a chokeholdApril 8, 2022 The fixation around the bodies of women after they have given birth is riddled with contradiction. We’re praised for bringing life into the world and there is a collective marvel at the magic we’ve performed in doing so — we stretch, push, and breathe to yield a…Zora6 min readZora6 min read
Feb 2, 2022The mom tax for Black women feels awfully highFebruary 1, 2022 We often hear of the pain in becoming a mother — the unrelenting nausea, piercing heart burn, constant dull lower back pain, sharp pelvic girdle pain, the cramps, Braxton hicks contractions, swollen tired feet, the tight itchy skin that yields stretch marks, the constipation and bloatedness, the…Zora5 min readZora5 min read
Dec 31, 2021Reconciling my role as a Black Stay at Home MomDecember 31, 2021 Black stay at home moms (SAHM) are an enigma, particularly if they are educated, have held professional positions, and are married. It’s a role, that when adopted, can be met with varying degrees of incredulous smiles in part because of the stigma associated with it and the…Parenting6 min readParenting6 min read
