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Becoming my Mother, Becoming Myself
When I think of my own relationship with my mother, I think of who she was before she decided to have children and how what she dealt with poured into her relationship with her children. The behaviours she has that I do not like and that affected me are exactly what she received from her own mother as well as a direct influence of her surroundings in Nigeria and what being a woman in that period meant. I definitely know that no matter what, I am my mother’s child and that this means that I will share similar behaviours with her but to truly become myself and separate myself from her own traumas, I have to find myself and reconcile with the rejections that can exist in my own becoming.
12. April 2021 -
When Language is Lost the Love Remains
By: Adut Wol Akec My grandmother is the reason I love unconditionally. She had a way about her love that left an imprint on all her kids. I’m her kid’s child and…
18. July 2017 -
A Letter to My Future Daughter or Things I Would Have Told my Five Year Old Self
by: Joy A E Etukudo There will come days that people may look at your hair, your face, your skin and call you ugly They will stare, with smiles on their faces…
8. June 2017 -
Conscious Relaxation and Health Benefits of Child Pose
By: Adeola Naomi. Child pose also known as Balasana in Sanskrit is the most famous resting pose in the yoga practice. In this video, we learn how to consciously relax and how…
2. June 2017 -
Out From Under(wire)
By: Cortnie Vee I returned to the bustle of New York City replenished and glowing after five blissfully hot days in the Mojave Desert. So imagine my dismay when I walked into…
31. May 2017 -
Editor’s Letter-Issue 2 on Womanhood
Dear Readers, As we enter a new moon and ’s second issue, we are meditating on the idea of what Womanhood means. I believe that gender is mostly performative, but the ways…
29. May 2017 -
The Prostitute’s Daughter
I saw you today and my face beamed with joy. And I began to think about the lessons I had learned from being with guys like you and for that, I say thank…
9. May 2017
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