Who will be in the room during your labor? Your partner? Maybe your parents? As America’s maternal mortality rate rises, many birthing individuals of color are choosing to have a doula by their side. According to the Center for Disease Control, the U.S. maternal mortality rate in 2018 was 17.4 maternal…
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]]>When HBO’s Insecure premiered in 2016, I had no idea how invested I’d become in the show. It was a modern day Girlfriends. A story of millennial friendships and finding yourself, set to a dope soundtrack that I could download on Spotify. When Season 4’s finale dropped, reactions were mixed.…
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]]>When we toasted to the start of 2020, we probably thought this year would go a little differently. We didn’t imagine we’d be stuck inside for months, or that we’d have to stand six feet apart at the local supermarket. We didn’t consider that schools might close and we’d be…
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]]>If we believe everything we see on social media, some moms have it all together. They manage to wrangle their families into matching outfits, smiles beaming for the camera. They take selfies at Target, chai lattes in hand. They show up early for every game, unloading healthy snacks from the…
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