category: motherhood
Conversation – Laura & Kiki
L: My name is Laura Jimenez, I’m 42-years-old, today’s date is October 24, 2015. I am at the offices of California Latinas for Reprod... → more
Conversation – Arely
VGL: Empezamos platicando un poco de donde naciste y en qué año naciste.
AA: Nací en Tulancingo, Hidalgo y tengo 28 años. Nací el 5 ... → more
Story (english)
While I am not ready to disclose the details of the violence I have survived, I do know that when I see another feminine bodied person of ... → more
Poem (english)
My blood paints a new sunrise. My body is a flowing river, changing waters everyday. My body, natural, beautiful, in the middle of a ... → more
Story (english)
Woman. Civil war. Undocumented immigrant. Single parent. Working-class. These terms describe my mother, a young woman who fled a violent ... → more
Poem (english)
Hello Moon, we meet again. I remember how you started many cycles ago. You remind me that I have a womb. I promise I will protect you. I ... → more
My Reproductive Justice Story
I was in the bathroom at home and I held my tears back biting into a towel hoping no one would hear me. I stared down at the pregnancy test ... → more
![“May we keep building a world where you are held, seen, embraced, and supported. Where your gifts are valued and your needs met. A world with free quality childcare, accessible mental healthcare, affordable good food and housing, access to nature and dignified work with living wages and so much more.” #ThisIsRJ #ReproJustice #FelizDiaDeLasMadres
Repost from @chiara.acu
spell for mothers
...
teen mothers
poor mothers
disabled mothers
queer mothers
immigrant mothers
traumatized mothers
.
mothers mothering without mothers
.
and those who had to mother themselves
...
may we keep building a world where you are held,
seen,
embraced,
and supported
.
where your gifts are valued
and your needs met
.
a world with free quality childcare,
accessible mental health care,
affordable good food and housing,
access to nature,
dignified work with living wages,
and so much more
.
may we do you justice, mothers
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