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I was never particularly good at science fairs; I just wasn’t. No matter how perfectly I followed the formula of steps to get seeds to grow in the kitchen windowsill or mold to appear on a piece of bread in my mom’s bathroom, the processes just never worked for me, and I always emerged from […]

It Takes a Village to Raise a Mom: Instagram Accounts for New Parents   There is something all at once exhilarating and frightening at the prospect of becoming a parent. And of course, any current parent will tell you (way more often than you really want to hear, honestly) how much you “don’t know what […]

TRIGGER WARNING: discussions of infant loss, maternal mortality, and family separation She’s been on my heart, lately: the Black enslaved mother in our nation’s history. I can picture her, feel her loss and terror. And yet, her experiences are unimaginable compared to mine, I think, as I rock my baby girl in the wee hours […]