an alternative motherhood narrative

Mother as martyr

For as long as I can remember, I have been attuned to the needs of others and committed to making them feel comfortable. Sometimes this...

Maternal Rage

I've noticed something recently - so many mothers I'm talking to are mad. These conversations are happening over Whatsapp, outside of the...

The Goddess myth

A Goddess is a female deity and more often than not, linked with virtues such as beauty, fertility or love. I think the Greeks had it...

On matrescence

Motherhood, Ángel Larroque, 1895 I’m going to begin at the beginning Those shapeless early days of parenting, when it’s hard to remember...

Parenting without shame

We all receive too much mothering information - I’m not here to contribute to that. I’m not particularly interested in how you raise your...

Married and still queer

“Bisexual erasure or bisexual invisibility is a pervasive problem in which the existence or legitimacy of bisexuality (either in general...

Hear me talk on the Learning Day podcast

Sara Ramos is a freelance learning designer and facilitator. She is building a community through exploration of how we integrate learning...

Unsetting Expectations: Words on division

Unsettling Expectations is a community full of real stories from real people, where they unravel labels to reveal the authentic and real...

Words on toxic positivity

In an age of social media + pandemic, we have all drawn behind our screens. Here we flounder around, half reading bits of news, chatting...

Words about a woman returning to work

There's a patriarchal image of a mother returning to work less focused, scatterbrained, caring more about her child than the job.