IN THESE TIMES:
"The politicians gutting abortion rights likely don’t understand the pain of holding a friend as she sobs on the bathroom floor, assuming it’s the worst menstrual cycle of her life, only to discover that she is experiencing a missed miscarriage and her life is at stake. But I do."
Republished in:
*POPULAR RESISTANCE
*COMMON DREAMS
MS. MAGAZINE:
"The first time I met a Vodou priestess was on my birthday. We reveled in our shared love of lemon cake and her gracious presence shattered my preconceived ideas of a woman waiting behind a dark curtain to cast dark spells over all who crossed her. Our encounter was serendipitous, but what was most unexpected was my personal reckoning."
How Whitewashing Villainized Black Women’s Magic in Louisiana is available to read here.