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There were no secrets between my mother and me. After coming home from school, an hour was reserved for the two of us. It was our time.
It is essential to put out our stories where women are not pitted against each other; instead, they hold each other up and celebrate each other. Here is mine.
Neglected and bullied in childhood, and now being pressurised to get married as a grown woman, the pain of it all can become too much to take.
Defining a family in terms of a heterosexual marriage and biologcal kids is a patriarchal, capitalist construct that needs to be dismantled in favour of inclusion and equality.
Dai was originally intended to denote a midwife, someone who used to assist women in childbirth with the experience and expertise of previous generations. Similarly, an Aya was originally supposed to be a nanny who can assist the new mother with child-rearing.
Caring now means hampers and pampers. We have to create the perfect memories and experiences, so we shop more. Gift more. Order more. Plan more. Do more. But where's the real love?
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