I don’t have to have children to be a woman.
You know that right?
I had to ask again.
You know that right?
“This is a recounting of a conversation I had a few years ago. It’s disappointing to me how intertwined ideas of womanhood and motherhood are in society, especially when those ideas are held by men about what a woman is and should be. I would like to see shifts and reclaiming of the identity of women by women and that is what I am doing in sharing my story.”
Dr. Rachel Turney is an educator and teacher trainer in Colorado. Her poems and prose are published in The Font Journal, Five Fleas, Nap Lit, Ranger, Through Lines Magazine, Bare Back, Lobster Salad and Champagne, and Teach Write Journal. Her photography appears in By the Beach. Read her blog here.