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Author: naomiest

Broken brainedly figuring out the rest of my life, like everyone else. Born Texan who has spent enough time there to be considered a Native New Mexican (what we "do" with green chile in Texas is a crime). Current El Pasoan with occasional and somehow surprising moments of being Chuca AF. That said, she/her Chicana IG @Naomiest
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Unmothering

July 1, 2022 naomiest

I inform the madres that I will not mother, while my kneelocked nerves shake. They mourn the unconceived. Not a henbasket of eggs. I will not bust my breast to feed feed feed breakfast to chickchildren that will never be. My days spent with the click-clucking of a clock that has no biological argument with… Continue reading Unmothering

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