The Many Facets & Ways of Mothering

 

It's Mother's Day! This day of celebration of the people who labor to bring forth life and nurture it is well-deserved by its recipients. It's also often problematic for a variety of reasons connected to personal choices, sacrifices, fertility challenges, grief, restrictive gendered expectations, sexual orientation... 
Happy Mother's Day to all who celebrate! 
[images: 1. dvd case and dvd for "The Woman King" feature film and part of a Washington Post article about actress Lorraine Toussaint  2. two pages of Adinkra* symbols representing "learning" and "Mother Earth"  https://www.amazon.com/Adinkra-Alphabet-Asante-Symbolism-Inspired/dp/1733976744/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WL8WU5AXVJTH&keywords=adinkra+by+united+black+writers&qid=1684089697&s=books&sprefix=adinkra+by+united+black+writers%2Cstripbooks%2C131&sr=1-1 *I'm not affiliated with this title in any way beyond gratitude to the author who gave me a copy of this clever coloring book as an introduction to the Adinkra language. ]