Delicate Condition

by Danielle Valentine

“Look,” Siobhan said now, all serious. “If you need help raising your creepy little spider babies, you know I’ll be there for you. I’ll love those spiders like they crawled out of my own uterus.”

Sometimes it felt like the continuation of our species was an ongoing experiment being performed on the backs of women. Or on our wombs.

In this country, giving birth while Black is incredibly dangerous.