Take Care 🌷 Happy May
An Essence feature, new opportunities, and resources for your health.
Dear Readers,
A happy belated Mother’s Day to all the mama’s, caretakers, mama figures, and anyone who needs to hear it.
Did you know that 80% of women in jails are mothers, and most of them are the primary caretakers of their children? Overall, Black women are markedly overrepresented in prisons and jails. If you can, please donate to National Bail Out — a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers, and activists building a community-based movement to support in abolishing pretrial detention systems and dismantling the prison industrial complex.
Take care,
Attia
Womanly and Attia Featured in Essence Magazine
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More to catch up on…
A Parent’s Guide to Advocating for Sex Education by Planned Parenthood
The Take Care Series is for staying steady when it matters most. Explore each piece for reminders, practices, and stories to keep you wrapped in well-being on your creative journey.
Pack Light: Poems, Prose, and Untold Stories by Tiffany Rose
How Do I Hold It? is a new comedy performance written and performed by Tabatha Myers. Premiering at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles on June 10th
Food Shopping in Bedstuy with Chef and Athlete, Latoya Shauntay Snell via Issue No. 8: THE FUTURE IS FAT
Swetha Regunathan directs Wire & Cloth, a second gen, coming-of-age short film about the complicated relationship between a mother and daughter.
