Midlife Edit
Toxic Positivity for Women: When Acceptance Becomes Avoidance
Toxic positivity for women often disguises itself as emotional maturity, but in practice, it teaches women to tolerate what should never be accepted. It rewards silence, restraint, and emotional containment while calling it healing. What is framed as growth is often...
Outrunning the Mammy Stereotype in Work and Life
Outrunning the Mammy Stereotype has been something I have toyed with writing on for a few year as I don’t often write explicitly about race. My work usually lives more comfortably in conversations about gender, labor, and power. But to talk honestly about...
The Safety Trap: Why Compliance Is the Most Dangerous Illusion
For many women, there is a midlife identity shift. If you’re unhappy, you simply chose the wrong thing. This article explores the midlife identity shift women experience and the societal pressures involved. The midlife identity shift women experience is often...