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To mother (or not, now, how)

Conversations amongst women across all generations must encompass every possibility and definition of motherhood

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Mariyam Haider
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“How is Ziya*?”

“…she's turning more naughty day by day.”

“Haha, yayyy!”

“When you will have babies, I will ask you the same.. 😀”

This short chat is between me and my cousin whose a mother to a toddler. My cousin’s response was a harmless tit-for-tit banter, revolving around the expectation that a woman is expected to come arou…

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