Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez

A Q&A with someone who has first-hand experience with weight loss surgery.

One way to combat negative outcomes post-election is to raise more inclusive children.

For me, feminism felt like finding a beautiful shoe in the wrong size. No matter how much I strained, it never seemed to be a perfect fit. I found my size in womanism.

There were (are) many things that people warned me about when it came to the parenthood transition. But of course, no one prepared me for how having a child would affect my sexual relationship with my husband.

It's strange to think that at the end of the year I will be the

It’s time we stop teaching shame and start spending more time fostering healthy sexual identities in young girls.

A clear medical bias and the stresses of new motherhood, often leaves Black women unsupported on their breastfeeding journeys.

“It’s about uplifting and empowering women to feel like they can be confident and do anything. Not just dance.”

There are far too many stressors involved to force breastfeeding on new mothers. And far too many challenges involved to continue to pressure women who are dealing with a multitude of other issues into choosing one style of feeding.

We all need our hair done. I can't help but think that my lack of hair resources reminds me that I live in a land that wasn't intended for me.