Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez

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

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.

I don’t know how long it will be before I stop allowing others' fears of sexuality as a black woman from affecting my views on sex.

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

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

I couldn’t believe the medical system and several of my peers had me obsessing about my food consumption. I was experiencing food shaming during pregnancy.

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.