Black. Female. Childfree.

My list of identities will never contain the word “mother.”

Ashley Strahm
ZORA
Published in
7 min readMay 1, 2021

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Black. She/Her. Cis. Hetero. College-educated. Cancer survivor. Blissfully married. 30.

That list of identities will never contain the word mother.

It’s the pandemic, you’re tempted to rationalize. It’s climate change, you muse.

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Ashley Strahm
ZORA
Writer for

Jersey roots, Durham fruit. Committed to justice, enthralled by stories, and inspired by an equitable future for us all.