One of three “Letters to My Future Self” featured in Flipping the Menopause Script Is Essential to Democracy. Blending poetry, spiritual reflection and lived experience, these letters explore menopause and midlife as sites of transformation, rest and reclamation.
"Let the cleavage of your wound smile out at the world from your unbuttoned dress. You know how to do it. This is an exercise in nerve. You need nerve to be free. (And you need freedom to fulfill your earthly mission.) ...
"The liminality you are in is a temporary chrysalis. Your whole being is restructuring, and you're shedding the parts of you that are no longer useful. When you emerge, you'll soar."
(This essay is part of the latest Women & Democracy installment, published in the middle of Black History Month, in partnership with Black Girls’ Guide to Surviving Menopause. Menopause is not only a physical transition—it is also cultural, social and political. Recognizing its full scope is essential to advancing true health and civic equity.)
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