150 Lies Myths and Truths
0.0 2006-01-01 18 min
Across a naked pregnant belly are projected labels waiting to be affixed to the child, from racial slurs to gendered pejoratives to terms of affection. Unspoken is the 151st myth – Michele Wallace’s ‘myth of superwoman’ – the expectation that a Black mother be supernaturally strong and capable.