The Journal

Notes from every season.

Writing on Black maternal health, fertility, postpartum recovery, midlife, and the becoming that runs through all of it.

Black women together
Black Maternal Health

Why "six weeks" was never enough

The postpartum recovery is a year, not a visit. Here is what the research and the bedside both say.

August 12, 2026
Woman journaling
Fertility

When your labs look "fine" and you don't

What to track, what to ask, and how to be heard in the appointment when the numbers say nothing is wrong.

August 19, 2026
Women laughing together
Midlife

Perimenopause starts earlier than they tell you

The change in midlife is as big as the one in your twenties, and far less supported. Let us name it.

August 26, 2026