To my mama, I remember being forced into swimming and track practice at the age of four, I remember tennis being added on top at seven, then karate at 10, and basketball at 11. I remember being punished for eating. I remember being dragged by the ear to the salon to get my hair done.…

في حاجات كتير أمهاتنا علموهالنا وإحنا صغيرين عن الأنوثة وإزاي لما نكبر نبقى ستات صح، لما بقيت مراهقة، اكتشفت إن معظم الحاجات اللي اتعلمتها كانت بتوديني للفشل. أفكار أمهاتنا اللي جداتنا علموهالهم كانت حوّلنا عبيد لسلطة الرجالة، خلونا نبقى ضعاف جداً قدّام قدرة وقوة الرجالة، ودلوقتي بنتمنى لو كنّا اتعلمنا أسس ومبادئ تانية غير اللي…

There are so many things our mothers taught us growing up about what it meant to be a woman, as a teenager, I have discovered that most of those teachings have set me up for failure. The teachings of our mothers and their mothers before them have made us slaves to the patriarchy, they have…