Posts By Courtney Akinosho

My body has given birth to two children. It has stretched to hold their heads full of knowledge, their bellies full of nutrients, their feet to carry them upright and …
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I am a girl who wants more. I want happiness. I want joy. I want love. I want success. I want more than the bare minimum. I don’t want to …
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“You did what, with what…to what?”

It honestly did not sound that bizarre when I said it.

“I said I pulled out my pubic hair one too many times …
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I don’t usually go for those popular pieces about black friendships and relationships and parenthood because honestly, most of them don’t reflect my life as a 24-year-old, work-at-home mom to …
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You, the slippery Pisces fish who barely escaped my quick Cancerian pinchers – you are the sole reason I’ll never bake another man a red velvet cake again.

After two …
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Nine hours, two epidurals and a pitocin drip later, I couldn’t feel the contractions or my toes. With my mother on my left and my boyfriend on the right side, …
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Physiologically, we crave the foods that aren’t healthy for us because they make our brains feel happy. Since learning this, I wonder if we subconsciously indulge in the intimate experiences …
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The first person I told that my stepfather molested me didn’t hear me. Her eyes were glazed over, head leaning forward, attention span engulfed in late night TV. I called …
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