MODERN FAMILY

Women are often told there’s only one way to have a fulfilling life: meet someone, get married, have a family. But what happens when your life takes a different path?

EULOGI RHEEDER

❛AS a 52-year-old childless woman, I want to say to the people who think that a woman’s worth is measured in her baby count… I mean, shoutout to all the amazing mothers, but the childless women have been mothering the world and elevating culture as aunties, godmothers, teachers, mentors, sisters, friends, and the list goes on.’ Hearing these words from actress Tracee Ellis Ross – and the crowd’s roaring applause that followed – on that fateful Friday morning in September of 2024 while scrolling on Instagram, I felt seen and worthy for the first time. In case you missed it, Tracee’s speech, speaking to and about Oprah Winfrey and Kamala Harris and the impact they, as childless women, have had on their communities, was a response to a comment by…

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Fairlady South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, Mar/Apr 2025

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