stigma – KANDAKA

9. July 201827. December 2019

Celebrating Menstruation

Blood drips onto my ass as the pad I am wearing is swollen with my own blood. My menstrual blood. It is the third time in my life I am welcoming my period into my 12-year-old body. I’m scared and worried the blood has leaked through my pants. I quickly look down to the seat…

26. November 201728. December 2019

Thoughts Of A Young Single Mother

“Why did you have a kid at such a young age ?” – “Why? Does it matter ? Do you think I didn’t choose this ?” I became a mother at the age of 20. Neither was it planned nor was I in a relationship with the father. I had just started studying for…