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Jamilia Shani

@jamiliashani

Doula. Midwife in training. Founder of Forpartum. I write maps for the mothers becoming.

The Book

The Missing Map

On matrescence and the making of a mother. The book no one handed you.

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Letters for the becoming.

Essays, new releases, and gentle reminders. No noise.

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