Asha

Asha French is a writer living in Baltimore, MD. She has been published on Ebony.com, Mutha Magazine, Emory Magazine, and poetrymemoirstory. She is currently working on her first book. Check out more at her website.

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Mama Outsider: Reminder Notes to a Dancing Girl

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Mama Outsider: Reminder Notes to a Dancing Girl

“It is the weekend Beyoncé releases her “Formation” single and a bad queen has just performed it without breaking a sweat. I am watching the queen and learning that the…

Asha —

Aug 19, 2016

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Mama Outsider: How I Learned the Definition of Obscene

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Mama Outsider: How I Learned the Definition of Obscene

“I was unstable and grieving and more suited for a patient friendship than the dramas of new love. But I loved her and in thirst, I acted unlovingly by climbing…

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Aug 4, 2016

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Mama Outsider: When Your Mother Thanks You for Keeping Your Baby

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Mama Outsider: When Your Mother Thanks You for Keeping Your Baby

“Instead, I jump back into the mind of the girlish woman I was at 28, the one who didn’t know enough about the consequences for unacceptable motherhood to plunge headfirst…

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May 26, 2016

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Mama Outsider: Learning Black Zen in a White House

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Mama Outsider: Learning Black Zen in a White House

“Why some people mean? One income that isn’t a livable wage plus racism will do that to you, and you can’t imagine the rage until you’ve lived it.”

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May 12, 2016

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Mama Outsider: No Place Like Home

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Mama Outsider: No Place Like Home

“Every day since my father died has been at least a little fucked up. There is no such thing as a non-fucked up day when you are a Daddy’s girl…

Asha —

Apr 28, 2016

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The “Book of Life” Gave Me My Anything More

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The “Book of Life” Gave Me My Anything More

“Book of Life” posits that my father is in a place more vivid than memory, which is is just a medium between the man who raised me and the man…

Asha —

Oct 31, 2014