Letter from the team
The creation of this issue was truly like childbirth. It was exciting, scary, painful, and definitely exhausting. But in the end, as my mom would say, “es un dolor que no resientes.” We definitely felt the pain, but we also feel the joy of presenting to you our second child; The Madrehood issue.
From the moment we created Panocha Zine we all knew we wanted to explore stories around motherhood. We all have our complicated relationships with the concept of motherhood. As to how it relates to ourselves as mothers, as daughters, as sisters, comadres, partners. It all seems to stem from the relationships we have with the person who birthed us and/or raised us.
This is why we wanted to find stories that have a broader perspective on motherhood in the Latinx community. We think that in this issue you will find very unique views that will help validate and/or question your own views on what it means to be a mother.
From the bottom of our hearts we want to thank all the mamis in this issue, and also, to our community who helped us bring this to live. ¡MIL GRACIAS!