Stretch Marks
The Movement
STRETCH MARKS is a social movement that seeks to help mothers of all capacities find a healthy balance between motherhood and honouring the person they were before having children.
The Book
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25% of proceeds goes toward The Healing - Stretch Marks Workshops
STRETCH MARKS is an anthology that captures the humanity of pregnancy and oncoming of motherhood/guardianship. Through heightened prose, Vanessa Spence opens the conversation on motherhood/parenthood to include the taboo topics of generational trauma, regret, shame, depression, imposter syndrome, blame, and self-doubt.
The Play
Stretch Marks: Part 1
written + performed by: Vanessa spence
Inspired by the pregnancy in poetry, Stretch Marks: Part 1 follows a young woman of colour in the moments after discovering her pregnancy. Through prose, poetry, song and movement, she takes the audience on a journey that brings to light ancestral traumas, problematic familial cycles and self doubts as she battles with the decision to bring forth life.
Thank you to all who made this production a beautiful reality.
The Healing
By amalgamating peer encouragement and the creative arts, Stretch Marks Workshops focus on the mental health of mothers of colour - all ages and socio-economic status - to inspire self-confidence, self-expression, and a more active, inclusive and diverse parenting style.
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