

Jamila Lemieux
Writer and cultural critic known for essays on race, gender, and parenting; author of the book Black Single Mother and a Slate parenting columnist.
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Mar 10, 2026 • 45min
Jamilah Lemieux on the complicated beauty of being a ‘Black. Single. Mother.’
Jamila Lemieux, writer and cultural critic who explores race, gender, and parenting, discusses her book blending memoir and 21 stories about Black single mothers. She talks about stigma and online shaming. She reflects on co-parenting, redefining family, grieving expectations, and how single motherhood is being reclaimed and reimagined.


