09/08/2026
Matriarch.
It’s a word that keeps popping up everywhere I turn lately. In conversations. In the spaces I’m drawn to. In the communities I choose to be part of.
And it’s made me think a lot about what a matriarchal space actually looks like, and why I believe they matter.
So I wrote about it.
Come read, and then tell me what *matriarch* means to you.
Can we talk about matriarchal spaces? Because I think sometimes when people hear the word matriarchal, they immediately imagine patriarchy flipped upside down. Women holding all the power instead of men. But that isn’t what draws me to matriarchal spaces at all. At their best, matriarchal spaces a...