Francesca Leader

Francesca Leader is a writer and artist whose fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in the J Journal, CutBank, Coffin Bell, and elsewhere. Her artwork has appeared in the Scapegoat Review and FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art. Her first poetry publications are forthcoming in the inaugural issue of Clitemnestra Magazine. She currently is seeking representation for her first novel.

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Breaking The Cycle Of Toxic Motherhood

My mother and I never got along when I was young. Early on, I began to resent her for her toxic parenting methods, which…