For many women working from home, a personal home office is empowering. But it also means facing insecurities and the repression of female creativity.

For many women working from home, a personal home office is empowering. But it also means facing insecurities and the repression of female creativity.
Gabeba Baderoon is a South African poet living and working in Philadelphia. Photography by Genevieve Gaignard.
by Jumoke Verissimo
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