Blaxit Stories: Living the Single, Childfree Life Abroad

In this episode, we talk to author, educator, and entrepreneur, Keturah Kendrick, as she discusses her new book: No Thanks: Black, Single and Living in The Martyr Free Zone. Keturah takes us on an international journey as she discusses the challenges and joys of traveling and living abroad as a single, black, and childless woman. We dive deep as we discuss how her lifestyle choice was perceived around the world.

Her book, No Thanks, chronicles the challenges and reflections of a single Black woman, with no children, and considering the world as her home. The essays, sharp and witty, have brought the issue of singlehood to the forefront in the Black community. The essays also reveal the bewildering ways in which Keturah got tagged by others: in Africa she was a "crazy American woman," in Asia, she was "too much altogether," and in the US, not considered the ideal and "good Black woman."

In No Thanks, Keturah emerged as a free woman, living unapologetically, challenging the readers’ conceptions of what it means to be enough for oneself and others. She also reveals the rich experiences of women who are single by choice.