Call for Submissions · Yemaya

Tell the story they won't.

The women's health record is written by all of us.

Send us an article. Pitch a column. Or just talk — record a voice note and we'll help shape it. You don't have to be a writer. You have to have something true to say about women's health.

Yemaya is the professional network of Labora Collective — the Bloomberg of women's health. We publish on infrastructure that doesn't suppress the people who built it. No algorithm deciding who gets seen. No extraction. Owned, built, and run by women of color.

We're opening the doors wider. Clinicians and journalists have always had a home here. So does the doula with a field note, the researcher with a finding, the organizer with a warning — and the patient with a story the data left out. If it's true and it's about women's health, we want it.

Who this is for.

All of these. On purpose. The record gets fuller the more voices write it.

Clinical
Clinicians & researchers
Physicians, nurses, NPs, midwives, scientists. The evidence, and what it misses.
Care
Doulas & birth workers
Doulas, lactation consultants, wellness practitioners. Field notes from the room.
Media
Writers & journalists
Columnists, reporters, podcasters, essayists. Long-form, investigative, op-ed.
Community
Patients & advocates
Lived experience, organizers, caregivers. The story behind the statistic.
— Format 01 —

Write it.

A finished article, a column pitch, an essay, a research brief. Draft or polished — our editorial team works with you to get it ready.

— Format 02 —

Say it.

Not a writer? Record a voice note on your phone and upload it. We transcribe, synthesize, and shape it into a piece — with your byline, in your voice.

Send it over.

Your submission goes directly to Dr. Connor and the Yemaya editorial team. Name and email are required; everything else helps us place your work.

If your full draft lives elsewhere, paste the link in the field below.
A Google Doc, Substack, your site, or representative work.
Phone recording is fine. Under ~8 MB; for longer audio, paste a link above.

What happens next. Your submission lands in the Yemaya editorial inbox. We read every one. If it's a fit, an editor reaches out — usually within five business days — to talk shape, cadence, and byline. Voice notes get transcribed and drafted before we send anything back for your sign-off. Nothing publishes without your approval.

You keep your voice and your name. We don't bury you in an algorithm and we don't take a cut of what you build off-platform. We edit for clarity and accuracy, never to soften the truth.

Selective on purpose. Nazis, racists, rapists, and toxic misogynists not welcome. We do not believe in free speech as a business model. We believe in uplifting women.

Questions before you send? Email yconnor@diosara.com. Want to join the network too? Apply here.