Black women are uniquely able to better support each other in birth because we experience and understand the impacts of racism on our relationships, to our bodies, and our ability to self-determine our health care.
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White Supremacy and Transmisogyny are Cousins
I don’t get to pick and choose which force is more evil when my life and the lives of my sisters are at risk.
What Black Lives Matter Organizers Are Doing to Fight White Supremacy at Every Level
White supremacy is a web of violent and abusive behaviors bolstered by white nationalists, racist elected officials, violent police and law enforcement, corporate money, and you.
Ways to love someone through their pregnancy plan
Never shy away from asking for help, but also don’t shy away from your brilliance and ability to love a loved one through pregnancy. You’ve both got this.
The Right to (Black) Life
Far too often, compassion for black lives doesn’t extend beyond the womb or to the black women carrying that womb. Too few tears are shed for the people killed by police violence. Reproductive justice is about the resolve to raise our families on our own terms, safely.
Abortion ‘reversal’: the latest sham from anti-choice activists trying to end women’s rights
At the core of “abortion reversal” is a desire to undermine the high level of decision certainty among people seeking the service.
Breastfeeding America: What We Know
When I look at black people’s present health outcomes I understand that they are based on structural inequities then and now, and directly linked to the ways that racism makes us sick.
No Laughing Matter: Trans Women’s Deaths are Not a Joke
No matter where you are in understanding our experiences, you should at least understand the importance of empathy. Everyone must make an effort to shut down transphobia every time it rears its ugly head.
Why Aren’t More Trans Women on PrEP?
So much of the research and the way trans health-care programs are designed is not trans-affirming or developed by trans folks.
The GOP Health Bill Is an Attack on Our Sexual Rights
Three years ago, I got an IUD after trying a couple different brands of the pill. In an era of regressive health-care policy, I’m afraid I may not be able to afford a replacement of my preferred contraceptive method.