The film left a number of important stories regarding communities of color on the cutting room floor.
Outlet: Rewire
Delayed Rage: Finally, White Women Are Trying to Catch Up
From my vantage point, this final push looks to be too little, too late.
On ‘Girls Like Me’ and Queering YA Books: A Q&A With Author Nina Packebush
People across the gender, sexuality, and ability spectrum get pregnant and deserve to have their experiences reflected in literature.
Black Women’s Abortions Are Not ‘Black-on-Black Crime’
Black liberation is not measured in numbers of Black births; it is measured by thriving, autonomous Black lives.
Six Books Written by Teen Mothers You Should Read This Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day offers the perfect opportunity for all of us to explore what motherhood…
Black Maternal Health Week May Be Over, but We’re Just Getting Started
There are three key actions that can propel this movement for Black maternal health, rights, and justice forward: Listen to Black women, trust Black women, and invest in Black women.
Housing Instability Is an Important (Yet Overlooked) Factor in the Maternal Health Crisis
Gentrification greatly contributes to the displacement and housing instability of people of color.
I Had a Miscarriage—and Needed the Help a Doula Could Provide
A doula’s role is explicitly and exclusively to provide emotional support to a person navigating pregnancy and its outcomes. So why aren’t more providers telling us about them in our times of need?
Cannabusiness Leaders of Color Are Already Breaking Barriers in the Industry, Their Communities
What I discovered was a growing Black- and people of color-led marijuana movement that centers our resilience as we fight to end cycles of poverty and mass incarceration in our communities.
Fat, Black, and Flexible: Yoga star Jessamyn Stanley Says ‘Confidence Is a Fickle Bitch’
As a champion of the fact that all bodies will not be the same or contort the same, Stanley has become an unintentional guru.