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  • Echoing Ida

“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Black Mirror,” and the bleak futrue of abortion on TV

It’s not just Gilead’s regressive dystopia — too frequently, futuristic TV looks back at abortion, not forward

  • Echoing Ida

I’m a black woman; that doesn’t mean I have a bomb in my hair

My hair is a critical part of my self-expression, my artistic practice, a celebration of my heritage and my connection to spirit. So when TSA runs their dirty-ass latex gloves through my hair, it’s an insult. It’s racist. And it needs to stop.

  • Echoing Ida

Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased

Many in the black community have fought for reproductive justice — but we’re often left out of the story.

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