Maaternal – Maternal feminism and Africana womanism. Centering afrocentric and panafrican perspectives in the pursuit of equity and the rights of feminine people.

GLAAD gives social media giants poor grades over lack of LGBTQ protections : NPR

LadySpeech Sankofa: The Thriving King – OUT FRONT

Practical Baby Formula Substitute Advice For Emergencies

New Possible Words and Acronyms for Atypical Africans

What It’s Like to Lose Water in Jackson, Mississippi

13 RSV Symptoms in Babies All Caregivers Should Be Aware of Right Now | SELF

LOVE IS LOVE (Kenyan short film) – YouTube

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules in favor of sex trafficking victim Chrystul Kizer in 2018 murder case | Daily Mail Online

Iconic Image: Indigenous Shadow by Edith Dekyndt | Posted by Azam Ali on Facebook

The Misconception About Africa And S€xuality – Swiry Nyar Kano – YouTube

Breonna Taylor’s death: Four current, former Louisville police officers federally charged – CNN

Nicole Tanit Nefertaueret Lasher’s answer to Does misandry exist? Some girl online laughed at the fact I pointed out sexism towards men.

Hearing on Treatment of Women in Immigration Detention | C-SPAN.org

110 Years After Her Debut, The Work of A Black Woman Composer Is Heard Once Again

Meet the Mother of Orisha followers (Iyaosa) of Ogun State Nigeria as she Explains Orishas Priestess – YouTube

Right Wing Women The Politics of Domesticated Females – Andrea Dworkin

Everything I Never Dreamed | Book by Ruth M. Glenn | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

Pharmacies risk violating civil rights laws if they deny access to drugs that can be used for abortion, HHS says

Bow Down To Viola Davis In Action-Packed ‘The Woman King’ Trailer | HuffPost Entertainment

Companies sharing clients’ reproductive data to be probed by US House – The Jerusalem Post

Do apps share reproductive health data with third parties?A June study by The Journal of Medical Internet Research found that 87% of the 23 most popular women’s health apps shared user data with third parties, yet just over half requested consent from their users, according to the committee. Source: Companies...

The Poison Squad | Full Film | American Experience | PBS – YouTube

By the close of the Industrial Revolution, the American food supply was tainted with frauds, fakes, and legions of new and untested chemicals, dangerously threatening the health of consumers. Based on the book by Deborah Blum, The Poison Squad tells the story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined...

The Gisoo Tree – Longreads

The teenage girl stands at her mother’s grave, a middle-aged woman who was killed by the Iranian police during recent unrest in the nation. A white veil hangs around her neck. Her eyes shine with the same rage I’ve seen in the eyes of people who have lost a loved...

Matthew Cortland Hosts Twitter Space: Is it safe to ____?

Disability activist and inspiration for term adaptive PPE, Matthew Cortland is hosting a Twitter space to help people learn how to manage air quality in indoor spaces and generally protect themselves as the pandemic continues. Join the conversation!

How Jordan Peterson Became a Pseudo-Intellectual Hack

Once upon a time, Jordan Peterson was a highly respected psychologist focusing primarily on studying and understanding personalities. His research was studied across the world, and no one seemed to bat an eye at his lectures. That is until he decided to make the jump from well-respected professor to youtube...

Romi Abergil on using Onlyfans to finance gender matching analysis: “All means are kosher”

Network star Rumi Abergil recently fulfilled her life’s dream and completed the gender reassignment procedure with the help of surgery she underwent in Thailand. Abergil shared with her followers the difficult but exciting journey she went through, and returned to Israel happy. Source: Romi Abergil on using Onlyfans to finance...

NO BRÁ DAY: SOME INTERESTING VIEWS – YouTube

Nichelle Nichols – Facebook

Friends, Fans, Colleagues, WorldI regret to inform you that a great light in the firmament no longer shines for us as it has for so many years.Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for...

Revealed: leaked video shows Amy Coney Barrett’s secretive faith group drove women to tears

A leaked video of a recent private People of Praise event, marking its 50th anniversary, shows Dorothy Ranaghan explaining how some female followers of the faith group cried intensely in reaction to the group’s early teachings on “headship” and the “roles of men and women”, in which men are considered...

I Debunked the Entire Manosphere – YouTube

Well this time I decided to investigate the Manosphere. The cult mentality of Red Pill think, how they monetise it, the narrative they are selling to their followers, and how this can result in some young men being funnelled into the alt-right pipeline.

The Honorable Marcia Fudge Visits JCSU, Encourages Students to Vote on Election Day | Johnson C. Smith University

“Many people don’t understand that Black history is American history,” said Fudge. “Somebody is going to make a decision for or about you, most of the time without you,” added Adams. “So, you need to either do what I’ve done and what Secretary Fudge has done. Run for office and make...

Disillusionment grips most Zim voters ahead of 2023 – The Zimbabwe Independent

In an interview, political commentator and academic Alexander Rusero noted that elections in Zimbabwe never delivered people’s expression since 1980.“You talk of Zanla’s intimidation of the rural electorate in 1980 that anything outside a Zanu PF victory meant a return to war, the annihilation of Zapu between 1980 and 1987,...

Steal nonbinary wedding inspiration from this elopement shoot | Offbeat Bride – OFFBEAT WED

Ashley Peters of The Stylist Abroad described this nonbinary elopement shoot as “If Prince Harry crossed over with Travis Barker” and needless to say, we are OBSESSED. The goal was to showcase that you can be heavily tattooed and still exude sexy and sophisticated “high society” vibes. We were delighted...

You Don’t Need a Key if You Can Change the Locks | It’s Going Down

On Friday morning, August 5th, we threw a party for our neighbors and community outside of a yellow slat-board 4-bedroom on a quiet residential block. An anticipatory buzz was in the air as about 35 people: radicals from homeless encampments, anarchist affinity groups, Maoist pre-party formations, organizations like Chicago Union...

Olympic Medalist Kim Glass Suffers Facial Fractures After Being Attacked With a Pipe by a Homeless Man • EBONY

Kim Glass, a professional volleyball player who won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics, suffered facial features after being brutally attacked with a metal pipe by a homeless man, reports CNN.Glass posted a video on her Instagram describing the incident and the footage shows her right eye swollen, a...

Photos: Abortion rights activists protest outside the White House : The Picture Show : NPR

A day after President Biden signed an executive order that takes incremental steps to protect abortion services, hundreds of protesters sat outside the White House.The Women’s March protesters said they want the White House to do more to support abortion rights around the country.At least nine states have banned abortion...

Mitumba Lady Impresses Uhuru With Story of Her Rise to a Factory Owner – Kenyans.co.ke

Revealing the transformation journey of Dada Export Processing Limited, the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces divulged that the firm had employed 150 qualified professionals with a competitive salary and other benefits. Initially, the factory only had three employees. “She now has 150 employees permanent and pensionable; she targets...

My abusive relationship with YouTube

How Kat Blaque was disrespected at a recent YouTube event. Turns out it is indicative of a pattern of conveniently using her as a diversity prop or token, while excluding her from the actual goings on.

Why Maaternal.com No Longer Links to Quora

We no longer link to due to their knowing promotion of neo nazis. We believe their site may be a scam run by “white” supremacists to legitimize racism under the cover of it being an academic site. They recruit and then piggyback on the traffic generated by legitimate scientists and...

Missouri Woman Denied Emergency Abortion Called a State Senator for Help. He Sent Her to an Anti-Abortion Clinic.

Farmer and her partner consulted with doctors and experts across several states and made “countless phone calls,” with—in her words—“a baby dying inside me.” They learned there was no way for their wanted pregnancy to be viable or even last another six weeks, since Farmer’s cervix was already open. If...

Hair Straightening Chemicals Associated With Higher Uterine Cancer Risk – NIH study finds Black women may be more affected due to higher use

Women who used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using these products, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health. The researchers found no associations with uterine cancer for other hair products that the women...

Dwyane Wade left to defend trans daughter against her ‘good Christian mother’

As a woman who claims to be a “good Christian mother,” I’ve yet to see her make any sacrifice or effort to leave her own home to participate in her children’s lives in over a decade. Zaya is not that same 3 year (old) child anymore and she’s screaming that...

How 1 family coped after the Birmingham church bombing, and reckoned with racism : NPR

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The 16th Street Baptist Church is an iconic landmark with its blue neon sign, dramatic stained-glass windows, and imposing twin bell towers. It was here on Sept. 15, 1963 that a Ku Klux Klan bomb killed four Black girls.Near the back corner of the building is a...

An Australian woman was detained by a US border official who asked, ‘Have you recently had an abortion?’

After being photographed, patted down, and interrogated twice, Gourley was asked whether she was pregnant. As she moved from one detention room to the next, she was asked again by an agent if she was pregnant. When she said she wasn’t, she was asked whether she had had an abortion....

El Paso’s new dashboard shows the thousands of migrants it serves, and how many it sends north on buses | CNN

Amid a spike in migrant encounters at the southern border, the City of El Paso, Texas, launched a migrant dashboard Saturday to follow activity at its welcome center.The city has served more than 14,900 migrants since early September and bused thousands to cities further north.More than 8,000 migrants have been...

Bay Area Doctor Plans to Offer Abortions Via Boat Off the Gulf of Mexico – NBC Bay Area

A Bay Area OB-GYN is organizing an effort to bring abortion services and reproductive healthcare to several southern states bordering the Gulf of Mexico via a ship sailing on federal waters.Dr. Meg Autry, who also works as a professor at UCSF, had already been working to bring this effort to...

GLAAD gives social media giants poor grades over lack of LGBTQ protections : NPR

LGBTQ social media users say social media is neither a welcoming nor a safe place for them, a new GLAAD report shows.In a survey, 84% of LGBTQ adults said not enough protections are on social media to prevent discrimination, harassment or disinformation, according to the report. Additionally, 40% of LGBTQ...

Cybersmile and Urban Decay Launch “Words Hurt IRL” Campaign featuring Ava Michelle in Honor of Stop Cyberbullying Day

Cybersmile and Urban Decay have announced their latest initiative, “WORDS HURT IRL” launched in support of Stop Cyberbullying Day as part of our long-term partnership to address online bullying and abuse. The anti-cyberbullying campaign features a powerful, call-to-action video starring “Tall Girl” actress, Ava Michelle. Source: Cybersmile and Urban Decay...

Tell Congress: Railroad workers deserve fair pay and time off

Railroad workers have rejected a tentative agreement that continues to put the profits of the railroad industry ahead of the rights and wages of its workers.More Perfect Union’s exclusive reporting shows just what would happen if 115,000 railroad workers across the country went on strike this year. Grocery store shelves...

Cybele, the goddess of fertility

Louisiana hospital denies abortion for fetus without a skull | Health care/Hospitals | nola.com

Even after doctors at the hospital said they would provide an abortion once she got the diagnosis of acrania, a rare and fatal condition, from a specialist, the hospital called to tell her it would not be able to do it, she said. The hospital directed her to a Florida...

C’Toan Co

Jodyann Morgan is a plus size, queer, Black woman who sits at the intersection of race, size, and sexuality. Pride and representation are personal. She creates lovingly hand poured, gender-free candles that allow people to see their bodies, and the bodies of people they love, in accessible art. Morgan started...

abortion – What does the internet think?

Ever wondered what the internet thinks about.. Apparently, the whole world isn’t full of frothing hypocrites, and most people would like women to not bleed out in emergency rooms and back alleys. Source: abortion – What does the internet think?

New York – Gentrification and Displacement – Urban Displacement

The New York metropolitan region is thriving, but its neighborhoods are experiencing many different forms of displacement. Wages of low-income residents—as well as housing policies—have not kept pace with the acceleration of housing prices, resulting in significant demographic shifts in the 31-county, tri-state region. Source: New York – Gentrification and...

Meme: I Promise to Teach My Babies to Love Your Babies

The text is: I promise to teach my babies to love your babies. There is an illustration of a series of hands of varying colors giving a peace sign. Artist: as yet unknown, but feel free to credit in the comments if I don’t find them before you do.

Abortion rights win protection in midterm elections in California, Michigan, Vermont

The first major election of the post-Roe era yielded new protections for abortion rights, as voters in three states approved measures to add constitutional protections guaranteeing access to the procedure.Driving the news: California, Michigan and Vermont backed ballot measures that effectively make it impossible for state lawmakers to enact bans....

Brittney Griner’s wife details call from Russian prison – YouTube

Brittney Griner’s appeal of her nine-year prison sentence in Russia has been scheduled for October 25. “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King sits down exclusively with her wife, Cherelle Griner, for her first interview since Brittney Griner’s sentencing. Cherelle shares what happened on a phone call with Brittney from Russia that...

BEES, DREAMS & MEDICINE | collegeofthemelissae

Inspired by the queen bee who calls forth the swarm with honey and hope, ten luminaries will share stories of how they have pushed boundaries, connected deeper with Nature, learned from ancestral wisdom, gained inspiration from within, and/or sought to affect systemic change. From indigenous cultures to integrated psychedelia, from...

Lawmaker Horrified By Consequences Of Abortion Ban Votes For Even Stricter One

Rep. Neal Collins (R), who recently made national headlines when he told his colleagues he didn’t sleep for a week when he learned that a six-week ban he’d helped pass last year could lead to the deaths of miscarrying patients, voted Tuesday night to pass an even stricter abortion ban...

What a pregnancy actually looks like before 10 weeks – in pictures | Abortion | The Guardian

Abortion is now banned or severely restricted in 14 states in the US, the outcome of a decades-long campaign by anti-abortion advocates. In many states, abortion is no longer seen as a health procedure, but a morality issue. Pennsylvania’s Doug Mastriano – once a state senator, now running for governor...

LadySpeech Sankofa: The Thriving King – OUT FRONT

That’s when I was like, ‘You can’t ever go back; you can’t ever not tell your truth; you can’t ever not speak your story. No matter what it cost you. Both my parents have suffered their own abuse, and didn’t focus on their healing, and that awarded me with some...

Practical Baby Formula Substitute Advice For Emergencies

I’ve seen the videos of desperate moms crying. Out here on the other side of the Atlantic, we’re mostly in shock to see one of the world’s richest nations running out of baby formula because one company screwed up and didn’t have a backup plan. Capitalism as an ideology lesson...

Inside the Wellness Industry’s Controversial Supply Chains – YouTube

VICE News travels to Somaliland to investigate the frankincense supply chain, one of the world’s oldest traded commodities, used in the growing market for essential oils and finds everything may not be as ethical as one company wants you to believe.

IDAHOBIT 2022: “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights” – Kenita Placide – YouTube

What does “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights” mean for LGBTI communities on the ground? Hear more from Kenita Placide of the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality!

#BiWeek: why is bisexual visibility important?

Watch and listen as Rachael Moore, representing our Bisexual Committee for Europe and Central Asia, explains why #BiVisibility is so important

Shein: When Public Image No Longer Matters | Corporate Casket – YouTube

Shein took the world by storm starting in 2012. As the newest hit in fast fashion, the company appealed to every demographic, offering trendy styles at incredibly affordable prices. Every day, someone posts a tiktok or youtube video, showing off treasure chests full of clothes. But the bright colors that...

Unconscious bias against Black and women physicians could undermine treatment | Science | AAAS

They then applied a placebo cream (unscented hand lotion) while telling the volunteers it was an antihistamine to reduce the allergic reaction. The placebo reduced swelling in those treated by white and Asian men. But the cream didn’t work as well in the white people treated by women or Black...

Feds Launch First Investigation into Allegations that Woman Was Denied a Medically-Necessary Abortion

The federal government has launched an investigation after a Missouri hospital allegedly denied abortion services during a medical emergency.In October, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services launched an investigation after doctors at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri denied abortion services to a woman, violating the federal Emergency...

Jemele Hill details watching her mom battle drug addiction as a child

Emmy Award-winning journalist Jemele Hill sat down with her mother, Denise, to discuss their collective childhood traumas and how they navigated their respective healing journeys on Facebook Watch’s Red Table Talk, out Wednesday.Hill, 46, was joined at the red table by her mom Denise Dennard, who raised her as a...

I Had An Abortion In My 40s. I’ll Never Forget The Shocking Thing The Doctor Said To Me.

I never would have guessed that my first abortion would be when I was in my 40s, married, and a parent already. But that’s the situation I was in when my pregnancy test came back positive in the first July of the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: I Had An Abortion In...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pressures Chuck Schumer to say whether Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch lied under oath about their views on Roe v. Wade

“We request that the Senate make its position clear on whether Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch lied under oath during their confirmation hearings,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter. “We must call out their actions for what they were before the moment passes, so that we can prevent such a mendacious...

Brittney Griner testifies she signed documents without understanding what they said after being stopped at Moscow airport – CNN

Initially, Griner said, she signed some documents but was using Google translate on her phone and barely knew what was in them. She was later taken to another room, she said, where her phone was taken away and she was made to sign more documents without an explanation.No attorney was...

Royal Portrait: The Regality of Indigenous Women | Arts & Entertainment

At the Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, a new exhibit just opened that features an Indigenous artist’s exhibition, Royal Portrait, emphasizing the importance of Indigenous matriarchs through reimagining royal regalia and portraiture. Source: Royal Portrait: The Regality of Indigenous Women | Arts & Entertainment

‘They’re Just Going to Let Me Die?’ One Woman’s Abortion Odyssey

She recalled that she went quiet, her body went still. What did they mean, they couldn’t do the abortion? Just two weeks earlier, she and her fiance had learned her fetus had a condition that would not allow it to survive outside the womb. If she tried to carry to...

New Possible Words and Acronyms for Atypical Africans

Take it or leave it. Adopt it or don’t. I decided that we need a word for what we are that may be in a colonial language, but doesn’t limit us to not quite fitting or overly limiting colonial gender or orientation boxes. I’ve landed on ITVGR+. Intersex, Trans, Variable,...

Prager U Kids: Propaganda Built to Rewrite History | Corporate Casket – YouTube

Prager U Kids claims to be an educational resource for children; it discusses historical and political topics in an easy-to-digest manner. However, many argue that their ‘education’ is just misinformation and it’s dangerous to teach kids these messages.

Pregnant Anita Nderu poses completely naked in artistic maternity shoot : K24 TV

Kenyan media personality Anita Nderu who is expecting her first child posed in an artistic maternity shoot while in her birthday suit.The former Capital FM presenter shared jaw-dropping photos of her maternity shoot which show her entire body painted in white colour.Anita said the artist took three long hours to...

Many families don’t have resources to the heat wave engulfing the nation – CNN

Fearing the scorching Texas heat could only get worse, Lisa Vogt stopped buying meat and drove her pickup truck as little as possible to save money for two months to purchase window air-conditioning units.The air conditioner at the home that Vogt, 32, her three children and teenage nephew rent in...

Abortion Rights Still Matter

Because the baby had a heartbeat, and Erin’s life wasn’t in danger, no hospital could perform the abortion, which also meant she would not be able to receive general anesthesia. And because the pregnancy was at 20 weeks, they could no longer go to Planned Parenthood. With limited options, they...

Pregnant woman trying to drive into hospital delayed by police officer – YouTube

A South Florida couple expecting a child had a recent uncomfortable experience with a police officer outside a Miami-Dade hospital.

For these Black activists, abortion isn’t just a woman’s issue. It’s about race, too

“If it’s obliterated,” Simpson said of the right to abortion, “then we’re not only dealing with an access issue. In a bigger way, we’re also dealing with criminalization possibilities. And that’s a very scary thing in particular for Black folks in this country who are already over-criminalized in so many...

Recovering the African Feminine Divine in Literature, the Arts, and Practice … – Google Books

Recovering the African Feminine Divine in Literature, the Arts, and Performing Arts: Yemonja Awakening provides context to the myriad ways in which the African feminine divine is being reclaimed by scholars, practitioners and cultural scholars worldwide. This volume addresses the complex ways in which the reclamation of and recognition of...

Shanquella Robinson died in Mexico under mysterious circumstances. Now the FBI is investigating

The FBI and Mexican prosecutors have opened separate investigations this week into the mysterious death of a North Carolina woman, who went on vacation late last month with friends in Mexico and returned home in a bodybag.Shanquella Robinson, a 25-year-old woman from Charlotte, traveled to the resort city of San...

The Queue: Rachel David | American Craft Council

Heating and hammering steel into a record of environmental devastation.Rachel David lives and works in Waynesville, North Carolina, and employs a social justice framework to create sculpture, furniture, and architectural work around the themes of landscape, human impact on the environment, and the body. A founding member of the Society...

5th Annual African Yoga Fest – September 24, 2022

For the 5th year in a row, we will gather on the beautiful grounds of H.E.R. Living Campus with yogis and energy workers from various disciplines to share our love for yoga in a natural setting. This… Source: 5th Annual African Yoga Fest

“What Will The Neighbours Say?” | Exhibitions | Haifa City Museum

The history of Haifa’s gay community is long and fascinating, yet despite its importance on both the local and national level, it has largely remained concealed. In the study of queer history in Israel, as a field addressing the plight of sexual and gender minorities, it is the history of...

GOP Candidate: Hypothetical 14-Year-Old Incest Victim Is ‘Perfect Example’ For Abortion Ban

Tudor Dixon, a leading Republican candidate for governor of Michigan, confirmed in a recent interview that her opposition to abortion rights extends even to a minor who is raped by a family member. Source: GOP Candidate: Hypothetical 14-Year-Old Incest Victim Is ‘Perfect Example’ For Abortion Ban

WIT Venture Studio — WITGBG

From being a neglected field for too long, the Femtech industry is now about to enter a stage of exponential growth. We are working on connecting the global Femtech community, with the purpose of ensuring the quality, ethical standards and sustainable development of the innovations brewing within this field. Source:...

Mourning after the death of trans man Malte C.: “The hatred is increasing” – News in Germany

BERLIN taz | There were several thousand people who gathered on the Prinzipalmarkt in Münster on Friday evening. “The hatred is increasing” complained one speaker. A second was combative: It will be shown “that we are not intimidated by threats and violence”. The reason for the rally was Death of...

‘Horrendous’: Company accused of employing dozens of children in slaughterhouses – Raw Story

One child interviewed by DOL investigators reported that they worked for PSSI starting when they were 13, cleaning machinery on the “kill floor” at one of the plants. The 14-year-old worked more than 18 hours per week during overnight shifts, and suffered a burn injury from the cleaning chemicals they...

What It’s Like to Lose Water in Jackson, Mississippi

Mississippi is the Blackest state in the Union, with a population that is 37.8 percent African American. Jackson is no different; 82 percent of the city’s population is Black. The neglect of the city’s water supply is part of a much longer, older story of the state government’s abandonment of...

Georgia’s six-week abortion ban could impact medical treatment for women who miscarry

Following the reversal of Roe v. Wade, there have been reports of patients in the U.S. experiencing hurdles in receiving standard surgical procedures or medication for miscarriage care. The increased risk of criminal penalties means physicians may turn women away who seek treatment for a miscarriage.”A lot of people don’t...

Breaking the Cycle? Intergenerational Effects of an Anti-Poverty Program in Early Childhood | Andrew Bar and Chloe R. Gibbs | Head Start Intergen_1_31_2022.pdf

Despite substantial evidence that resources and outcomes are transmitted across generations, there has been limited inquiry into the extent to which anti-poverty programs actually disrupt the cycle of bad outcomes. We leverage the rollout of the United States’ largest early child-hood program, Head Start, to estimate the effect of early...

How prejudice affects official search for missing Indigenous women, other women of color | PBS NewsHour

While Gabby Petito’s death has captured national attention, tens of thousands of people are reported missing or murdered every year in the U.S. Native women are murdered at rates 10 times the national average. In Wyoming alone, 710 indigenous people were reported missing from 2011 to 2020. Amna Nawaz discusses...

Trump Lawyer Sued For Calling New York’s AG Letitia James A “Black Bitch”

The suit was filed by Na’Sayia Drayton, who is identified in court documents as a legal assistant and the only African-American woman who worked at the law firm of Habba Madaio & Associates. Drayton claims that in April of this year, the firm’s managing partner, Alina Habba—who is described in...

When the Lights Went Out in Moore County

I want to be very clear: we are witnessing a coordinated campaign of violence and intimidation against LGBTQ people, and if it is substantiated that anti-LGBTQ assailants attempted to cut power for 40,000 people in order to have a drag show cancelled–and I suspect it will be–that is the definition...

BYU Student Pranks Mom Into Thinking He Got Stripper Pregnant: VIDEO – Comic Sands

A BYU student was paid $500 to prank call his Mormon pro-life mother and try to convince her he got a stripper pregnant.It didn’t take long to convince her of that part—she didn’t seem to have any issue believing her conservative Mormon son would have sex with strippers.Instead, she immediately...

The Two Sides of Women’s Rights in Bahrain – The Borgen Project

Bahrain, a small Middle-Eastern country off the coast of the Arab Peninsula, consists of Bahrain Island and 30 smaller islands. Due to its coastal location, Bahrain has greater access to ocean travel and, in consequence, a wider range of influences than its Arab-Islamic neighbors. These influences have made Bahrain a...

Webmatron’s Notes on Say Goodbye To Macy Gray — She Outed Herself As A TERF

On July 4, a day when selective freedom was celebrated in America, it was only fitting that Macy Gray chose to go on known bigot Piers Morgan’s show Uncensored and reveal herself as a transphobe on national television. After all, trans women in the U.S. are still fighting for their...

Discrimination Weakens Tool for Reducing New York Homelessness, Lawsuit Says – NewsBreak

NEW YORK — A voucher program designed to reduce homelessness in New York City has been hamstrung by the discriminatory practices of landlords and real estate agents who have turned away people relying on subsidies to pay rent, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Source: Discrimination Weakens Tool for Reducing...

Behind the Glitter: Child Labour in Mica Mining | Secrets of the Cosmetics Industry Documentary – YouTube

Unknown to its hundreds of millions of consumers is that most of it is filled with “dirty mica”, extracted using antiquated methods, close to slavery, in one of the poorest regions of the world: Jarkhand, India. Here, under the constant threat of landslides and toxic dust, children dig through the...

Wei Ho Is Drawn to Algebra, Geometry and the Human Side of Math | Quanta Magazine

Like many people who would go on to become mathematicians, Wei Ho grew up competing in math contests. In eighth grade, she won the Mathcounts state competition in Wisconsin, and her team took third place at nationals.Unlike many future mathematicians, she wasn’t sure she ever wanted to become one.“I wanted...

There Is No Such Thing as a ‘White Ally’ — “TNSWA” Part I. | by Catherine Pugh, Esq. | CIVIS ROMANUS | Medium

I never use the term “White Ally” when I talk with family and friends. That’s because I detest it. A little twang of dissonance echoes every time it comes my way. My rage is not directed at the name, but its attending mentality. And the sobriquet itself implicates one of...

“Bogus Charge”: FBI Raids African People’s Socialist Party; Group Dismisses Russian Influence Claims – YouTube

The rabbit hole of Russian intelligence is very deep, and the truth is that you wouldn’t know if you had operatives in any movement. Hopefully the investigation will vindicate the organizers, though I don’t trust the U.S. government much in this regard. Just understand that spies will play both sides....

Opele Sisi – Little Girl Learning Ifa With Opele

Ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀ ṣíṣí is a stage Ifá learning, where the learner learns how to identify and know each Ifá corpus from Èjì Ogbè to Òfún Méjì.

Home is Where my Cat is! The Importance of Pet-friendly Accommodation – Katzenworld

Is your cat part of the family?If you answered yes, then you are not alone! The majority of people consider their pet cat or dog as a family member. The importance of the human-companion animal bond has been demonstrated in relation to physical and mental health, combating loneliness, and facilitating...

Newest Michigan Supreme Court member is a young Black mom. How it’s historic ｜ The Detroit News

The Democratic governor said Bolden, a Southfield Democrat who’s 34 years old and a new mom, will bring a unique perspective that has been left out of the court’s decision-making for too long. But some Republicans criticized the appointee for having inadequate legal experience for Michigan’s highest court.At one moment...

Tennessee’s abortion ban takes effect Thursday. Why these women are now giving up on the state

“I can’t stay here,” she said. “I’m sick and heartbroken over it.”Brown purchased a condo in East Nashville last year. But that didn’t stop her from signing a lease earlier this month for an apartment in Washington, D.C.At the end of September, she’ll be leaving her home state. After the...

13 RSV Symptoms in Babies All Caregivers Should Be Aware of Right Now | SELF

Thanks to the pandemic, you’re probably a lot more aware of infectious diseases than you ever thought you would be. We wouldn’t be surprised if you can recite the symptoms of COVID-19 in your sleep and know all about the importance of getting your annual flu shot (especially this year)....

Black Pregnant Woman Shares Video Of White Nurse’s Comments

In an interview with TODAY, Jillian explained that the incident occurred at the Philly Pregnancy Center in Norristown, Pennsylvania, where she has been a patient since the start of her pregnancy. On Oct. 6, Jillian said she stopped by the clinic to pick up a doctor’s note that had already...

Jules Blames NB Folks For Transphobic Legislation?

Hunter Schafer, the actress behind the character Jules from Euphoria liked a post that some are describing as “transmedicalist”.

Community Remembrance Project

As a law office, the Equal Justice Initiative has been dedicated to representing clients sentenced to death and condemned to die in prison, challenging inhumane conditions of confinement, and working to expose racial bias in the criminal justice system for more than 30 years. This work has provided a first-hand...

Bilingual in sarcasm y solidaridad – Scalawag

“We needed a space for Latinos, Black folk, Native folk, Asian people—anybody—to exist and not just be traumatized groups that get exploited,” Arreguin explained.When the pandemic hit, the founders paused the podcast to deal with job furloughs, mental health, and advocacy work in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. But...

The #HowManyCampaign | Diary Of A Polyamorous Black Girl

The #HowManyCampaign is a collaborative project between Polyamorous Black Girl (Alicia Bunyan-Sampson) and UrFavFilosopher (Dr. Justin Clardy) Through a series of playlists; disclosures and video analyses, this project will explore content that deals with non-monogamy and/or polyamory among Black Culture in the Americas in both explicit and subtle ways. Source:...

Award-winning documentary sheds light on being ‘Black in the Newsroom’

Media 2070’s award-winning documentary Black in the Newsroom gives insight into the hurdles many Black journalists experience. The 15-minute film follows journalist Elizabeth Montgomery as she navigates anti-Blackness in the media and explores its pervasive harm to society. “When Black journalists like Elizabeth are marginalized and pushed out of journalism, the...

How are women faring as Afghanistan’s problems deepen? | The Stream – YouTube

The future for women and girls in Afghanistan remains uncertain after a Taliban-convened grand assembly of religious elders ended without any changes to a ban on girls attending high school.More than 3,500 clerics and scholars joined the “Loya Jirga” that began on June 30 and concluded with an endorsement of...

Female King Reviews The Woman King – YouTube

My impression of the movie everybody’s talking about lately. No point in “boycotting” this movie unless you’re boycotting Hollywood in general. Regardless, if you’re going to claim to be offended by people lying to you, then you should be giving more support to the people telling you the truth. These...

The truth about Samsung’s horrifying factories

News media across the globe have been heaping praise on Samsung’s cool new Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones. But amid all the raves about the tech innovations and fancy features of these devices, the lives of the mostly female workers who make them have been virtually ignored.Few consumers or reporters...

Just In Time To Prevent the Hijack

When the Great Sellout happened in 2015-2016, my heart broke for the legit men’s rights advocates. I know it’s hard for people coming late to this to imagine, but there were men who wanted a piece, not of the victim pie, but the freedom cake. Since women were defying stereotypes...

How abortion is mobilizing young voters beyond midterms elections – Scalawag

The week of March 22, Governor Greg Abbot issued an order stopping medical procedures that weren’t deemed “medically necessary,” a COVID-era measure supposedly intended to preserve medical equipment that effectively banned abortions in the state. (At the same time, Abbott consistently refused to implement safety precautions or shelter-in-place orders to...

Do Not Use Infant Head Shaping Pillows to Prevent or Treat Any Medical Condition: FDA Safety Communication | FDA

Do not use infant head shaping pillows due to the risk of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), inclusive of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and suffocation and death.If you own an infant head shaping pillow, throw it away; do not donate or give it to anyone else. Source: Do Not...

So Identity Politics has been Bastardized… – YouTube

How identity politics has been bastardized, and why to be careful since “not all skinfolks are kinfolks”.

Los Angeles Sheriffs Raid the People Legally Tasked With Investigating Police Corruption

Really dangerous moment in Los Angeles that we should all be paying attention to. After lengthy investigations in to Sheriffs gangs, which have a long history of violence and corruption, the Sheriffs have searched the homes of the people charged with overseeing them. https://t.co/GQH7OsH0A5 — Thomas B. Harvey (@tbh4justice) September...

Aborting the sun: the facts, the feels, and the action | Khadija Mbowe – YouTube

Welcome to SEASON 1 EPISODE 1 of You can Always Change your Mind! This one…was a doozy… Watch on YouTube

Call to ban LGBTQ+ events in Lebanon sparks rights groups’ anger | OPENLY

June 30 (Openly) – Lebanon’s interior minister has been criticised by activists after he told security forces to crack down on LGBTQ+ events during Pride month and said such gatherings would spread “sexual perversion” and run against the country’s religious values.Rights groups have responded with derision and anger to minister...

Q&A: Southern abortion providers on what the media’s getting wrong – Scalawag

This is something I’ve been stressing with media a lot: moving away from the narrative of exceptions. Stop talking about exceptions. Exceptions are a false conversation because exceptions do not work in reality. When you give in to this conversation about how, “Oh, well, this bill doesn’t even have exceptions...

Over 4,000 young girls between ages of 12 – 17 in Western Region are already married or living with men

Speaking on the Jolly Breakfast Show on Skyy Power 93.5FM on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, she noted that the policymakers can be partly blamed for this development.According to her, the consenting age before a girl can engage in sexual activity with a man is 16 years.She said, “The legal age...

LOVE IS LOVE (Kenyan short film) – YouTube

A FILM THAT TELLS A STORY OF THE STRUGGLES THAT MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY FACE IN SEARCH OF LOVE

There Once Was A Troll Who Hated Fat Women – Origins of the Manosphere – YouTube

Once upon a time, there was a place called Usenet. Fast forward 20 years, and now armies of millions of online personas can be launched to promote or harass anyone their handlers are paid to. This is important history for anyone doing anything important that might trigger someone’s fragility online.

‘This can’t be how I go down:’ Manhattan woman’s homeless battle with encampment sweeps ends in massive stroke | amNewYork

Homeless Manhattanite Sinthia Vee has been left disabled after suffering a stroke that she believes was brought about by treatment at the hands of officials during and after recent homeless encampment sweeps.“This can’t be how I go down; I have been through so much in my life,” Vee told amNewYork...

The Pain, Fear, & Anger After Colorado Springs

I need to express my pain, fear and most certainly my ANGER at the events that happened this weekend in Colorado Springs, CO.

Why Are Prescription Drug Take-Back Events Important to Indian Country Communities? – Catawba Nation

Prior to the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day initiative, started by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in 2010, American households did not have access to an organized and safe way to dispose of unused and unwanted medications. This often led to unsafe disposal in one of two ways: throwing...

Ruth Ellis Clairmont Center provides housing for LGBTQ+ youth

Calling it a “beacon” for LGBTQ+ at-risk youth who may not have a safe place to live or get health care, Detroit officials on Friday officially cut the ribbon on the city’s newest mixed-use affordable housing development which will provide a “safe haven” for those who need it.The $16 million...

Are we turning away from Seggs Positive Feminism? 🧐 Khadija Mbowe – YouTube

Mama Irene, Healer of the Andes – Trailer on Vimeo

Mama Irene, Healer of the Andes – Trailer of a documentary about a medicine woman in the Pervuian altiplano, “highlighting her healing methods and passion to serve each patient who knocks on her door: from local women who travel hours or days by foot through the Andes, to a medical...

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules in favor of sex trafficking victim Chrystul Kizer in 2018 murder case | Daily Mail Online

A woman accused of killing a man can argue at trial that she was justified because he was sexually trafficking her, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that could help define the limits of legal immunity for trafficking victims nationwide.The justices ruled 4-3 that a 2008 state law...

Iconic Image: Indigenous Shadow by Edith Dekyndt | Posted by Azam Ali on Facebook

Throughout history Art has served many different aspirations & sometimes plays a central role in political & social movements. This image “Indigenous Shadow “ created by Belgian artist Edith Dekyndt in 2014 has crossed cultural boundaries & become adopted inside & outside Iran as one of the most iconic visual...

Residential schools: Hundreds of photos found in Rome archives | CTV News

WINNIPEG -Raymond Frogner says when he found images of residential school students in the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate archives in Rome, he knew he was looking at something important.”It did have a very historic feeling to it, very profound,” the head archivist for the Winnipeg-based Centre for Truth and...

Morris, Olive Elaine 1952-1979 | libcom.org

A short biography of south London based anti-racist community organiser Olive Morris who worked tirelessly as a feminist, black and squatting activist throughout the late 60s and 70s. Source: Morris, Olive Elaine 1952-1979 | libcom.org

Brianna Grier: An autopsy finds cause of death consistent with severe blunt force trauma – CNN

(CNN)Weeks after a Georgia woman fell from a police car while in police custody and later died, an autopsy commissioned by her family says her cause of death is consistent with severe blunt force trauma.Speaking on Monday with attorney Benjamin Crump, Dr. Allecia Wilson, the director of autopsy and forensic...

Barbara Smith on Reproductive Justice and Black Feminism: An Interview — Black Women Radicals

It was incredibly difficult and nightmarish because if one got pregnant, and particularly if you were not married, you became like a persona non grata. You were stigmatized. There was incredible shame. I was speaking a few weeks ago, Ithink it was before Roe fell, to a friend who is...

Native American Podcast – What Does Thanksgiving Mean to Native Americans?– ANGR Podcast [AUDIO]

What’s the deal with Thanksgiving? Season 1, Ep. 1 On the first-ever episode of the ANGR Podcast, host Sofia Syntaxx discusses why she hates November and answers the ever-popular question, “Do Native Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?” Listen for an insider’s view on being indigenous in contemporary America. Sofia dishes on what...

Prince William’s godmother quits palace over comments to black charity boss | Monarchy | The Guardian

The late queen’s lady-in-waiting has resigned and apologised after a black guest at a reception hosted by the queen consort was left feeling traumatised and violated after she questioned her repeatedly about where she “really came from”.Ngozi Fulani, the founder of the charity Sistah Space, claimed Susan Hussey moved her...

GLAAD CEO blasts anti-LGBTQ pols, social media companies after Club Q shooting

Sarah Kate Ellis shares her thoughts on the Colorado Springs massacre with GMA3 and called out rising anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Source: GLAAD CEO blasts anti-LGBTQ pols, social media companies after Club Q shooting

Thread by @equalityAlec on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App

THREAD. Late last night, something alarming happened. House Democratic leadership shocked everyone and is trying to force through billions for 100,000 more cops and big expansion of surveillance by *coupling that bill with the assault weapons ban.* Vote is now at 10am.I previously explained why the push by corporate Democrats...

Debunking Deadliest Craft Hack, 34 Dead

Aside of warning against trying the wood fractal thing, she confirms that videos shared outside of your YouTube page’s hits do not get counted. So if you share, link to the video and remind people to go to the original and like and subscribe and also share the original link....

Black-owned grocery opens to serve small Delta town – Mississippi Today

WEBB — Marquitrice Mangham didn’t just want to create the grocery store her hometown desperately needed. She wanted to bolster the Delta’s long-struggling food system. Enter Farmacy Marketplace: A neighborhood grocer that isn’t just the first store in decades to offer Webb shoppers fresh meat and produce, but also a steady...

The Misconception About Africa And S€xuality – Swiry Nyar Kano – YouTube

S3xuality and Africa. Has Africa always been conservative towards sëxual intercourse? Swiry Nyar Kano shares a greater knowledge and understanding on Africa and S€xuality. Please kindly follow our sister swiry on TikTok: swiry_nyar_kano.

Being Black & Giving Birth in Japan (Black in Japan) – YouTube

Being Black & Giving Birth in Japan. My wife and I recently welcomed our second child into the world. This video detailed our experience, specifically that of my wife’s being a black woman and giving birth in Japan.

Eczema itch relief – a rollerball to scratch the skin without hurting it – CNA Lifestyle

Her bad encounter with two severe eczema flare-ups left such an indelible memory that when the time came for her final-year thesis at the National University of Singapore (NUS), she decided to design a product to solve the itch. Koh Bei Ning, 23, a graduate of Industrial Design at NUS,...

Girl, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide 2022 Primary – Google Docs

If you’re in Illinois, and you want to keep up with issues being voted on in your area to ensure that your state stays safe for women, go to Girl, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide 2022 Primary – Google Docs

Many scientist parents travel for work. We need more support | Science | AAAS

We have traveled together as a dynamic duo ever since my baby was 3 months old, when we set off to Brazil to attend a conference and conduct fieldwork. I am a nontenured researcher looking for a permanent academic position, and travel is crucial for building my reputation and CV....

Millions of Dead Genders: A MOGAI Retrospective – YouTube

A deep dive into Tumblr’s MOGAI community, and the transmedicalist (or “truscum”) movement that sought to bring it down. Looking beyond validation, and on to… something new. Best comment:

Mihambo wins second straight long jump world title | Reuters

EUGENE, Ore., July 24 (Reuters) – German Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo continued her dominance in the women’s long jump by soaring to a second successive World Championship gold with a final leap of 7.12 metres in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday. Source: Mihambo wins second straight long jump world title |...

At SpaceX, we’re told we can change the world. I couldn’t, however, stop getting sexually harassed.

A few weeks after my start date, a fellow intern approached me in our intern housing and grabbed my butt while I was washing my dishes. I reported the incident to a superior and another colleague, but the matter was never brought to HR. I had to continue living in...

Martha’s Vineyard migrants: Donations poured in and volunteers rushed to help – CNN

(CNN)In the hours after roughly 50 migrants touched down on Martha’s Vineyard in two planes sent by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the island’s community — still jarred by the unexpected arrival — rushed to help the newcomers.”We received food, we received clothes, we received … different things, so much so...

Subreddit founder leads discussion about men in feminism movement | News | theshorthorn.com

What was intended to be a Q&A, turned into a roundtable discussion about men and women in the growing feminist movement.The Multicultural Affairs and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Ally Program hosted Matthew Hodges, founder subreddit r/MensLib, on Wednesday. The subreddit’s focus is on the role of men’s...

The Women Deans of Howard University | Howard Magazine

“When I became president in 2014, there was only one fully-appointed woman dean,” says President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, MD, MBA. “I was determined to change that.”Howard gave Black women a chance to lead as deans at a time when other universities did not. Lucy Diggs Slowe was Howard’s...

A man who extorted Amanda Todd, a 15-year-old who posted a viral video about being blackmailed with compromising photos before committing suicide, was sentenced to 13 years in prison

Aydin Coban, a 44-year-old Dutch man who extorted Amanda Todd before she committed suicide ten years ago, was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday.Amanda Todd was a 15-year-old Canadian girl who posted a viral video to YouTube in 2012 detailing her experience of being cyberbullied and harassed after...

Sam Brinton on becoming the first openly genderfluid person in federal government

Most people don’t think much about the waste created by the energy we use to power our homes. But for nuclear engineer Sam Brinton, it’s been the focus of an entire career.After years of looking into nuclear energy and the best ways to dispose of the radioactive waste and nuclear...

VLOG: Attending a ball in Lagos, Nigeria | police harassment. car accident. did I find a boyfriend? – YouTube

VicWonder’s adventurous night at #Pride2022 in Lagos, Nigeria He takes us with him to a pop up shop, a film festival, and the ballroom, and explains a bit of the history for those who don’t know. It was an exciting night. Like and Subscribe!

Excitement As Wakanda Forever Premieres At AFRIFF | The Guardian Nigeria News

Ahead of the theatrical release of Marvel Studio’s Black Panther, Wakanda Forever, celebrities, filmmakers, movie lovers and media practitioners gathered for the African Premiere of the blockbuster on the opening night of the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF).The event which was held at Filmhouse Cinemas IMAX, Lekki in Lagos was...

Iranian Climber Who Ditched Hijab Receives Hero’s Welcome

Elnaz Rekabi, the Iranian climber who appeared without hijab in the finals of competitions in South Korea was greeted by a welcoming crowd as she returned home.However, the vehicle carrying her didn’t stop and passed through the large crowd of well-wishers who were shouting her name. Source: Iranian Climber Who...

Brittney Griner news: White American woman arrested in Russia for THC released after two months | Marca

In 2019, a white American woman was arrested in Russia for trying to enter the country with 19 grams of THC, much more than WNBA star Brittney Griner had at the time of her detention.The story of Audrey Lorber has resurfaced amid Griner getting sentenced to nine years in a...

Have breast implants? Israeli study warns of autoimmune, mental problems – The Jerusalem Post

The decision in the 1960s by the medical community to allow silicone breast implants for cosmetic surgery and reconstruction was a “historical medical error,” according to researchers at Ariel University, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Source:...

Serena Out: The GOAT’s Career Ends With Epic U.S. Open Battle

It was drama, then agony.The tennis career of Serena Williams, the greatest player ever in her sport, if not the most dominant professional athlete ever, ended tonight after a laborious three sets at the U.S. Open inside Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, N.Y.Serena Williams finally succumbed, 7-5, 6-7, 6-1, after...

How divorced Muslim women in the US are fighting for what they’re owed | Middle East Eye

Eman* was 24 years old when her husband divorced her. She described him as an abusive, manipulative man and said the only thing he ever did right was when he uttered the words “I divorce you” three times. Both Eman’s and her now ex-husband’s families wanted them to save...

The Masters’ Tools – by @CominternQueer – Thread Reader App

Audre Lorde’s “The masters tools will never bring down the masters house” gotta be one of the most misquoted and misapplied quotes of all time.🧵 (1/16)First and foremost, Audre Lorde was a self avowed communist. She spent time in the Soviet Union and wrote an essay about it. She was...

Indiana becomes 1st state to approve abortion ban post Roe

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana on Friday became the first state in the nation to approve abortion restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, as the Republican governor quickly signed a near-total ban on the procedure shortly after lawmakers approved it.The ban, which takes effect Sept. 15, includes...

Abortion Fight Needs to Include Transgender People

I said it once and I’ll say it again, this is not and never has been a zero-sum game. Many of the same things preventing cis women from getting abortion care impact trans and non-binary folks ten times over, especially if they’re Black or Brown. Source: Abortion Fight Needs to...

She was diagnosed with cancer at 28. Her lawsuit blames hair relaxers.

In a federal lawsuit filed last week in the Northern District of Illinois, Mitchell blames the hair products that she’s been using since she was in grade school. Naming five companies as defendants, including L’Oréal, Mitchell alleges that the chemical hair straighteners she had been applying to her scalp for...

What Governments Don’t Want You To Know About Modern Slavery | System Error

The fight to end modern slavery has become a celebrated cause, championed by celebrities and governments. But this fight isn’t completely what it seems. While governments have pledged millions to tackle modern slavery, how genuine are these attempts, and is the term being used to justify tough immigration policies?This is...

FBI executes search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago – CNNPolitics

(CNN)The FBI executed a search warrant on Monday at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the former President confirmed to CNN.Trump declined to say why the FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago, but the former President said the raid was unannounced and “they even broke into my safe.””My beautiful...

Woman who allegedly helped arrange migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard identified by CNN as former Army counterintelligence agent Perla Huerta | CNN

A migrant previously told CNN he had been living on the streets of San Antonio for nearly a month when he met a woman named “Perla” who offered him clothes, food and money in exchange for finding other migrants who’d take Massachusetts-bound flights, he told CNN.She gave him $10 McDonald’s...

The reason Simone Biles quit was more heartbreaking than we could’ve ever imagined

“If you looked at everything I’ve gone through for the past seven years, I should have never made another Olympic team,” Biles told the magazine. “I should have quit way before Tokyo, when Larry Nassar was in the media for two years. It was too much. But I was not...

When You’ve Had Enough of “White” People’s Sh*t

YOU’RE A GUEST HEREand you’ve had your voice for over 400 YEARS!This HERE… is OVER Source: Facebook

Quick Georgia abortion restrictions send some patients home

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s abortion law changed so abruptly Wednesday afternoon that some patients who were in an office waiting for abortions were told that what had been legal that morning was no longer legal in the state and sent home.Melissa Grant, chief operating officer of Carafem, a Washington, D.C.-based...

Ina Oloju MERINDINLOGUN OSUN OSOGBO FESTIVAL 2022 – YouTube

DISCLAIMERGET A BETTER LIFE TV ON YOUTUBE & CREW ARE NOT PART OF ANY DEAL YOU MAY HAVE WITH OUR GUESTS ON THIS CHANNEL. PLEASE, BEWARE OF SPENDING AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON IFA READING, EBO AND OTHERS.

Indiana Doctor Defends Actions in 10-Year-Old’s Abortion – NBC4 Washington

An Indianapolis doctor who provided abortion drugs to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio defended her actions before a judge Monday in an episode that drew national attention in the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.Dr. Caitlin Bernard testified during the second day of a court...

Video: Med Students Leave Ceremony Over Anti-Abortion Keynote Speaker

University of Michigan medical students walked out of their white-coat ceremony on Sunday as an anti-abortion professor was about to give the keynote speech.More than 340 current and incoming students had signed a petition before the ceremony that said Dr. Kristin Collier, an assistant professor at the school, should not...

Doctor Explains Roe vs Wade – What Overturning Means for Health & Autonomy in Pregnancy – YouTube

We’re discussing Roe vs Wade, what it protects, and what an overturn of abortion protection could mean for the state of health and autonomy in pregnancy. Like and Subscribe!

The Sex Scandal Rocking Japan’s Catholic Church | Violation – YouTube

In Japan, Catholics make up less than 1% of the population. Despite the small numbers, allegations of sexual abuse have surfaced against Catholic clergymen in recent years. Mrs Harumi Suzuki is one of the first few in Japan to speak out against the sexual abuse she experienced when consulting with...

Rotary Club of Kumasi-East educates schoolgirls on menstrual hygiene | Ghana News Agency

By Florence Afriyie Mensah Atasomanso (Ash), Oct.05, GNA – The Rotary Club of Kumasi-East, has underscored the need for the girl child to be empowered to stay in… Source: Rotary Club of Kumasi-East educates schoolgirls on menstrual hygiene | Ghana News Agency

Monday Live Part 3: Living in Israel as a Black Woman Practicing an ADTR – YouTube

Tried this live thing again since it’s Monday. Join me again next Monday or maybe some time in between depending how the week goes. Like and Subscribe!

Herbs to Avoid During Pregnancy With Notes From The Dean – Witch University

This post is doing the rounds in Facebook, and where I applaud the efforts of women’s rights advocates to inform the public of these dangerous herbs, I would like to add some important information.As we know out here in the witching world, most political shifts are not about a specific...

Over 57,000 US Sites Likely Contaminated With “Forever Chemicals” | Technology Networks

A new study has mapped over 57,000 sites in the US that are likely contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – also known as “forever chemicals”. The study is published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters. Source: Over 57,000 US Sites Likely Contaminated With “Forever Chemicals” | Technology Networks

2022 DOD Insider Threat Virtual Conference

The 2022 Insider Threat Virtual Conference, hosted jointly by the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency (DCSA), Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE), and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (OUSD(I&S)), will bring security professionals and policy makers across the U.S. Government and industry together...

Global ban needed on bogus ‘conversion therapy’, argues UN rights expert | | UN News

“Conversion therapy” is built on the false premise that it can alter the sexual orientation of gender diverse people, and many more countries around the world need to recognize its “dehumanizing” and deeply corrosive impact, according to a UN report that’s before the UN Human Rights Council this month. Source:...

Long-time HIV/AIDS Survivor Rae Lewis-Thorton Shares Her Deeply Personal Journey in New Memoir

Rae Lewis-Thornton has been living with HIV for 36 years and AIDS for 26, and she is a living, breathing symbol of strength, courage and determination. Throughout her life, she’s overcome abuse, neglect and a devastating diagnosis to become a political influencer and outspoken activist for HIV and AIDS in...

Black mother blasts Catholic school over students shouting n-word

According to the mother, who decided she would not disclose her name, the class began to act up when the “n-word” was read. Not only were the kids allowed to saw the word, but the teacher also encouraged it, according to what the woman said. While the kids were overusing...

The Illegal Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government | NEA

In 2001, the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s arbitral tribunal, in Larsen v. Hawaiian Kingdom, declared “in the nineteenth century the Hawaiian Kingdom existed as an independent State recognized as such by the United States of America, the United Kingdom and various other States, including by exchanges of diplomatic or consular...

“Period Poops” Are A Thing, And This Is Why You Get Them | IFLScience

Sometimes referred to as “period poops”, it’s fairly common for people to find themselves needing to go more often, or else experience diarrhea, even if it isn’t something that is commonly talked about. Source: “Period Poops” Are A Thing, And This Is Why You Get Them | IFLScience

Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby | AP News

The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year.The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. military raid that killed her parents and five siblings. After months in a...

The Charleston Market: Enslaved Black Women Take Control

The Charleston Market was a place of tremendous activity. Farmers brought their produce in from the countryside. Fishermen hawked their catch. Peddlars sold bread and cakes. And at the heart of it all were the expert traders, who always got the best goods, knew how to corner the market on...

In Ohio, Trans Students Triumph Against the Odds

Going into the next several months, many states will begin their legislative cycles anew. Activists I have spoken to are afraid that 2022–23 will feature even more anti-transgender bills than previous record-breaking cycles. Republican governors have taken to bypassing the legislative process after legislative defeats of banner anti-trans legislation. In...

‘She was thin as a rake, her teeth had been knocked out’: Meet the victims of Britain’s modern slave trade

Carmen was recruited by a clothes factory in the East Midlands, for which she had done some freelance work from her home in Spain. When she arrived, barely able to speak a few words of English but expecting the best due to her natural optimism, the factory owners forcibly took...

Fundraiser by CeeJay Johnson : Help Indigenous Artist Escape Abuser

My name is CeeJay and I’m an Indigenous (Lakota/Dakota/Lingit) Artist and Commun… CeeJay Johnson needs your support for Help Indigenous Artist Escape Abuser Source: Fundraiser by CeeJay Johnson : Help Indigenous Artist Escape Abuser

Mamalawo? The Controversy over Women Practicing Ifa Divination | Ayodeji Ogunnaike – Academia.edu

As the tradition of Ifa divination has gained increasing popularity and membership around the world, the previously male-dominated composition of its priesthood has become challenged. This article traces the origins of women who have sought the highest levels of Ifa initiationÑprimarily in Cuba and the USÑengages the various arguments, concerns,...

Meet the Lobbyist Next Door | WIRED | #PoliticalSpam #Bots #InauthenticAccounts #RacistTrolls #CubicleTroll

Even though none of the people reading these posts knew it, however, they were all made possible by the same company: Urban Legend, a small ad-tech startup operating out of a loft in Alexandria, Virginia.Launched in 2020 by a pair of former Trump administration staffers, Urban Legend pledges on its...

Spanish-language disinformation growing with escalating political rhetoric | The Hill

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Communists. Election fraud. Great replacement. With just days to go before the midterms, the tone of political rhetoric is rising and bringing a heavy dose of disinformation with it, including in Spanish, where false claims are percolating among one of the fastest-growing electorates.Much of it...

Supreme Court’s selective reading of US history ignored 19th-century women’s support for ‘voluntary motherhood’

Suffragists argued that legalizing birth control and abortion would hurt women, who already had few legal rights at the time. They said that men would then use these legal freedoms to further abuse and control women.Instead, suffragists embraced an idea they termed “voluntary motherhood.” This meant that women had the...

Care delivered in hospitals today will be delivered in the community and at home tomorrow | Deloitte Global

What will the hospital of the future look like? How will it operate? Health care leaders agree that hospitals of the future will be…More digital. More innovative. More efficient. More accessible. More integrated. More sustainable. More personalized. The hospital of the future will be a hospital without walls. Source: Care...

Iran Protesters Refuse to Back Down as 15,000 Face Execution

Nationwide protests continue in Iran for the 53rd straight day, despite nearly 15,000 Iranians having been arrested in connection to the demonstrations and who are now facing the death penalty.As thousands continue to rally across Iran’s capital city of Tehran, defying a brutal crackdown by Iranian forces, on Tuesday, the...

Norplant: A New Contraceptive with the Potential for Abuse | American Civil Liberties Union

In 1991, 1992, and 1993, legislators in more than a dozen states introduced measures that, had they passed, would have coerced women to use Norplant. Some of these bills would have offered financial incentives to women on welfare to induce them to use Norplant. Other legislation would have required women...

The resilience of Henrietta Wood, a former slave who sued her captor after 25 years and won – Face2Face Africa

Her son, Arthur, was in the courtroom. Wood had two days earlier told the court that she was born enslaved in Kentucky and was freed in Cincinnati in 1848. However, five years later, Ward kidnapped her and sold her. She was subsequently enslaved on a Texas plantation until after the...

The Kwek Society Bridges Period Poverty Gap for Native American Students | Health

When 13-year-old Gia Mendoza began seventh grade last year at Ignacio Middle School in southwest Colorado, she noticed something was missing from the bathrooms.Gia Mendoza. (courtesy photo)While the school regularly provided toilet paper, soap and paper towels, free and comfortable period products were noticeably absent. “Our school didn’t really talk...

Woman tells New York Times Herschel Walker asked her to have second abortion | CNN Politics

CNN — The woman who said Georgia Senate hopeful Herschel Walker paid for her 2009 abortion, setting off a controversy that has rocked his campaign, told The New York Times that the Republican nominee asked her to terminate a second pregnancy two years later.She refused the request, and their relationship...

Toward Decolonizing Gender: Female Vision in the Upper Paleolithic on JSTOR

This interpretive essay examines McDermott’s hypothesis that the earliest known images of the human body from the European Upper Paleolithic (so-called Venus figurines) were self-representations by women. The authors ask why it took so long to consider the possibility that these figurines were made by women and suggest that the...

How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians | AP News

Russia claims that these children don’t have parents or guardians to look after them, or that they can’t be reached. But the AP found that officials have deported Ukrainian children to Russia or Russian-held territories without consent, lied to them that they weren’t wanted by their parents, used them for...

‘I couldn’t stay silent,’ says Cree singer who performed powerful message for Pope Francis | CBC News

It was a raw, powerful moment that seemed to stop time — a song performed emotionally in Cree to the tune of Canada’s national anthem by an Indigenous woman wearing traditional regalia.In an interview Thursday with CBC News, Si Pih Ko, also known as Trina Francois, said the song lyrics...

Daycare Owner Shoots Husband Over Molestation Accusations

Weems explained to investigators that she and her husband had been married for five years and lived together in Baltimore. She learned about the molestation accusations against her husband after several children from her daycare, Lil Kidz Kastle, told her he was molesting them. Weems reported her husband to the...

Pharmacist did not fill morning-after pill prescription because it violated his beliefs, lawsuit alleges – CNN

(CNN)A pharmacist in McGregor, Minnesota, refused to fill a woman’s morning-after pill prescription because it violated his “beliefs,” a lawsuit alleges.When Andrea Anderson’s first contraception method failed in January 2019, she turned to ella, otherwise known as the “morning after pill” or emergency contraception, to prevent a possible pregnancy, the...

Why marathons should include a gender non-binary category, says this athlete

“We’re choosing to run in this category because it’s what feels authentic for us, and everyone deserves to have that experience of authenticity when they’re doing things that they love,” Calamia tells Yahoo Life.On Oct. 9, Calamia, 26, competed and placed second in the non-binary category at the Bank of...

FDA Announces New Mammogram Standards for People With Dense Breasts – SheKnows

Women with dense breast tissue are more likely to develop breast cancer, yet most of us aren’t educated by our doctors about this risk factor. A new regulatory measure from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeks to change that.The FDA is planning to implement new mammogram standards to support...

This company is turning mounds of plastic trash into construction building blocks – CNN

Imagine taking heaps and heaps of earth-polluting, unusable plastic waste and actually transforming it into something constructive?Plastic pollution is a proliferating and increasingly overwhelming problem. By 2040, estimates indicate that as much as 710 million tons of solid plastic waste will clog up the earth’s ecosystem, in oceans, rivers and...

FDA Encourages Importation of Safe Infant Formula and Other Flexibilities to Further Increase Availability | FDA

The U.S. normally produces 98% of the infant formula it consumes, with the primary source of imports coming from trading partners in Mexico, Ireland and the Netherlands. However, given the production and distribution issues that have led to reduced supplies of infant formula in some parts of the country, the...

Identifying Risks and Interventions to Optimize Postpartum Health

Maternal health research efforts have generally focused on pregnancy. However, the first year after the end of pregnancy, also referred to as the first year of the postpartum period, is an especially vulnerable time for people who give birth. The majority of maternal deaths (from all causes, including health conditions...

Review: ‘Wake: The Hidden History Of Women-Led Slave Revolts’ : NPR

There’s a particularly expressive drawing near the front of Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez’ Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts that sums up what’s unique about this graphic novel. Martínez draws Hall — a trained historian and lawyer — at the New York Historical Society, reading the records...

Landmark Law for Fast-Food Workers Passes on Labor Day | KQED

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a nation-leading measure giving more than a half million fast-food workers more power and protections, despite the objections of restaurant owners who warned it would drive up consumers’ costs.California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Improve Conditions for Fast-Food Workers’We Made History’: Bill Gives Fast-Food Workers...

Breonna Taylor’s death: Four current, former Louisville police officers federally charged – CNN

(CNN)Four current and former Louisville police officers involved in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor’s home — including detectives who worked on the search warrant and the ex-officer accused of firing blindly into her home — have been charged with civil rights violations and other counts, Attorney General Merrick Garland...

Hibo’s Story – YouTube

When she was six years old, Hibo Wardere was mutilated – she was cut. On that day, she became one of more than 200 million women and girls worldwide who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In this film, Hibo discusses the days leading up to being cut – the...

Why Ghana’s LGBTIQ community needs your help | openDemocracy

With impunity, the police have taken to arresting LGBTIQ persons, or people who are perceived to be LGBTIQ. Last year, 21 people were arrested for attending a paralegal LGBTIQ rights training workshop in Ho, in the Volta region. Another 22 people were arrested in eastern Ghana, because they were said...

Christian Mission Ousted from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation after Distribution of Hate Materials | Currents

On Friday, July 22, the Oglala Sioux Tribe and its President, Kevin Killer, issued a statement demanding that the Jesus is King Mission leave the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation after pamphlets were distributed that promoted that Jesus, not Tunkasila (a Lakota word for Creator), is the “true god.” “This week...

Link to the Full article: Explaining the positive relationship between state-level paid family leave and mental health

As of April 2021, nine states and the District of Columbia had enacted state-specific paid family leave (PFL) programs, offering partial wage replacement to parents after the birth of a child. The Biden Administration also proposed the development of a national solution through the American Families Plan. Despite these advances,...

Michaela Coel Wanted to Play A Queer Warrior Character in Wakanda Forever to Make a Point

In the film, Coel’s character, Aneka, is a combat instructor of the Dora Milaje, the all-around badass female special forces unit of Wakanda. The Black Panther comics portray Aneka as queer. And in an interview for the cover story of the November issue of Vogue, Coel says that is one...

American Policing Has Always Been About Enforcing White Supremacy | HuffPost Latest News

Alex S. Vitale has had a busy week. The Brooklyn College professor and author of “The End of Policing,” and his academic peers, all experts in the history of American policing and police brutality, have been called on a lot since mass protests sprang up nationwide in the wake of...

Are Police Overdosing By Touching Fentanyl? Experts Say It’s Unlikely.

Accidental overdose by skin exposure “is chemically and physically implausible,” said Dr. Ryan Marino, a medical toxicologist and addiction medicine specialist who serves as an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.Dr. Andrew Stolbach, an emergency physician and medical toxicologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital, said, “It’s not...

Why we’re leaving our beloved Texas home in search of freedom from anti-LGBTQ attacks

In late February, the Texas governor issued a directive ordering the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate parents for child abuse who provide medically necessary gender-affirming care to their transgender children.Officials already have vowed to introduce a bill in the upcoming session that, like Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay...

After Years Of Painful Sex, This 23-Year-Old Mom Discovered She Was Once Given A “Husband Stitch” Without Her Consent

Hannah then explained her problems for the past two years. Hannah says in the video, “She [the OB-GYN] was like, ‘I know why you’re having these problems. It’s clear as day: You were stitched wrong.'” Hannah says that her new OB-GYN explained that the opening to her vagina was much...

ABM Statement on Shortage of Breastmilk Substitutes

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) recognizes that the shortage of breastmilk substitutes (infant formula) has reached critical levels in some areas and recommends the following in order to help support the safety and health of mothers, infants, and children until such a time as the crisis averts: Source: ABM...

Braymar Wines is the New Black-Owned Wine to Add to the Rotation

The California mother of two named the wine after her daughters, Brayli, and Marli. The concept of Braymar Wines was developed during the pandemic in 2020. But the Los Angeles native has been a fan of wine since she opened her first restaurant in 2010 in Playa Del Rey, Calif.“With...

Intro to Perkins Gilman and Feminism by Paul Carron

Three Metaphors, Three Concepts”It is equally possible for a race, a nation, a class, to become accustomed to the most disadvantageous conditions, and fail to notice them. Take, as an individual instance, the wearing of corsets by women. Put a corset, even a loose one, on a vigorous man or...

Reddit Applauds Mom Of Five Who Stood Her Ground & Left Sleeping Dad Behind

In a viral Reddit post, a mom of five shared that she had enough of her partner not helping in the morning, so she left him behind. Source: Reddit Applauds Mom Of Five Who Stood Her Ground & Left Sleeping Dad Behind

A swimming cap made for Black hair gets final approval after Olympic ban : NPR

A swimming cap made specifically for natural Black hair has received official approval from the worldwide governing body for competitive swimming.Soul Cap is a covering made especially to protect hair that’s thick, curly, braided or otherwise textured — which is often difficult to fit into smaller swim caps. Source: A...

Kansas City Police Called Reports of Serial Killer Targeting Black Women ‘Unfounded.’ Then a Woman Escaped.

Timothy Haslett Jr., 39, was arrested Friday in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and charged with first-degree rape, aggravated sexual offense, first-degree kidnapping, and second-degree assault, according to reports, after a Black woman he’d allegedly kidnapped, whipped, raped, and tortured escaped and ran to neighbors for help, saying he’d already murdered two...

Captain Preet Chandi: South Pole trekker receives honorary degree – BBC News

An Army officer who made history by trekking to the South Pole has received an honorary degree.Preet Chandi, from Derby, is thought to have become the first woman of colour to complete solo and unaided a 700-mile Antarctic journey.She was given the degree during a ceremony at the University of...

Explaining The History Of Non-Binary Identity And Living A Non-Binary Life – YouTube

There are now more than 1 million Americans who do not identify as male or female. According to a Pew Research survey, 56% of Americans believe your gender can’t change after you’re born and 41% say it can. Tatevik Aprikyan explores the history of non-binary identities and what it’s like...

Creative writing and ‘institutional solidarity’ with bored white people – Scalawag

I, the unnamed Native American narrator, am taking you on a journey. This journey is not the kind you take when you pay an ungodly amount to take ayahuasca in a rural village beset by criminal tree harvesting, nor is it a vision quest or a smoke lodge cleanse or...

Colorado nightclub shooter revealed as grandson of MAGA politician

The gunman who opened fire inside of a Colorado gay club Saturday night, killing five and injuring 25 others, was not only previously arrested for threatening to bomb a neighborhood last year, but is the grandson of California State Assemblyman Randy Voepel – a Trump-supporting MAGA who compared the Jan....

Donovan Lewis’s Mother Speaks For the First Time Since Deadly Columbus Police Shooting

No mother should have to bury their child. Especially considering the horrific way Rebecca Duran, mother of Donovan Lewis, found out that her son had been killed. The 20-year-old was shot in his apartment by Columbus police during an arrest warrant attempt. Duran, who says she first heard of the...

International Day of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM 2022 | Technology Networks

Pride in STEM is a charity with a goal of raising the profile and highlighting the struggles of LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual) people in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). In 2020, the charity selected November 18 as the International Day of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM,...

Malnourished Texas twins escaped handcuffs when boy found key and hid it in his mouth overnight, court records say

Two malnourished teen siblings in Texas escaped from handcuffs at their home this week when one of them found the key in his mother’s purse and hid it in his mouth until it was safe to flee, according to court records.The 15-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, said they...

Google Isn’t [Automatically] Deleting Users’ Abortion-Related Data, Despite Post-Roe Promise

A spokesperson for Google told the Guardian that the company’s promised policy change has taken effect, without confirming exactly when it began. The spokesperson noted that “users can turn Web & App Activity off at any time, delete all or part of their data manually, or choose to automatically delete...

Shaila Scott Files Lawsuit Against MediaCo Citing Ageist Dismissal – VIBE.com

The initial announcement, naturally, warranted outrage among fans and those closest to Scott. However, it appears the relationship between Scott and MediaCo was far worse than expected as the 59-year-old cites that her dismissal was ageist, and violated several New York City and State Human Rights Laws including “the equal...

Decades of racial disparities revealed in National Science Foundation funding patterns

“What we saw in the data was striking,” said Alegado, a faculty member in the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).”These data force all of us within the academy to confront the uncomfortable reality that the system that we call meritocracy has instead perpetuated disadvantage....

How a Murder Mobilized Detroit’s Ballroom Community – YouTube

In “Love Us in the Light,” the first episode of Transnational, VICE News correspondent Eva Reign travels to Detroit to tell the story of Kelly Stough, a Black trans woman who was killed by a Detroit pastor in 2018 in what he claims was self defense. But Stough’s community paints...

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PETA’s A, B, C’s: Abuse, Beastiality, and Controversy | Corporate Casket – YouTube

PETA claims they care about the ethical treatment of animals, yet their radical campaigns have diminished their message for decades. They’re considered the world’s largest kill shelter, yet they’re also known for being one of the largest animal advocates. Which one are they? We’ve talked about PETA multiple times before,...

Bernardette J. Brooten – Love Between Women. Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

E arly Christianity emerged in a world in which people from various walks of life acknowledged that women could have sexual contact with women. Close textual analysis of several early Christian writers demonstrates that they knew more about sexual relations between women than previous scholars have assumed, which accords with...

Enheduana

Now celebrated as the first known author in literary history, Enheduana was a princess and priestess who lived more than four thousands years ago. Source: Enheduana

Mother, Three Children Gunned Down After Protective Order Denied, Suspect In Custody

According to police, the mother’s former boyfriend, Jonah Adams, 35, was arrested in connection to the deaths of 39-year-old JoAnna Cottle and her three children, Kaelyn Parson, 13, and 4-year-old twins Kinsey and Jayson Cottle.Chesterfield police say the bodies of the mother and her three children were found at a...

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Eshu Elegbara! Master of the Gate between the Orun and the Aye! We respect your energy as it is received as masculine through our human understanding! We ask that in this case you allow us to reach out to your feminine manifestation as Ayizan. Ayizan! The Great Mother who brought...

Introducing Mela: A Black, Women-Owned Wine Brand 15 Years in the Making • EBONY

This spring, Mela, a new, Black and women-owned wine label and lifestyle brand, announced the launch of its inaugural releases, two distinctly delicious California wines made using trusted traditional methods with a modern twist. The essence of the brand is meant to embody themes of of friendship, longevity, and quality....

Trinity Rodman Is The Highest Paid National Women Soccer League Player – VIBE.com

Trinity Rodman, the daughter of NBA veteran Dennis Rodman, is a force to reckon with in the soccer world.The 19-year-old recently signed a four-year contract extension with the Washington Spirits, worth $1.1 million, Sportico reports—making her the highest-paid player within the National Women’s Soccer League. She will make an estimated...

People Are Boycotting The BLACK PANTHER Movie Over This Historical Revelation

The original Black Panther was a woman, Sarrounia Mangou. The stories for the comic and movie were grafted from essays and stories publicized by Baba Credo Mutwa. Because they’re about traditions and legends that are cultural property, Hollywood gets away with rewriting and packaging them in a way that is...

Cooking in a CARDBOARD BOX? | 1909 Fireless Cookery Recipe – YouTube

This old method of cooking conserves fuel and uses insulation to trap in heat to slowly cook a meal. Let’s build a haybox, cook a meal and see how it tastes.

Women in Cybersecurity

According to a 2013 study conducted by growth strategy consulting and research firm Frost and Sullivan, women made up only 11% of the global cybersecurity workforce. While that research was rather narrow in terms of the job roles and types of cybersecurity it included, everybody concurred that female representation in...

Homosexuality: Bauchi Shari’ah Court sentences three to death by stoning — Nigeria — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

A Sharia Court in Ningi Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State has sentenced three men to death by stoning over homosexuality.While delivering the judgement after hearing the statements by witnesses and admittance of guilt by the three accused persons, the trial Judge, Munka’ilu Sabo Ningi, sentenced them to death...

Women wear less make-up since the pandemic – BBC News

The cosmetics industry is struggling on two fronts. As the squeeze on all our budgets really starts to bite people are looking for ways to cut their spending.But the pandemic has also given some women the self-confidence to try going make-up free, or to let their hair go grey.Skin care...

Real Alternatives to YouTube for People in Marginalized Communities – Africans Live

We expect that in a platform with people of many nations and backgrounds, there will be some friction, but when it gets to the point that users are rewarded for being criminally hateful, a line has to be drawn. We are not slaves who must cling to services that don’t...

None on Record: Stories of Queer Africa | Selly Thiam | Talks at Google – YouTube

In 2004, FannyAnn Eddy, an LGBT activist from Sierra Leone,West Africa was murdered in the offices of the Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association. The news of her murder circulated around the world and was a turning point for Selly Thiam, a Senegalese lesbian living in the United States. To...

Nicole Tanit Nefertaueret Lasher’s answer to Does misandry exist? Some girl online laughed at the fact I pointed out sexism towards men.

Yes, misandry exists, but the worst perpetrators of it are usually men. I haven’t heard of many women ganging up on a dude to beat him to death for being Gay. Most of the things women do against men are maybe break their hearts. Some women may be more physical...

Female Teen Bootcamp Survivors SPEAK OUT: Kidnapped, Traumatized by Systemic Corporate Machine – YouTube

Jordan Chariton speaks with several survivors of various teen bootcamps who describe harrowing and troubling stories of being kidnapped, abused, and exploited as teenagers.

Opinion | An Open Letter to Bill Gates on Food, Farming, and Africa | Community Alliance for Global Justice/AGRA Watch

There is no shortage of practical solutions and innovations by African farmers and organizations. We invite you to step back and learn from those on the ground. At the same time, we invite high profile news outlets to be more cautious about lending credibility to one wealthy white man’s flawed...

What you need to know about Ifa & Orisa Initiation. – YouTube

Rise into your Power with Ifaremi Olosun talks about myths and truths around Ifa initiation, especially as it relates to women, and good reasons if you’re going to do it, to do it in Africa.

I survived on boiled rice and water while working in Middle East | Tuko TV – YouTube

Rosemary Buyanzi travelled in search of greener pastures in the middle east. She had been promised a hotel job but that was not to be. For one year she struggled with harsh working conditions and only one meal a day. She tells her story of how she escaped a tragedy...

Lupita Nyong’o Surprises 40 Students with KSh 1.1m Scholarships: “Learners Change the World” – Tuko.co.ke

ACT-SO is a year-long programme targeted at high school students to promote their growth in disciplines from visual arts, business, and performing and culinary arts.NAACP partners with Lancôme to offer the Write Her Future Scholarship Fund which focuses on empowering women through literacy, mentorship, and entrepreneurship.Lupita, who is the Lancôme...

MY IUD CAME OUT AGAIN! SCARY IUD EXPERIENCE

Whoa. Whoa! An IUD dislodging or getting displaced is supposed to be very rare, but it does happen. If it happens to you then you need to know the signs and symptoms. Watch the video, and if you need more information, click here.

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Rigid concepts of masculinity are pushing Black men to suicide – New African Magazine

There is a problematic Zulu adage that says ‘indoda ayikhali’, which means “a man doesn’t cry”. I’ve witnessed men, and women, say this to little boys whenever they shed even the slightest tear. This illustrates the type of masculinity that Black men are encouraged to not only espouse but also...

Young Latinas are using their quinceañeras to get Texans to vote

A group of young Latinas donned their quince gowns on Oct. 29 and led their families and friends along the streets of San Antonio, urging them to harness their electoral voice and vote in the upcoming midterm elections. The event was part of Ride to the Polls, a national campaign...

Indigenous Tribes Push Back Against Evangelical Missionaries

For decades, evangelical missionaries have come to Brazil’s Amazon in search of new Christians – but indigenous tribes are fighting back. VICE News went to the border of the Javari Valley to find out why it’s so hard to keep missionaries out – and why some tribes want them back...

A Rutherford County juvenile judge illegally arrested and jailed children. Now two candidates for her seat have to rebuild trust. | WPLN News

For two decades, Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversaw the illegal arrests and detentions of more than a thousand children in her Rutherford County courtroom.Her actions eventually caught up with her — the county settled a multi-million dollar lawsuit, and an investigation by WPLN News and ProPublica brought to light what...

I Hate the Senate Bill and We Need It to Pass

It sucks. And it’s our only real option. We have to pass it. Source: I Hate the Senate Bill and We Need It to Pass

I’m a pediatric nurse and my daughter was airlifted due to RSV. What I want other parents to know

A pediatric nurse from Nebraska is speaking out to share her daughter’s experience with RSV, a respiratory virus that is spiking among children, leaving many pediatric hospitals across the country reaching capacity.Hannah Brand said her daughter Paitynn was just 2 months old when she developed what seemed like a cold.Over...

20-yr-old Sudanese woman sentenced to death by stoning over adultery charge | Home

The 20-year-old Ms Tiyrab was arrested last month after she separated from her husband and returned to her parentsThe world is stunned by the verdict of a High Court in Sudan which sentenced a 20-year-old woman to death by stoning for adultery.The woman, Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab, was arrested on June...

Black Trans Woman Tiffany Banks Killed in Miami

Banks is at least the 33rd trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming person to die by violence in the U.S. this year, and the fourth in Florida. The majority of victims have been Black women.A memorial vigil for Banks was held October 12 and a celebration of life October 15.“Tiffany had so...

Microplastics Detected in Human Breastmilk | Polymers | Raman Microspectroscopy Detection and Characterisation of Microplastics in Human Breastmilk

AbstractThe widespread use of plastics determines the inevitable human exposure to its by-products, including microplastics (MPs), which enter the human organism mainly by ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. Once internalised, MPs may pass across cell membranes and translocate to different body sites, triggering specific cellular mechanisms. Hence, the potential health...

Indigenous Midwives in Chiapas Demand an End to Harassment from Doctors and Ask for Freedom to Carry Out their Work | Health

MEXICO–Indigenous midwives from the Mexican state of Chiapas demanded that the state and federal government stop the harassment of them by medical personnel in the health sector. They demanded a new form of connection to be able to carry out their work, since there is a preference towards them by...

‘Never again, never forget’, torture victim urges amid fears Philippines’ Marcos will repeat father’s human rights atrocities | South China Morning Post

Human rights activists on Thursday launched a new campaign in the Philippines to prevent a repeat of the abuses and plunder of the martial-law era that began 50 years ago under the father of the country’s new president, Ferdinand Marcos Jnr. Source: ‘Never again, never forget’, torture victim urges amid...

Being a Black Woman Psychologist: Highlights and Challenges! – YouTube

Hi y’all! I’m back with another gem courtesy of one of my subscribers. I was recently asked to discuss the highlights and challenges of being a Black Woman psychologist and I decided to share my response with all of you. Let me know what you think!

Knock Down The House | FULL FEATURE | Netflix – YouTube

Four female candidates — each driven by personal experience and hardship — enter the 2018 race for Congress, challenging powerful incumbents for a spot at the table and a voice in government. This emotional documentary follows their campaigns.

Australian woman who was detained and asked by a US border official if she had an abortion says she’s shocked by the response: ‘a lot of people who’ve read this story are most horrified at that and I can see why’

After being detained and asked whether she had an abortion by a US border official, Madolline Gourley told Insider she’s shocked by the response she’s received to her story going viral.The 32-year-old was traveling from Brisbane, Australia, to Canada where she planned to house- and cat-sit in exchange for accommodations....

Hearing on Treatment of Women in Immigration Detention | C-SPAN.org

A woman who was held in immigration detention for six months in 2020 at a Georgia federal facility gave emotional testimony at a Senate Homeland Security subcommittee hearing. She detailed and accused a doctor of performing gynecological procedures against her will. Her complaint and others along with a 2020 whistleblower...

Baby formula: A desperate search and crossing the border – CNN

For one group of workers, the baby formula shortage is a multi-pronged crisis that threatens not only the well-being of their young children — but also their own livelihoods.Many shoppers’ weekly grocery trips don’t require much more than a short car ride into town. But that’s not how it plays...

Water warriors: the Indian women fighting to save rural communities from drought – YouTube

Jal Saheli or “Friends of Water” is a group of around 1,000 women dedicated to rehabilitating drought-stricken villages in the Bundelkhand region of central India. Members have been building dams, ponds and embankments to collect and store monsoon rains, which account for about 75 per cent of the nation’s annual...

Akothee painfully recalls how Swiss baby daddy threw her out when she was 9 months pregnant : K24 TV

Most airlines allow pregnant women to travel through their eighth month. Travelling during the ninth month is usually allowed if there is permission from the health care provider.Akothee was forced to lie that she was six months pregnant so that the airline could allow her to fly back home to...

Housekeeper’s claims that Jeff Bezos made staff go ‘without rest or meal breaks’ are without merit, his lawyer says

“Employers discriminated against Plaintiff because of her race, forced Plaintiff to work long hours without rest or meal breaks, exposed Plaintiff to unsafe and unsanitary work conditions, retaliated against and wrongfully terminated Plaintiff’s employment,” according to the lawsuit filed by Patrick McGuigan, an attorney for Wedaa. Source: Housekeeper’s claims that...

A woman was injured after the patrol car she was placed in was struck by a train in Colorado – CNN

Another “hands free” police brutality incident: (CNN)A Colorado woman was placed in the back of a patrol car before it was hit by a train, leaving her with serious injuries, authorities said Monday.The incident first unfolded when Platteville police on September 16 responded to a call about a road rage...

South Carolina GOP lawmaker chokes up describing teen who was at risk of losing her uterus due to an abortion ban he voted for: ‘That whole week I did not sleep’

The doctor told Collins that the woman would likely pass the fetus in the toilet and that “she’s going to have to deal with that on her own.” The doctor also said there was a 50% chance the teen would lose her uterus and a 10% chance she would develop...

20-year-old Nigerian Lady wins global award for being able to speak 11 foreign languages fluently, celebrates achievement | Scholarship Region

Favour Chisimidi who is a language prodigy can speak fluently in Korean, Swahili, Shona, Indonesian, Filipino, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, English and Igbo Language. She learned to speak all the languages without leaving the shores of Nigeria. According to reports, the 20-year-old prodigy is currently learning to speak the Yoruba...

Black Diversity Officers Needed to Help Doctoral Candidate and Activist: Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the higher education program at Florida State University. This study aims to understand the experiences of Black Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) during the anti-Critical Race Theory (CRT) movement. My research focuses on how CDOs experience racism at PWIs, how...

Cost-of-living crisis: Nurses leaving for better-paid jobs in shops because ‘they can’t afford to work for NHS’ | UK News | Sky News

Senior figures within the health service say “huge numbers” of staff are taking second jobs outside of the NHS.And the report also warns some nurses are skipping meals to feed and clothe their children – with frontline staff finding it difficult to make the journey to work because of rising...

Telemedicine abortions may begin after judge blocks Kansas law banning procedure

After Value Them Both failed, the Kansas telehealth abortion ban law is now blocked for Wichita clinic Trust Women by a Shawnee County court judge. Source: Telemedicine abortions may begin after judge blocks Kansas law banning procedure

How Kansas City Police Ignored Warnings a Killer Targeted Black Women, Until One Escaped

Black residents in Kansas City, Missouri, say police ignored their warnings that a murderer was targeting Black women, until one of his captives escaped earlier this month. A 22-year-old Black woman in Excelsior Springs, just outside Kansas City, said she broke free from the basement where a white man held...

UH Task Force Detects Fuel In Navy Water After It Was Deemed Safe – Honolulu Civil Beat

Samples taken from the Navy water system tested positive for jet fuel after the military and the state health department declared it was safe to drink, according to testing by University of Hawaii researchers.The findings – contradicting the stance of the Navy and the Hawaii Department of Health, which have...

San Francisco moves to decriminalize plant-based psychedelics – CNN

(CNN)It was probably only a matter of time before San Francisco made it easier to use magic mushrooms in the City by the Bay.On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a motion to decriminalize plant-based psychedelics like psilocybin and ayahuasca, CNN affiliate KPIX-TV reported.The measure, resolution #220896,...

Mom fighting abortion bans after her daughter’s death points to her homeland as a cautionary tale

On the eve of the anniversary of her daughter’s death Tuesday night, Rosa Hernández was having trouble falling asleep. She said she could still feel the presence of her 16-year-old child Rosaura “Esperancita” Almonte Hernández, who died a decade ago when she had leukemia. Doctors had delayed giving Rosaura chemotherapy...

Where Did The Public Option Go?

While pundits frequently raise questions about how much money a single-payer health care system would cost, no one in Washington ever seems to consider the cost of the subsidies being used to prop up the health insurance industry. The total cost of the ACA subsidy scheme would likely exceed $800...

Male Contraceptive Gel Proves 100% Successful In Monkey Trials | IFLScience

A gel that can act as an alternative to the reversible vasectomy has been trialed in monkeys and found to be 100 percent successful as a long-term and reliable male contraceptive.The product, Vasalgel™, has been previously trialed in rabbits and now with the success of the trial on rhesus monkeys,...

‘I’m Worth It’: How An Unhoused Woman Learned To Live Out Loud | LAist

Sumaiyya Evans loves the studio apartment she’s lived in for a few months. On a blistering sunny day when temperatures in downtown reached 90 degrees, it’s a comfortable 77 degrees and breezy in the Venice neighborhood, a 15-minute walk from the beach. Source: ‘I’m Worth It’: How An Unhoused Woman...

Near total abortion ban with no rape, incest exceptions advances to SC House floor

A Republican-led House panel advanced legislation Tuesday that would outlaw nearly all abortions in South Carolina but make an exception for the life and health of the mother.The House Judiciary Committee voted 13-7 largely along party lines Tuesday to send H. 5399 to the House floor for what is expected...

110 Years After Her Debut, The Work of A Black Woman Composer Is Heard Once Again

Helen Hagan, (1891-1964) was a Black woman composer, concert pianist, Yale graduate, and the only African American woman to be sent to France to entertain the American Expeditionary Forces during WWI. Her Piano Concerto in C Minor is her only surviving composition, and had only been heard by few, up...

The Birth Story Project

Have you given birth in Louisiana? The Birth Story Project wants to hear from you. Take their survey and help to improve healthcare equity for women and infants in Louisiana.

Meet the Mother of Orisha followers (Iyaosa) of Ogun State Nigeria as she Explains Orishas Priestess – YouTube

Meet the Mother of Orisha followers (Iyaosa) of Ogun State Nigeria as she Explains Orishas Priestess Like and Subscribe on YouTube!

Indigenous Women Make Up Nearly Half of Canada’s Incarcerated Population; New Legislation Seeks to Change That | Currents

The Canadian Government has proposed new legislation that, if passed, would work towards dismantling “systemic racism in Canada’s criminal justice system”—particularly impacting Indigenous women, who are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system. Source: Indigenous Women Make Up Nearly Half of Canada’s Incarcerated Population; New Legislation Seeks to Change That...

Siaya: 2 Teachers Who Assaulted Schoolboy Filmed Crying in Viral Video Arrested – Tuko.co.ke

According to the police report, the two teachers, Paul Osogo and Maurine Otieno, are being held at Yala Police Station as the police continue their investigation.Gem Sub-County Police Commander Charles Chacha explained that it was reported that the teachers caned the 14-year-old boy for attaining ‘poor grades.’ Source: Siaya: 2...

Forced Birth Extremist __, Indiana Republican congresswoman, is killed in car accident – CNNPolitics

(CNN)Indiana Republican Rep. [May Their Name Die With Them] has died in a car accident that also killed two of [their] staffers, House Republican leaders announced Wednesday.The news came as a major shock on Capitol Hill and immediately sparked an outpouring of grief and remembrances from lawmakers and aides who...

Women Burn Hijabs in Iran as Protests Escalate over Killing of Mahsa Amini by “Morality Police” – YouTube

Protests in Iran continue after the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman in custody of the so-called morality police. Mahsa Amini died last week after being detained for allegedly leaving some of her hair visible in violation of an Iranian law requiring women to cover their heads. Witnesses said Amini...

KENYANS drag the UK to court over colonial-Era A.B.U.S.E. Cameroon bans skin bleaching products!

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Hyundai subsidiary has used child labor at Alabama factory

A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker’s assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of three underage workers, and eight former and current employees of the factory.Underage workers, in some cases as...

Adrienne Smith, WFA Champion and Harlem Hip-Hop Tours Founder, Racks Up Wins For Women’s Sports & Biz – VIBE.com

Adrienne Smith wants it on record that “football is female.” She is unapologetic and unwavering in her stance. When the current wide receiver for the Boston Renegades of the Women’s Football Alliance is asked about her challenges as a woman playing a male-dominated sport, she instead corrects that notion. “Football...

When Tribal Nations Expel Their Black Members | The New Yorker

In 1979, an Oklahoma woman named Johnnie Mae Austin stopped getting mail from the Muscogee Nation. There were no more announcements of meetings, notices of elections, or news of monetary settlements. The problem wasn’t postal. Austin’s Muscogee citizenship had been erased by a new Muscogee constitution in which citizenship was...

Menstrual products now free in Scotland under new law – CNN

London (CNN)Menstrual products, including tampons and pads, will be made available free of charge in public facilities in Scotland from Monday, when the first law of its kind in the world came into force.The Period Products bill was passed unanimously by Scottish lawmakers in November 2020, representing a landmark victory...

Woman explains what’s OK to say to other women and what’s not, and it’s on point

A few years ago, writer Candace Sinclaire called attention to this issue by posting an enlightening Twitter thread about what women should and should not say to each other. “I want y’all to understand something: idgaf if a woman wants to dress conservatively, get married, cater to her husband, and...

Impacts of the Roe v. Wade Decision on Native American and Alaska Native Women Sexual Violence Victim-Survivors | Health

The June 24 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to an abortion will adversely impact Native American and Alaska Native victim-survivors of sexual violence in several ways. The ruling paves the way for national criminalization of abortion. A number of states, including Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North...

Female Israeli soldiers subjected to sexual harassment – report

A new report by the Israeli State Comptroller has revealed a third of Israeli female soldiers conscripted in the Israeli forces were sexually harassed at least once in 2021.

From the Mouths of Babes: What Can Research on Babies, Moms, Stress, and Substance Use Tell Us About Resilience? | NCCIH

Stress and adversity experienced during early development can exert a profound and persistent imprint on our physiology, brain, and health across the lifespan. This imprint can lead to long-term health outcomes ranging from substance use and depression to obesity and cardiovascular disease. There is also emerging evidence that stress and...

Psychology experts urge social media giants to increase transparency around algorithms to protect users’ mental health

In a new article published in the journal Body Image, a team of psychology researchers outline a mountain of evidence linking social media use to body image issues. The researchers describe how algorithms may be intensifying this link and urge social media corporations to take action. Source: Psychology experts urge...

The National Black Nurses Association Holds its 50th Annual Conference in Support of Black Healthcare Professionals – Ebony

Earlier this summer, the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) held its 50th annual conference in Chicago, along with a free health fair for the local community. Founded in 1971, the non-profit organization was formed as a collective to represent and advocate for Black nurses, fighting unequal pay and systemic racist...

IUD perforation is rare, but women should still know about it

Women who choose to use an intrauterine device, or IUD, for birth control should be aware of the very small possibility that the device could puncture their uterus. They should know how to recognize that circumstance if it occurs, according to a new study published in The Lancet. Source: IUD...

Empowering & Mobilizing Girls & Young Women Climate Entrepreneurs

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Right Wing Women The Politics of Domesticated Females – Andrea Dworkin

Andrea Dworkin, an oft misinterpreted and sometimes rightly interpreted but misunderstood feminist author, goes in on right wing women. In the 2020’s it is prudent for all feminists of all stripes to give her a re-read even though maternal feminists, especially those of richer complexions, may have fundamental disagreements with...

‘Black Panther’ Jewelry Designer Says Her Goal Is To Help People Feel Strong : NPR

It is the piece at the scene at the very end of the film, Black Panther, and then it also makes another appearance at the very end of Avengers which was exciting for me because I didn’t know that it was going to be filmed. When I saw it in...

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients. There’s a simple way to stop it.

Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bucket of toiletries issued to patients in many hospitals. Inside were tissues, bar soap, deodorant, toothpaste, and, without a doubt, the worst toothbrush she’d ever seen.“I couldn’t believe it. I...

Ahead of rally, Patriot Prayer leaders goad supporters and antagonize Portland | Southern Poverty Law Center

A reminder from 2018 of who these people who stormed the capital are. Some of them are still active and politicians maneuvering to turn your state into a fascist hell right now. The far-right groups Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys will converge on Portland in a matter of days,...

Schoolgirls without headscarves chase male official from campus as protests continue in Iran

A video circulating on social media shows schoolgirls without hijab chasing a man thought to be an education official out of their campus at Gohardasht near Iranian capital Tehran, reportedly on October 3, 2022. Officials have been visiting schools lately to meet girls following widespread protests over the custodial death...

Kanye West Attacks Mother Of George Floyd’s Daughter Over $250M Lawsuit: ‘You Better Get You Some Business’

He compared losing his Adidas partnership and being publicly criticized to the murder of George Floyd.“So when I questioned the death of George Floyd, it hurt my people,” he said. “I want to apologize. Because God has showed me by what Adidas is doing, by what the media is doing,...

Allyson Felix comes out of retirement for one final race at world | kens5.com

EUGENE, Ore. — Enjoying retired life, Allyson Felix was eating hot wings and sipping on a root beer float in Los Angeles when the phone rang.She was needed back in Oregon for the prelims of the 4×400 women’s relay. Could she return to world championships? She was on her way.The...

The ‘Capitalized Womb’: A Review of Ned and Constance Sublette’s The American Slave Coast | AAIHS

The Sublettes have managed to coin the brutal economic system that kept the institution of slavery alive as the “capitalized womb” (p. 24). They argue that the “capitalized womb” illustrates how enslaved women’s bodies served as the engine of the slave breeding industry and powered a global economy for cotton...

Slavery is on the ballot for voters in 5 US states | AP News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different form of slavery — forced labor by people convicted of certain crimes.None of the proposals would...

Typical Orisha Osun Prayer and Appeasement for Blessings – YouTube

Orisha Osun Prayer and Appeasement for Blessings. Orisa Osun is an Orisha who loves people both men and women. Like and Subscribe!

Moving the Maasai: Tanzania is repeating Kenya’s colonial past

Images of distressed members of the Maasai community being forcibly moved from their homes, beaten and harassed by police and the army in northern Tanzania in June set social media alight with concern. Activists have since voiced their anger over land and human rights, and they have good reason to...

Fred Guttenberg chastises Nikolas Cruz defense attorneys during sentencing hearing – YouTube

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was among those killed in the Parkland school shooting, decides to speak during Nikolas Cruz’s sentencing hearing, praising the judge and prosecutors while berating the defense attorneys and Public Defender Gordon Weekes.

Women’s final, not men’s, will conclude Olympic soccer tournament in Paris | CBC Sports

The Olympic soccer competition at the 2024 Paris Games will conclude with the women’s final — instead of the men’s — for the first time.FIFA announced the Olympic soccer competition schedule on Wednesday. The governing body also said there will be no double-headers in France, making each match a standalone...

Beyond “Bridgerton”: Facing Up to Slavery in Europe – YES! Magazine

Otele, vice-president of Britain’s Royal Historical Society, meticulously reconstructs the lives of forgotten African Europeans, tracing the intercontinental thread of anti-Blackness from Greco-Roman times to the present. African Europeans is arranged more or less chronologically, but I found myself reflecting on how place shapes anti-Blackness, an ideological virus that mutates...

Everything I Never Dreamed | Book by Ruth M. Glenn | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

The raw, uplifting, and unforgettable memoir from the CEO and president of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence chronicling her personal battle against abuse, violence, and even a murder attempt.Ruth M. Glenn wasn’t surprised the first time her husband beat her. She was hurt and disappointed but after a childhood...

America is facing a diaper crisis, and the anti-abortion movement may not be helping

In 2019, Heartbeat International, an AAC giant, claimed to have provided 1.85 million individuals with free baby supplies, including more than 2 million baby clothing outfits, more than 19,000 strollers, and more than 1.2 million packs of diapers. However, data from Equity Forward, an accountability organization that produces investigative research...

When medical bills lead to debt, financial hardship piles on top of sickness : Shots – Health News : NPR

The three are among more than 100 million people in America ― including 41% of adults ― beset by a health care system that is systematically pushing patients into debt on a mass scale, an investigation by KHN and NPR shows.The investigation reveals a problem that, despite new attention from...

Ezra McCandless sentenced to life in prison with possibility for parole after 50 years

On March 22nd, 2018, McCandless says she was running errands in Eau Claire and met Woodworth to talk about their relationship. The car they were in got stuck on a muddy road in Spring Brook. It was then that McCandless allegedly stabbed and killed Woodworth after the defense says he...

Explaining Hunter Schafer’s Transmedicalism (& Why It’s a Problem) – YouTube

Euphoria star and trans activist Hunter Schafer has seemingly supported transmedicalist views, ones which are blaming nonbinary transgender people for recent attacks on transgender health care… which showcases a fundamental misunderstanding of why right wing groups are attacking trans health care. This is a great video, though I’m a bit...

ANALYSIS: Social media can change actions that drive gender-based violence

In 2021, almost half of South African adults – over 25 million people – used social media. Twitter had an estimated nine million users, over 80 per cent of whom were aged between 15 and 44. And social media is widely used for accessing news and current affairs.This powerful medium...

Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge. | WPLN News

What happened on that Friday and in the days after, when police rounded up even more kids, would expose an ugly and unsettling culture in Rutherford County, one spanning decades. In the wake of these mass arrests, lawyers would see inside a secretive legal system that’s supposed to protect kids,...

Afro-Colombians Celebrate Black Hair Excellence In Annual Braiding Contest – Travel Noire

For the African diaspora, there are many things to celebrate; our hairstyles serve as a crowning glory rooted in culture. Around the world, Black hair is an expression of history and art. Colombia’s annual “Tejiendo Esperanzas” (Weaving Hopes) celebration takes the reverence for this aspect of the Black experience to...

in Grief – Scalawag

there is no one-size-fits-all coping mechanism for grief or trauma. what phrase, song, prayer or ritual may work for one person may not work for another. the phrase that many lean into in times of deep sorrow that absolutely does not provide me with any comfort is “healing isn’t linear.”...

Alabama Woman Was in Jail to ‘Protect’ Her Pregnancy & Wasn’t Pregnant – SheKnows

“It’s just not even thinkable you could go off somebody’s word to make an arrest of somebody being pregnant,” Freeman’s attorney Martin Weinberg told Newsweek. “You know, you’re criminalizing pregnancy, then you find out they’re not even pregnant.”Freeman was booked into the Etowah County Detention Center for 36 hours, where...

Neo-Colonialism and African Development – YouTube

The independence of some African countries from the European Nations did not bring about total freedom.There were still areas of restrictions where the Europeans maintained controls in Africa.In some cases, they connived with some low performaning leaders in Africa.

This Is Your Permission To Do What You Love | Gabrielle Ledet X Intimate Acts of Creativity

“In the second episode of our new series, ‘Intimate Acts of Creativity,’ created in partnership with Free People, artist Gabrielle Ledet (@the.eleventh.eyelash) reveals how painting is as natural and normal for her as brushing her teeth, and carves the path forward for us all to express ourselves freely without waiting...

Pharmacies risk violating civil rights laws if they deny access to drugs that can be used for abortion, HHS says

“The Department is committed to improving maternal health — including for individuals who experience miscarriages — and vigorous enforcement of our civil rights laws is one way in which we plan to do so,” HHS said in guidance issued to the nation’s 60,000 retail pharmacies.The Affordable Care Act prohibits recipients...

Mothering is not masochism | All Mothers Work

It was described as a report by Hadley Freeman about Attachment Parenting and alleged maternal masochism. The article may have presented itself as a report about the rise in popularity of attachment parenting, but it was actually just a highly subjective opinion piece which rehashes tired clichés, unhelpful stereotypes, myths,...

Teen Raises $214,000 For Abortion Funds In Two Days After Being Body Shamed By Matt Gaetz on Twitter | IFLScience

After the speech, a number of articles were written about the speech. An article by Newsmax was accompanied by the social media caption “Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz blasted abortion activists in a rant sure to raise dander of his political opponents”.Gaetz quote-tweeted the article with a picture of 19-year-old activist...

Women’s Health Awareness

Women’s Health Awareness (WHA) is an initiative within the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Clinical Research Branch (CRB), Office of Human Research and Community Engagement (OHRCE) that: Provides evidence-based community interventions to promote wellness, environmental health literacy, and environmental public health Increases community health resiliency Advances health equity...

The Oblates have turned against Joannes Rivoire

The Oblates of Mary Immaculate say aging priest Joannes Rivoire should turn himself in and face his accusers in Canada.The Catholic order made the comments in a written statement sent to news media before Pope Francis arrived in Iqaluit Friday.The Pope apologized to Indigenous Peoples in Canada this week for...

Why Bigots are Protected and Defenders are Punished in Social Media

For those who don't understand why people who harass and threaten Black women are promoted on Twitter (and other social media) while people are banned for defending themselves and others against bigotry, gather 'round. #SocialMedia #Racism #Misogyny #Bigotry #Homophobia #SMM — Nicole Tanit Nefertaueret Lasher (@ironwynch) August 12, 2022 For...

Parents want workplace flexibility | McKinsey

[…]managers who are parents, and in particular women, provide much of the social support in organizations. Our Women in the Workplace 2021 report revealed that women managers have supported employee well-being throughout the pandemic at a higher rate than their male counterparts (Exhibit 2). Losing these women could erode an...

Who Gets Accepted and Who Gets Rejected? Status in the Production of Social Science | RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

This article considers science as a stratified social system that may reflect and reproduce broader social patterns of stratification. Analyses are based on a unique data archive with more than ten thousand published and unpublished manuscripts and the associated peer reviews, all submitted between 1990 and 2010 to the American...

The painful truths about motherhood exposed – BBC Culture

Happily, breaking these taboos is something that’s become especially prevalent of late. While classic films like Rosemary’s Baby, The Omen and Mommie Dearest looked at the experience of motherhood as a horrifying one, the stereotype of a mother on screen has traditionally been a beatific, selfless stay-at-home wife, happily wedded...

Shattered Dreams: Sex Trafficking in America – YouTube

Shattered Dreams is a comprehensive documentary that examines the pervasive, dark underworld of sex trafficking in America. Heart wrenching personal stories from survivors of the illicit sex trade and leading experts reveal how vastly misunderstood and disregarded this important human rights issue has been. Like and Subscribe!

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce runs world-leading women’s 100m time, her record sixth race under 10.7 seconds this season – CNN

(CNN)Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a blazing, world-leading 10.62 seconds in the women’s 100-meter final at the Monaco Diamond League on Wednesday.The five-time 100m world champion, who raced to victory by a full meter, has now become the first woman to break 10.7 six times in one season.Her compatriot Shericka Jackson set...

Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power – Scientific American

Archaeology has a representation problem. For most of the time that scholars have been probing the human past, they have focused mainly on the activities of men to the exclusion of women. There are a couple reasons for this bias. One is that the kinds of artifacts that tend to...

Domestic Abuse Survivor Who Won Landmark Supreme Court Case Is Found Dead in Her Home

Golan’s sister, Morin Golan, told Jezebel via Zoom that those seeking to respect Golan’s family, her young son, and her legacy as an advocate should refrain from speculating about her death at this time. “We want to make sure the right information is shared, and that we’re all respectful about...

Diary of a Nun’s Abundant Kitchen – NHK Documentary – YouTube

The life of a Buddhist nun, Goto Mitsuei living at a remote mountain temple is full of blessings, where she uses the bounty of her garden to prepare vegetarian cuisine for visitors.

Bow Down To Viola Davis In Action-Packed ‘The Woman King’ Trailer | HuffPost Entertainment

Viola Davis is ready for battle (and another Oscar) in the gripping first trailer for “The Woman King.”Inspired by true events, the historical epic tells the story of General Nansica (Davis), the leader of an all-female militia who defended the West African kingdom Dahomey in present-day Benin up until the...

When the Lights Went Out in Moore County

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Black Diversity Officers Needed to Help Doctoral Candidate and Activist: Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

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Who Gets Accepted and Who Gets Rejected? Status in the Production of Social Science | RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

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Companies sharing clients’ reproductive data to be probed by US House – The Jerusalem Post

The Poison Squad | Full Film | American Experience | PBS – YouTube

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Revealed: leaked video shows Amy Coney Barrett’s secretive faith group drove women to tears

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The Honorable Marcia Fudge Visits JCSU, Encourages Students to Vote on Election Day | Johnson C. Smith University

Disillusionment grips most Zim voters ahead of 2023 – The Zimbabwe Independent

Steal nonbinary wedding inspiration from this elopement shoot | Offbeat Bride – OFFBEAT WED

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Olympic Medalist Kim Glass Suffers Facial Fractures After Being Attacked With a Pipe by a Homeless Man • EBONY

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Missouri Woman Denied Emergency Abortion Called a State Senator for Help. He Sent Her to an Anti-Abortion Clinic.

Hair Straightening Chemicals Associated With Higher Uterine Cancer Risk – NIH study finds Black women may be more affected due to higher use

Dwyane Wade left to defend trans daughter against her ‘good Christian mother’

How 1 family coped after the Birmingham church bombing, and reckoned with racism : NPR

An Australian woman was detained by a US border official who asked, ‘Have you recently had an abortion?’

El Paso’s new dashboard shows the thousands of migrants it serves, and how many it sends north on buses | CNN

Bay Area Doctor Plans to Offer Abortions Via Boat Off the Gulf of Mexico – NBC Bay Area

GLAAD gives social media giants poor grades over lack of LGBTQ protections : NPR

Cybersmile and Urban Decay Launch “Words Hurt IRL” Campaign featuring Ava Michelle in Honor of Stop Cyberbullying Day

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Louisiana hospital denies abortion for fetus without a skull | Health care/Hospitals | nola.com

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Unconscious bias against Black and women physicians could undermine treatment | Science | AAAS

Feds Launch First Investigation into Allegations that Woman Was Denied a Medically-Necessary Abortion

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pressures Chuck Schumer to say whether Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch lied under oath about their views on Roe v. Wade

Brittney Griner testifies she signed documents without understanding what they said after being stopped at Moscow airport – CNN

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‘They’re Just Going to Let Me Die?’ One Woman’s Abortion Odyssey

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Pregnant Anita Nderu poses completely naked in artistic maternity shoot : K24 TV

Many families don’t have resources to the heat wave engulfing the nation – CNN

Abortion Rights Still Matter

Pregnant woman trying to drive into hospital delayed by police officer – YouTube

For these Black activists, abortion isn’t just a woman’s issue. It’s about race, too

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Shanquella Robinson died in Mexico under mysterious circumstances. Now the FBI is investigating

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GOP Candidate: Hypothetical 14-Year-Old Incest Victim Is ‘Perfect Example’ For Abortion Ban

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Mourning after the death of trans man Malte C.: “The hatred is increasing” – News in Germany

‘Horrendous’: Company accused of employing dozens of children in slaughterhouses – Raw Story

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Trump Lawyer Sued For Calling New York’s AG Letitia James A “Black Bitch”

When the Lights Went Out in Moore County

BYU Student Pranks Mom Into Thinking He Got Stripper Pregnant: VIDEO – Comic Sands

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