This is the Maaternal.com “flying chestnut” logo. I wanted to make something feminine but inclusive. Femininity comes in many forms and expressions, many kinds of bodies, and as the Kongo saying goes, “None of us birthed ourselves or will bury ourselves.” • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing. Source: “Maaternal.com Logo”…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S7-AqFAHck&ab_channel=olurinatti[/embed] DOCTOR Cornel West is running for President for the People’s Party and we respect him deeply so instead of hot takes on twitter, we wanted to have a discussion exploring all our different questions and perspectives
Ruth Glenn remembers the first time she read I, Tina, the powerful 1986 autobiography in which Tina Turner details the extensive abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband, Ike.Glenn, who read the book when it was first published, was “moved and encouraged” by Tina’s personal accounts; they were particularly momentous because it was…
Never go anywhere you aren’t invited. This week, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis did his best to uninvite anyone that isn’t white to the state’s colleges and universities. It’s time educators of color, Black athletes, and the NCAA boycott baby Trump. Source: Black college athletes, NCAA need to boycott Ron DeSantis, Fla.
“I just think, members, that it’s very interesting that the bar continues to move with the Louisiana Right to Life,” DuBuisson said in her closing statement. She said it was difficult for her to believe that legislators could hear the testimony of “women close to death because of having to carry a nonviable pregnancy” and…
We’re fed up with lawmakers offering only thoughts and prayers. Fed up with them ignoring the voice of the “mass shooting generation” and refusing to reinstate the bipartisan Assault Weapons Ban to save lives. Join us for our Day of Action on May 13th. Source: Home | Students Demand Action
Remix, as a child, your only obligation to this work is to take up space shamelessly through the Black joy and play inherent to your body and spirit. Through play, centered within and informed by your kinship network, you are learning and practicing self-definition. Play is teaching you mutual aid—how to meet someone’s needs, as…
I’m seeing a lot of (mostly fake) outrage about the _Naked Education_ show in Europe wherein some people appear naked and answer kids’ questions about the body, sex, etc. I wonder how these people who are so outraged would fare in cultures wherein nudity, full or partial, is normal. Probably not well. What’s funny to…
To the Editor I was surprised to read in the Research Letter by Dr Viglianti and colleagues1 that only 24.8% of female internal medicine residents reported any sexual harassment during their training. Frankly, it would be amazing if so few women experienced sexual harassment—a triumph of progress toward gender equity because studies of sexual harassment…
A made-in-the-USA movement and ideology is polarizing African countries and harming and endangering LGBTQ+ people. Source: How U.S. Evangelicals Helped Homophobia Flourish in Africa – Foreign Policy
