#protect black women

[intersectionalpraxis]

Defend and Protect Black Women!!

Misogynoir medical bias is KILLING Black women disproportionately. If you know even a little history of how Black women have been systematically dehumanized and objectified in the medical industrial complex -you'd know this is FAR too common and it's despicable. These medical professionals should be losing their licenses to practice medicine.

"Black women are three to four times more likely to experience complications during pregnancy and childbirth and die from these complications compared with white women. Additionally, infants born to Black women are two times more likely to be born premature (<37 weeks of gestation) compared with infants born to white women."

"In the 19th century, J. Marion Sims performed experimental surgery on enslaved Black women without their consent to develop a cure for vesicovaginal fistula. These experiments facilitated the generations of two key health care scripts about Black women in the context of reproductive health care: (1) it is acceptable to perform procedures on Black women without their consent; and (2) Black women have a high tolerance for pain."

"Although there is a plethora of research documenting Black women's experiences of racism and discrimination while navigating perinatal care, much less has been reported regarding the relationship between racism and clinical care through the lens of clinicians' caring for Black women during pregnancy and childbirth."

[mos-twin-mattress]

This was her FAVORITE time of year... She should be spending it with family... she should be be alive. I'm pissed she's not. I'm so so pissed. I'm hurt. on the verge of tears.

Please dont forget her face, her name, her smile, her caring soul.

She wanted to be a nurse. Wanted to help mothers and babies... And she never got to.

The world was a better place when she was in it...

Merry Christmas Breonna... Thinkin ab you...

[equiteesorg]

Silence is betrayal.

[kouhaiofcolor]

Dark Skinned Black Girls,

It’s ok. I know it’s a nightmare; every single day. Every single second. But please don’t stop existing. You deserve a quality of life. You’re not different from other races of women. You’re not broken. You’re not unwanted. You’re not undesirable. You are NOT, obsolete. And it’s okay to be exhausted. You owe the world and humanity nothing. Absolutely nothing. Know that. You’ve always been yourself. Whether discriminated against, accepted or emulated. You’ve always been you. You deserve good things. You deserve better. You deserve best. You deserve peace. You deserve sanctuary. You deserve to thrive.

In spite of everything you’re put through.

[paisholotus]

If we don't, who will?

[mydairpercabeth]

LOVE A BLACK WOMAN FROM INFINITY TO INFINITY

[kdoxkeic]

Y’all don’t care about black women

[intersectionalpraxis]

Her name was Samiya and she was brutally stabbed in the neck and chest before she was taken to a New York hospital with her sister Sanyia (who had been stabbed in the arm), where she did not survive her injuries from her neck and chest. These sisters were just at a store, and this predator FOLLOWED them after he was rejected and attacked them. He waited for them -and he's still not caught. This is just absolutely horrifying.

Misogyny fuels violence against women -and this very clear epidemic is killing young girls and women.

I cannot imagine the degree of entitlement you think you have to anyone's time and bodies- that anyone could hold that much disdain for rejection, and is okay with exerting power, control, and violence upon another person because YOUR ego is bruised. Fuck toxic masculinity and dismantle the patriarchy until it burns to the ground because I'm so sick of seeing this.

I wish all the best to the family and loved ones of Samiya. This young teenager should still be here. And I hope the man who did this gets apprehended and faces endless misery and misfortune in his lifetime.

[onlyifyoubadd]

Protect Black Women. Believe Black Women.

Megan deserved this justice! but this verdict will not erase the disrespect and misogynoir she has faced because of the shooting, and it wont stop people spewing hate at at her... but God i hope, for today at least, that Meg is surrounded by so much love and support and that she feels seen!

Believe victims. Support survivors. Believe black women. PROTECT BLACK WOMEN!

[theeblackmedusa]

i don't understand how a lot of y'all can be all "protect and believe black women" but when it comes time to do it, you invalidate her and call her a liar and question her femininity...

i know that defending her online isn't the end all but she sees that stuff. she sees people in her comments and she sees the people on twitter calling her a liar and derogatory names. she sees that and it breaks her.

for the most part, black women are defending and believing her because usually the only people that REALLY have black women's back is black women. even then, there's animosity a lot of the time.

black men need to defend us too. they need to have our back the way they expect us to have theirs. how can they expect us to be at their beck and call and defend them even when they're in the absolute wrong but not bat an eyelash when somebody does us wrong? how can they get mad when we don't defend their wrongdoings but call us liars and bitches when something happens to us.

this shit is sick and the fact that megan has shared her suicidal thoughts over this entire situation is incredibly heartbreaking. she wished she would have fucking died than have to deal with everything these people are putting her through.

the very LEAST we could do (especially within the black community) is support and uplift her online. lift her spirits even the slightest, but people chose to berate her and push her down even further.

we don't deserve megan thee stallion and she deserves so much more. my heart is crying for her and i really pray she gets the closure she deserves.

[theereina]

[kouhaiofcolor]

This is a Dark Skinned Black Women Appreciation post :)

You are seen. You are loved. I could not find beauty in a world where you do not exist.

[peggy-sue-reads-a-book]

How To Be a Safe Person to Menstruate With

You can be private without expressing disgust. Just step away politely or be honest that you are embarrassed. Neither of these choices shames women.

The reverse is also true. Like I said, just because someone doesn’t want to talk doesn’t mean they’re lame and ashamed.

Compliment girls wearing on their self-expression like red jewelry or watering a Venus flytrap with their menstrual cups.

There are lots of sustainable products now but accessibility is not equal. Not everyone has the water resources to wash reusable products so don’t get preachy.

If you shit on someone else’s choice of birth control, by God I will come for you.

Vote to protect birth control

Do not tell someone they’re gross for using pads and cups that require washing.

If you have found a trustworthy gynecologist, spread the word

If a woman tells you she feels ill, in pain, or like something is wrong believe her

Do not tell her to lose weight or consider therapy. If you do, I will hit you with a fish.

Take hormonal diseases seriously

When someone tells you she has endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, cancer, or PCOS, do not come at her with medical expertise you suddenly think you have.

Offer to buy pads and tampons but make sure to ask what kind — some have allergens.

You can always get someone a glass of water.

If it’s a trans guy you’re talking with, validate his body without treating him like one of the girls. If you don’t know how, just ask.

Do not try to guess if someone is on their period. That’s rude.

I have an alpha period. If we hang out, you will sync to my period and we can all be unhappy together.

If you bleed monthly and are talking to a woman who doesn’t, you aren’t better than her. You define your period. She can define hers.

If someone is confused because she started her period and got a positive pregnancy test, take her to the hospital and defend her with your life. She is miscarrying and needs an ultrasound. If a doctor dismisses her as just having a difficult period, make ape noises and then threaten him with arson.

If after all this you are still angry, DM me his name and I will personally come for revenge. I am pregnant and very powerful.

For that matter, my husband will sort him out for you.

Take black women seriously. Respect that WOC face medical discrimination and gaslighting on the daily.

Advil is valid. Homeopathics are valid. Do not assail your friend with essential oils when she’s asked for a Midol.

If your friend shares some concerning symptoms with you, do not freak her out with an armchair diagnosis.

But you should definitely validate her pain and encourage her to get help. Or even help her get help. Throw her in the car and personally drive her to the doctor.

If your friend confides in you that she has an STI or you are able to guess that she has an STI, be nice to her because if you don’t I will find you and I will yeet you away into the night like Batman.

Educate yourself about periods. Learn the correct anatomical words.

And for God’s sake, you still have to wear a condom.

[cancerian-woman]

wishing Megan all the healing in the world.

[sister-realness]

Idk about yall but glass onion was about how black women are continually fucked over by a system that favors white men. White men have no problem stealing every idea that comes their way and claiming it as theirs. They also have no problem threatening the position of other people and defining blackmail as friendship. Black women are the ONLY ones who have the real bravery to "disrupt" a system that loves to tie them down. The entire movie was about the uplifting and protection of black women and the necessary dismantling of a racist, patriarchal system, even if no one else wants to help you. But, that was just my interpretation.