#sickle cell awareness

[vampirepyramidscheme]

Like vampires? How about diverse vampires?

Then get your copy of our charity zine - Vampires of Color, Volume 2: Crimson Kiss.

We have a wonderful 80 page zine featuring stories, art, comics and more featuring BIPOC vampires (and even a NSFW mini zine if that appeals to you).

All profits will be donated to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America.

UPDATE! Pre-orders will close on 10/9 at 11:59pm PST.

(Originally 9/30)

Learn more here.

This anthology zine is apart of BIPOC VampDay.

[realjaysumlin]

I do my best to post my views as a scientist, not one who is indoctrinated into believing in pseudoscience, the false ideology that skin colors represent race for humans. The very word negro irks me because negro is demeaned in such a negative way, instead of blanco in Spanish.

Negro means "Black" in the Latin language and blanco means "white" in the same language, so why isn't blanco demeaned the same way as the word negro? Dark skin humans need to start defining themselves and stop following the narratives and the negative stereotypes of people who identify themselves as white.

Dark skin humans are a product of natural selection, a process better understood by the meaning of photosynthesis. Which means how every living thing on earth interacts with our sun.

Pale or fair skin humans are a mutation from dark skin where the UV-Radiation level is low. The same can be said about Sickle Cell Anemia, which I hear as being called out as a Black people's disease, when skin color again don't have a damn thing to do with the cause of Sickle Cell Anemia.

Evolution is a wonderful thing and how all living these adapts to our environment to protect itself from deadly diseases like Sickle Cell Anemia. Sickle Cell Amenia is associated with malaria, which is caused by a heavy population of mosquitoes, particularly a specific type of a female mosquito, in theory.

The human body protects itself from malaria by the cells becoming sickle to prevent malaria; therefore, people with Sickel Cell Anemia is immune to malaria.

[bipocvampires]

SAVE THE DATE: BIPOC Vampire Day is September 20-22, 2024

Join us for our annual online event celebrating Black Indigenous and POC vampires as we raise funds for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America.

Share your OCs, cosplays, novels, comics, video and film projects, TTRPG, videogames, illustrations - if it features BIPOC vampires - we want to see! We want to boost.

If you're looking for a way to get involved, we're looking for folks to host meetups, prize sponsors, streamers, TTRPG GMs, and artists/writers to join this year's zine.

Spread the word!

Learn more: bit.ly/bipocvampday

[thebananashapedbloodcell]

Having a chronic illness is a very lonely and isolating experience.

Being in pain and not wanting to burden family and friends means most days I keep how I am feeling to myself because I know others are going through their own life and I don't want to be a stressor to others.

It can all get heavy and hard to manage at times, but I continue to move slowly and give myself grace. I hope you do the same.

[theroadtofairyland]

It's about bloody time!

There is finally an approved treatment for Sickle Cell. Sickle sufferers have been the victims of the rankest kind of medical racism. I hope the news heartens anyone in the community coping with this difficult illness.

[snail-cryptid]

Hi! I hate having to ask for help, but without it what I'll do  .I have no where to go and i am asking for any kind of help for my daughter treatment diagnosed with sickle cell. but the worst were the THREE strokes to the brain. Kindly send donation and share if you're able🙏

Im just as broke as the next guy, I'm genuinely sorry :((

I'll share this as much as I can though, again I apologize for not being able to help more directly

[gigglesx333]

Hi! I hate having to ask for help, but without it what I'll do  .I have no where to go and i am asking for any kind of help for my daughter treatment diagnosed with sickle cell. but the worst were the THREE strokes to the brain. Kindly send donation and share if you're able🙏

i am so sorry but i have no cash to spare. Reblog to spread awareness

[chaos-and-cookies]

I asked Tpain to do my #50SquatsForSickleCell challenge today during his stream and he said he was already doing that w.o the challenge and gave me permission to post his clips with my hashtag 🥰 he a real one, all my homies love tpain

[quinthetoucan]

Hi! I hate having to ask for help, but without it what I'll do  .I have no where to go and i am asking for any kind of help for my daughter treatment diagnosed with sickle cell. but the worst were the THREE strokes to the brain. Kindly send donation and share if you're able🙏

I apologize, I'm unable to donate, but I am sharing this around!! I wish you the best ❤️❤️❤️

[worldwarriorsorganization]

Sickle Cell and the Prison Industrial Complex

This article was authored by Professor Simon Dyson (Sickle Cell and the Social Sciences) and Professor Gwyneth Boswell of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. It was published in The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice in 2006. Together, Dyson and Boswell highlight seventeen cases between US and UK prisons. Seven of these cases demonstrate that the care of incarcerated people with sickle cell anemia "falls well short of the minimum standards that might reasonably be required." Ten of them involved forced restraints of Warriors resulting in their deaths. To add insult to injury, the people who the criminal injustice system enlists to speak on its behalf oftentimes conflate sickle cell anemia with sickle cell trait, which is the genetic carrier state in which the person who has it is usually healthy. But, as you will read in the article, trait has been weaponized by the carceral state to reinforce preexisting racial discrimination in employment, insurance, and other spheres. And as was written in The New York Times last year, American police when they can will use trait as an alibi for why a Black person happened to die in their custody.

Attached below is a table listing the seventeen cases I mentioned above. Below that is The New York Times article.

[vampirepyramidscheme]

Something for the vampire lovers out there!

Vampires of Color: Crimson Pride features the work of 20 creators, including full color illustrations, a mini comic, short stories and novel excerpts, and even a TTRPG game! All works are centered around BIPOC vampires and zine profits will be donated to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (a disease which greatly impacts the BIPOC community).

Preorders are open until 1/7/2023 - get your copy here: bit.ly/VOCzine

[vicontheinternet]

Its sickle cell awareness month. My mom has released two children books based around sickle cell anemia. You can find it on Amazon or her website www.thepincushiongang.org

[thebananashapedbloodcell]

Sickle Cell Awareness Month Wrap Up:

Hey everyone! I know we are at the end of September, and I’m hoping you are all well and healthy. Happy Sickle Cell Awareness Month to you all!

September has been a busy month for me personally and I haven’t gotten a chance to sit down and update my blog. Hello to all the new followers and I see so many of you reblogging my posts and I just want to say thank you and I really appreciate it! 🤍🥹

This month, I turned 31 years old and I’m hoping my year to come will be filled with good health, new opportunities and spreading some good energy.

Another big thing I did was a presentation on Sickle Cell Disease! I got the opportunity to speak on my experience with SCD with the help of my social worker and few others! It was all done virtually, so I’ll copy the link down below if you’re interested in getting to know more about me!

Anyways, stay healthy and safe! Thank you again for all the support. It does not go unnoticed 🙏🏾

[msnikkimoneypenny]

Look mama I'm on tv!

But seriously though. Please give blood.

I know there are plenty of conspiracy rumors and truths and black folks blood and organs being sold on the black market.

But instead of worrying about things you heard, think about this.

Sickle Cell Disease.

This is considered a black disease.

Can you imagine living 95 percent of your life in terrible pain?

Because the blood your body produces is sickle. Black babies screaming in pain and having to be medicated for pain at such an early age and develop a tolerance.

Pain medication is prescribed differently too. Medical facilities tend to treat black adults with sickle cell as junkies trying to fix a habit when they have pain crisis and limit medication given out. Now think of this compared to an adult living with cancer who would be given treated differently when it comes to pain management and medication.

I know this 16 year old with sickle cell. Her pain has gotten so bad she is prescribed methadone and dilaudid on a weekly basis. She has a full hip replacement surgery on one hip and a partial hip replacement on the other. She is constantly in back pain with her MRI showing major deterioration in her vertebrae. She is just 16. Imagine other black kids who are dealing with this. Living a life in pain.

Sickle Cell is a major disease that affects mostly the black community. It's hard to get help for patients who need bone marrow transplant when many blacks refuse to donate their bone marrow. I just ask to please help by donating blood.

[sheheartsrain]

Please help sickle cell patients!

I am hosting a silent auction to raise funds for sickle cell patients. Sickle cell is debilitating disease and many patients cannot afford treatment. Please help by bidding on one of the silent auction items. There are two items available. One is a team signed edmonton oilers hockey stick worth over $3000 (they sell fast on eBay for anyone who quick cash). The second item is one-of-a-kind artist designed hockey helmet worth $1000. Any help is appreciated and can make an impact on those living with sickle cell disease.