Rebekah Fenton, MD, MPH, FAAP (she/her)

Tl;dr: Bye, Twitter! You can find me educating on TT & IG & my random thoughts on #Medsky. Just learned about the other app today; I’m making the leap w/o hesitation. My relationship with this app has been complicated politically, but also personally. After becoming a new mom &

@GKMC18 @GYRLSINTHEHOOD @D_Stieber Thank you! I already follow y'all on IG. Had to stay locked in :)

@RFentonMD @GYRLSINTHEHOOD @D_Stieber That’s so sweet! Thank you! We’re on IG and Spill

Tl;dr: Bye, Twitter! You can find me educating on TT & IG & my random thoughts on #Medsky. Just learned about the other app today; I’m making the leap w/o hesitation. My relationship with this app has been complicated politically, but also personally. After becoming a new mom &

I’ll keep my profile up for the time being so I can save all the work I shared & y’all can know where to find me. I hope this is not goodbye, just see you elsewhere! In gratitude, @RFentonMD

editors who invited me to share my words beyond this space, & everyone who engaged with & reshared my work. I’ll be grateful forever. Your support made me the doctor/advocate I am today. Im bad at goodbyes; I hate the end of an era when it meant so much to me, but it’s time.

@allison_wadders Ooh that’s an interesting point! Admittingly, I can’t think of anyone in my circle who fits that description, but I’m sure being insulated in “nice” neighborhoods only adds to it.

@RFentonMD Structural racism is 1000% a huge component of it. Notably, working class/lower-middle class white dems that I know are not surprised, so I wonder if some of it isn't also economic privilege. Being insulated from real problems. Having a safety net under you at all times, etc.

Seeing a lot of white folks' reflections this week. I understand feeling upset or sad, but shocked? surprised?!?! It feels like White people are reminded rac*sm exists every 4 yrs: 2016, 2020 (pandemic/George Floyd), & now. I am trying to imagine what that must feel like.

@sarabjustone Thanks for the clarification! It’s definitely interesting to think of it as something to look for. My brain literally can’t fathom that. I took AP US History in high school and even that made it seem like the Civil Rights Movement ended racism. I remembering being so confused.

@sarabjustone Thx for your candor (& following me!) A lot of formal instruction teaches that racism is over, if it even acknowledges it at all. But I want to challenge the idea that you had no reason to. We all should learn about disadvantaged groups because we care, not because it affects us.

@sarabjustone For some, that's as simple as intentionally and thoughtfully traveling to other neighborhoods even when your own has everything you need. I know for others, the distance is further, but even your engagement in spaces like this helps you keep a pulse on the world beyond your own.

@sarabjustone I live in Chicago so I'm very aware of this effect. Black Chicagoans experience the longest work commutes and I like to say it is a privilege in Chicago to work, live, and socialize all in the same area. I guess I want to challenge the acceptance of living in a bubble.

I just know one of the only ways forward will require everyone, not just those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to never forget that rac*sm is what America is about and what it was founded on. White folks can't keep re-learning that just because they don't live it's impact

When I walk out of a store, when I see a cop car, when I walk around my neighborhood, when strangers make random comments, when I go to a doctor's appointment, when I wonder how any decision I make will be perceived at work...It's constant. What a privilege to be able to forget.

I will continue my advocacy locally and nationally to help the adolescents who need it the most and combat all of the forces making information and access harder to reach. So, yes, today is a day to grieve, but the work still continues. It has to.

2) Over 50% of Black people live in the South. Despite overwhelmingly voting for their safety, their rights are under attack. Black youth, like ALL youth, deserve accurate information about their bodies and access to comprehensive reproductive health care. We can't give up.

8 yrs ago, I was a resident in Seattle working in the ER on Election Night. In between patients, I was refreshing voting maps. After the election was called for Tr*mp, I had to mask my fear & dismay to keep seeing patients. Today feels like that but worse; we know what's coming.