Laurie Bertram Roberts
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unapologically Black-Queer-NB-Feminist-Fat-#Disabled-Mama of 8-#Abortion Storyteller-#ProAbortion-ED @fundMSabortions they/she #ReproductiveJustice
Happy Birthday Sister Rosetta Tharpe "the Godmother of rock and roll". Portrait, USA, 1945. Photo by ©Gilles Petard
Lupita Nyong'o with a PSA calling for more conversation about the disproportionate number of Black women affected by fibroids
Florida man was sentenced to 37 years in prison for manslaughter in the deadly crash caused by his 15-year-old son. Prosecutors argued that he is responsible because he allowed his unlicensed son to drive unsupervised, which resulted in the death of a grandmother and three children.
U.S. nursing homes are fabricating schizophrenia diagnoses to hide their use of dangerous antipsychotic drugs to subdue dementia patients, a government watchdog report found. The drugs increase risk of falls, strokes and death. wapo.st/4tfSUsr
Michael B. Jordan just won Best Actor for the groundbreaking role of “black guy who kills White people.” Truly the performance of a generation.
New: Dolores Huerta writes lengthy statement following @nytimes investigation into Cesar Chavez. Huerta says she had sexual encounters with Chavez resulting in 2 children. “I have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farm worker movement…”
Former Sharecroppers Talk About Life On The Field And Picking Cotton, 1968.
This is Cherise Doyley. She was 12 hours into labor when a nurse told her to cover up with a bedsheet. Then a tablet appeared at her bedside. On the screen: a judge. Lawyers. Hospital staff. She hadn’t asked for a hearing. The hospital had. Doyley is a professional birthing doula. She refused a C-section — she’d had three before, and one left her hemorrhaging. She knew the risks. It didn’t matter. And here’s the part people should pay attention to. The state filed an emergency petition. She had minutes to prepare. No lawyer. No advocate. A three-hour hearing. In the middle of active labor. A judge decided how she would give birth. This is the fetal personhood movement, fully realized. And it’s already happening. To Black women. In Florida. Read the full @ProPublica investigation. “A judge decided how she would give birth. That’s legal right now. Should it be? #ReproductiveRights #DemsUnited
Every teacher I know personally is leaving the profession because students have become unteachable. They don’t read, they don’t talk to each other, they have no curiosity, no passion, no interest in learning. Giving kids unfettered access to screens has ruined a generation.
“I don’t want to wear a mask all the time” Alright. Would you please wear it sometimes? Sometimes > never. Like just keep one in your bag, and put it on when you’re in an extra crowded place maybe?
