This Precious Dark Skin's Curated Links for This Week
Hope feels like the moon in the sky right now. Still… we need it more than ever.
When social conservatives take the wheel, what happens (paywall)?
Contraception and LGBTQ+ rights. Are they the next to go (paywall)?
If the Supreme Court can reverse Roe, it can reverse anything. (paywall).
Trump’s big payback – the end of abortion rights. (More.)
On a sobering thought, in spite of the ruling that takes the choice away from women to make decisions over our own bodies, we need to have hope. This article, The Necessity of Hope (paywall) encourages all of us to not let despair wash all over us. To have hope – even if it feels like the moon in the sky right now.
Why not donate to abortion fund right now?
Why not support the people who will continue to provide abortion care?
Other links…
A compelling read from Aubrey Hirsch:
More black women are carrying guns than ever before. (A first-person narratively story)
No matter how hard you work, you’re left behind in most white workspaces if you're a black woman. You can’t seem to get traction. A few weeks ago, I’ve published an essay about this. This week a black female doctor shared her story. How her residency was stolen from her. And how black doctors are forced out of training programs at far higher rates than white residents.
Miami cop told a black driver, “This is how you guys get killed.” The video of their encounter has gone viral on social media.
Tiffany Haddish works to take away the feeling of feeling like garbage from kids. (More.)
“History has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” – Michelle Obama