The story of American wars in The Middle East makes me feel sick. I am so ashamed of my country right now.
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The story of American wars in The Middle East makes me feel sick. I am so ashamed of my country right now.
This new video investigates the psychological and social toll that Black women face by being shut out of the beauty industry
Despite ubiquitous #blackgirlmagic and the fact that 35% of American women are women of color, beauty brands largely remain sluggish in creating makeup for darker skin tones. And now model Philomena Kwao has uncovered a truly dismaying fact about how Black models are treated now compared to the 1970s.
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This is 20-year-old Dalton Baril. His father is Steve Baril, who made an unsuccessful bid in 2005 for the Republican nomination for attorney general, and the grandson of former Gov. John N. Dalton. It seems that his privilege is passed from generation to generation. The woman he raped went to the hospital later where an exam revealed bruising on her body and vaginal tearing. And he got two weeks community service due to his cooperation with the authorities.
At least they used the real mugshot smh. Fuck justice system in America.
#WhitePrivilege #Rapist
In some black communities there’s still a stigma that kinky or coarse hair is “bad”, which couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s no such thing as good or bad when describing someone’s natural hair texture or type. To those struggling to love and accept their natural hair because of societal pressures, remember this - straight, curly, kinky or wavy, it doesn’t make a difference. Embrace your hair the way it is, no matter what society tells you. All hair is good hair. It’s your Crown.
In the Netherlands, abortion is freely available on demand. Yet the Netherlands boasts the lowest abortion rate in the world, about 6 abortions per 1000 women per year, and the complication and death rates for abortion are miniscule. How do they do it? First of all, contraception is widely available and free — it’s covered by the national health insurance plan. Holland also carries out extensive public education on contraception, family planning, and sexuality. An ethic of personal responsibility for one’s sexual activity is strongly promoted. Of course, some people say that teaching kids about sex and contraception will only encourage them to have lots of sex. But Dutch teenagers tend to have less frequent sex, starting at an older age, than American teenagers, and the Dutch teenage pregnancy rate is 9 times lower than in the U.S.
I endorse evidence-based medicine, and evidence-based activism.