I cannot tell you the amount of married and monogamous patients I have had that have been diagnosed with an STI in pregnancy

8/n "Invalid" on the portal. Just like that. No reason. No explanation. And I couldn’t even cry. Because deep down... I’d expected this. I’m not clueless. I know why they don’t grant Nigerians these visas. It's obvious. But I’m sad that I have to suffer for the crimes of others.

10/n Nobody talks about how being Nigerian, no matter how hard you work, can quietly close doors you earned the right to open. But here I am, living it. Of course, I'll figure it out, but I'm hurt and angry.

11/n For the "In my next life I would still like to be a Nigerian" parrotters, God forbid o. I reject that, I cannot lie.

Unrelated but this whole thing of expecting women to get pregnant after marriage feels like a form of social regression masked as moral concern to me. This form of respectability policing stigmatizes women who choose alternative paths to motherhood, whether through choice,

circumstance, or autonomy.People act as though a ring is a certificate of morality, safety, or responsibility. It’s not. It tells us that society still views women through a lens of male possession and it reinforces shame around non-traditional families.

We need to unlearn this impulse to frame women through rings, husbands, or status. Let women exist without needing to be be framed in patriarchal terms. These comments aren’t just nosy, they’re disciplinary. They remind women that their choices are always under watch,

always up for debate. They reassert the idea that the public has a stake in women’s private lives, especially when reproduction is involved. And let’s be honest, people don’t ask men these questions. Because women’s bodies and decisions are still treated as public property

to be interpreted, questioned, and judged. But in truth, it’s a subtle act of social policing that reflects deep-rooted patriarchal anxieties about female autonomy, sexuality, and respectability.

All this Bey stuff was entirely predictable. But yeah, the mask is off? Like what mask? 😅

In class, I show “death to America” content from Iran & ask students to jot down their reactions. Then, I offer a history of 1953 coup, the US-shah alliance, sanctions regime. They report being horrified by their earlier assumptions. See how ignorance is empire’s preferred tool.

my mom took her own life. i don't have many photos or videos of her. she destroyed almost all of her artwork. i understand the appeal of something like this, but it's not her. it's empty. a simulacrum. it's disrespectful. we should not be doing things like this.

one of those moments where you can understand why bell hooks called her a terrorist

Beyoncé paid 64 cents/ hour to female workers who made clothes for her brand Ivy Park in sweatshops in Sri Lanka. Reminds me of this photo from 2014, of women in Mauritius getting paid $1/ hr to make $70 t-shirts that say "This is what feminism looks like"

Clarence Thomas is part of African American history too. Dude grew up in a shithole without running water, worked his way up to graduate from Yale and sits on the Supreme Court. Literally a Black success story and a testament to our grit and intelligence. Won’t see me shedding a

some honorable mentions

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You people will try to belittle short people at every given opportunity, and when they try to assert themselves, you pull out the "Napoleon complex" card. You don't know that woman, yet you so confidently dismiss her experiences. Congrats on proving her point??