11 h. ago Black women with fibroids face delays and poor care in the UK, says report

Exclusive: All-party parliamentary group on black health found 27% not offered any treatment after diagnosisBlack women in the UK who experience symptoms caused by fibroids are facing delays, poor care and dismissal by healthcare professionals according to a parliamentary report.Published by the all-party parliamentary group on black health, the report included a survey of more than 500 women regarding their experience of uterine fibroids, with more than 70% of respondents being Black British. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Victoria Ekanoye on the troubling reality of being a black woman with breast cancer

"Survival shouldn't depend on the colour of your skin". Eye-opening documentary, Shades of Survival, tackles the stigma and inequalities in healthcare for black women across the globe

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6 d. ago US leaders are erasing Black history. That threatens our future | Stacey Abrams and Esosa Osa

DEI is being used as a smokescreen to roll back progress and consolidate power. The goal is to rewrite our nation’s storyDemocracy flourishes when Black Americans advance. The evidence is clear: birthright citizenship, constitutional due process, anti-discrimination laws from education to housing to employment and equitable small business investments, are all byproducts of the systemic corrections known today as DEI. Yet, in recent years, DEI has been used as a smokescreen by cynical politicians and activists to roll back progress and consolidate power. Across classrooms, museums, boardrooms and federal agencies, the key pathways to opportunity and success are under attack through a coordinated disinformation campaign of erasure, distortion and suppression.The impact of these tactics is concrete and undeniable. Since the start of this year, Onyx Impact’s research has found, 306,000 Black women have lost their jobs and $3.4bn in grant programs investing in Black communities has been ...

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7 d. ago Best early Black Friday deals on high street fashion: women's, men's and kids

From warming essentials to bear the winter season to must-have deals on year-round staples

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1 week ago Mental Health Is Real Wealth: how Black men prioritize healing in a Los Angeles community

The bi-monthly group gives Black men a safe space to share, reflect and support each otherDesmond Carter is on a mission to save the lives of Black men.Carter, founder of Mental Health Is Real Wealth, leads a bi-monthly mental health group in Los Angeles’ Leimert Park neighborhood, and on a recent Thursday, 15 Black men gathered inside a conference room without pressure and without women. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mental Health Is Real Wealth: how Black men prioritize healing ‘in this white world’

In Los Angeles, a bi-monthly group gives Black men a safe space to share, reflect and support each otherDesmond Carter is on a mission to save the lives of Black men.Carter, founder of Mental Health Is Real Wealth, leads a bi-monthly mental health group in Los Angeles’ Leimert Park neighborhood, and on a recent Thursday, 15 Black men gathered inside a conference room without pressure and without women. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Maggy London Elegant One Shoulder Long Black Tie Maxi Evening Formal Dresses for Women

Maggy London Elegant One Shoulder Long Black Tie Maxi Evening Formal Dresses for Women  The San Joaquin Valley Sun

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3 w. ago RADLEY London Addison Gardens Signature Responsible Women's Medium Recycled Canvas Open Top Satchel Bag, Black

RADLEY London Addison Gardens Signature Responsible Women's Medium Recycled Canvas Open Top Satchel Bag, Black  The San Joaquin Valley Sun

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3 w. ago ‘It’s a collective validation’: the group helping Black families cope after baby loss

The founders of Ebony Bonds on poor maternal health outcomes for Black women and how their space confronts the honest reality of dealing with bereavement after the loss of a baby• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWhen I first started chatting with Gina and Rachel, the founders of Ebony Bonds, I was braced for a painful conversation. Ebony Bonds, founded last year, supports Black families in the UK through bereavement after baby loss. What unfolded was a conversation that was mostly about how to show your love.Rachel Burrell and Gina Reeves were inspired to found Ebony Bonds after experiencing the loss of their babies to stillbirth, and feeling unsupported and not listened to at hospitals and by other care providers. Unable to find the specific, tailored resources for support within conventional charities, the duo began with what they thought would be a small gathering. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘It’s hard to know what day it is’: families tell of grim Ice detention in Texas

Anxiety high as parents and children tell of lack of clean water, inadequate medical care and poor food in ‘prison-like’ conditionsAt the South Texas Family Residential Center, guards allegedly refer to detained immigrant families as “inmates”, spouses aren’t allowed to hold hands, and children don’t know where they can kick around a ball without getting in trouble, according to a stark court filing.Yet those are minor indignities compared with accounts given to outside monitors of a lack of clean drinking water, sleep, healthy food, privacy, hygiene supplies and appropriate healthcare. Alongside government admissions of what attorneys called “prolonged unexplained detention” at the facility in the remote town of Dilley, Texas anxiety levels for detainees are high. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Jezebels, race kink and Cardi B: in One Battle After Another, Black women are still stereotypes

With its hyper-sexualised Black female revolutionary and fetishised depiction of interracial relationships, Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-lauded latest raises questions about how white male directors depict Black womenIt’s hard to watch One Battle After Another in the days following the death of fugitive Black liberation activist, Assata Shakur, and not have some questions about how white male film-makers depict revolutionary Black women on screen. Many words have already been written about the good in Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film – some say “masterpiece” – including a five-star review in the Guardian. The electrifying pace of the action; that instant-classic car chase sequence and Benicio del Toro’s heroically chill Sensei Sergio, have all been justly praised. So let’s take this as read.But if a film is worth seeing, then it’s worth taking seriously and in this case that involves asking: dear, revered PTA, what is up with you and Black women? We know Anderson is careful and del...

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4 w. ago The one change that worked: I gave away my last dress – and embraced the real me

Growing up, I could never be the ‘girly’ girl others expected. Even after coming out as gay, I struggled to know what to wear. But I think I’ve finally found my lookAbout a year ago, when I was packing to move to a new flat, I got rid of the only dress I owned. Before that, I hadn’t realised I was down to just the one. I knew I rarely reached for dresses and skirts any more, either in shops or in my wardrobe. And I had already taken the step of binning the unloved tangle of tights in my sock drawer. But the move to wearing only trousers had been gradual. A few months ago, I even surprised myself when my automatic response to someone’s question about my outfit was a calm and confident: “I’m not really a dress person.”But it’s true, I’ve realised. I’m just not. That last dress – a simple black midi that represented the little black dress that 00s magazines taught me all women should have – had only been worn a handful of times. So on to the charity shop pile it went. Continue reading...

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