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A Love Letter to Black Women
Feb. 20, 2020

By Willow Cioppa CW: Alcohol mention -- I realized I should give up tequila shots when I was sitting outside of the club on a Thursday, crying about a DJ. My eyes burned and I don’t know if it was... Continue reading


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Killing Me Softly: Panic Disorder and Black Womanhood
Feb. 18, 2020

By Hermanie Desrosiers CW: Mention of the medical system, unsupportive parents, cr*zy slur -- “Due to employee vacations, you will only be able to meet with a social worker in the fall,” the admin... Continue reading


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Why is Black women's pain seen as disruptive?
Feb. 12, 2020

  By Sophia Sahrane * Content warning: Hospitalization, institutionalized racism, violence against Black women. When I was nine years old, I experienced a hypoglycemic crisis in the middle of my g... Continue reading




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    Do the Rights Thing is a project focused on developing and implementing a system-level response to address systemic barriers to services and e... Continue reading

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Act On The Facts
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Act On The Facts - Week Four (See below for Week Three, Two & One)   18% of women in Canada experience chronic pain. Meana, M., Cho, R., & DesMeul... Continue reading