You believe you'll find your wings

I go by MEL

looking at the tags on some of your post is a little weird for me but we ball

We can share the same name lol dw bro

I feel like I must have to get back on track for some Rocko art, but here's an artwork gift I was given from a Newgrounds forum last year, featuring my Rocko's Modern Life OC (Fresco Cararismo).

day 293

Doctors are to black women what police officers are to black men. That may seem controversial but I believe it to be true and I speak from personal experience.

If you've seen this TikTok you know that a 2016 study showed that 50% of medical students and residents thought that black people couldn't feel pain the same as white people.

And we learned from this video that because of a 1999 study, to this day, there's a black correction factor for the creatinin levels in black people's kidneys, meaning we're less likely to recieve a kidney transplant if needed.

So if you go to a doctor, feel you aren't getting proper treatment or they refuse the treatment you've requested, say to them the following:

If you weren’t already going to spread this advice because black women are at risk, then spread it because it’s applicable to everyone else as well, including you reading this.

The Bori Collective joins the organizing community and @new_era_young_lords in mourning the passing of a trailblazer in our movement, Denise Oliver-Velez!

Our new ancestor wore many hats including that of the former Minister of Economic Development of The Young Lords Party and member of the Black Panther Party.

She challenged the norms of how women were treated in our movement, bringing change to the Young Lords 13-point program which would include “We want equality for women. Down with machismo and male chauvinism.”

Minister Denise was many things (journalist, organizer, anthropologist, professor) but she was most proud of being “militantly black”.

Her life is a reminder that women are more than capable to lead in our movement and that there’s so much power in being proud of who you are.