The best decision I ever made was marrying you, @MichelleObama. For 33 years, I’ve admired your strength, grace, and determination — and the fact that you look so good doing it all. Happy anniversary!
Her name was Anarcha Westcott. You won’t find her in history books, but her suffering shaped modern medicine. Anarcha was just 17 years old; she was enslaved and had just given birth.
The birth left her body torn and wounded. She was in agony, bleeding, and in desperate need of care. Instead of receiving care, Anarcha was taken to a doctor, not to help her but to use her. His name was Dr. J. Marion Sims.
Today, some call him the father of modern gynecology. He didn’t see Anarcha as a girl or as a human being. He saw her as an experiment. He performed over 30 surgeries on her without anesthesia, without her consent, and without mercy. She screamed through every cut. Her body was opened again and again. Her pain was ignored because she was a slave.
Her body became the foundation for tools, techniques, and procedures used in gynecology to this day. He became famous. Hospitals were named after him. Statues were built in his honor. But Anarcha? She was forgotten. No recognition. No statue. Not even justice. Her name deserves to be known. Her voice deserves to be heard. This is her story, and we’re finally telling it.
178 Followers 3K FollowingI'm Amy not here for game or bullshit 😍I'm marketer and modeling ❤️dm let talk naughty and check your pocket before you dm 😍😍
155K Followers 59 FollowingAmplifying Black Voices, Promoting Social Justice and Supporting Black-owned Businesses.
DM us the best #BlackTwitterNews in your area.
DM us for PROMO.
102K Followers 6K Following2x Male HBCU Prof of Year. Howard U AfAm Studs & HU Sch of Law. #TheRenewedNormal with @knarrative_ @InClassWithCarr & #TheBlackTable .The World is a Classroom!
721K Followers 765 FollowingCEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change • Connector • Communicator • Community Builder • Child of Global Leaders
1.4M Followers 2K FollowingContributing writer for The ATLANTIC. Born and raised in Detroit. Grew up at Michigan State. MY MEMOIR UPHILL IS ON SALE NOW. LINK BELOW.
1.9M Followers 1K FollowingProud AMERICAN on CNN, The View. Losing an election doesn’t mean losing the right to free expression, to ur principles, to denounce abuses & injustices.🇳🇮🇺🇸
4.1M Followers 2K FollowingThe largest site for readers and book recommendations. Find new books, recommend books, track your reading, join book clubs, win advanced copies, and much more!
780K Followers 15 Following🌟Fashion for Everyone!
💕SHEIN offers endless finds at affordable prices, so you can get more of what you really love. #SHEINtrends #saveinstyle