They Matter
“While trying to nurture and heal our trauma, we are still expected to smile and educate people acting like we and our experiences are new. I have been quiet and not because I didn’t have anything to say but because I didn’t have anything NEW to say. We have been shouting from the rooftops, begging for them to SEE US, BELIEVE US, CARE FOR US and HELP US. No one cared until we destroyed a Target.”
Pregnant and Depressed
Depressed? Why? I had a great job, a man I loved, a child I adored, a home, stability, and a growing family. What did I have to be depressed about?
Why we must be heard…
I know, we don't want to be labeled as the "angry black woman", the loud one, or the needy one. Black women have DIED trying not to be a stigma, not to cause trouble, not to bother anyone, and being silenced by the providers who took an oath to treat us…
