Wonderful to see @Osunsweetnsour, creator/host of The Black Girls Guide to Surviving Menopause podcast and author of the Zine “Messages from the Menopausal Multiverse" in this article on Black and women of colour's experience of menopause.
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oprahdaily.com/life/health/a3…
I am thrilled that @Osunsweetnsour agreed to contribute to the menopause anthology #BloodyHell that I am editing for @unbounders. Menopause is about more than just white, cis women. Our anthology is global and gender expansive unbound.com/books/bloody-h…
"The average age of menopause in the U.S. is 51...Black women tend to begin menopause about nine months earlier than white women." oprahdaily.com/life/health/a3…
Black and Hispanic women endure hot flashes for several years longer than other racial and ethnic groups (10 years and nine years, respectively, versus 6.5 for non-Hispanic white women) and Black women experience irregular bleeding for longer periods of time than white women.
"A 2022 Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation study published in Women’s Midlife Health proposes that some of the disparities that exist between white women and women of color in perimenopause and menopause 'are likely attributable to structural racism in the U.S.'”
#BloodyHell contributors include cis women, nonbinary people, and trans masc contributors who are from across the world. They include @Osunsweetnsour, @ProfSunnySingh, @RebeccaSolnit, @tania_glyde, @susancolehaley, @emmettisjack, @heathercorinna and others unbound.com/books/bloody-h…
Remember non-binary people, trans men, and other gender non-conforming groups who also experience menopause and do so under even greater levels of silence and taboo. taunt.me/trans-menopaus…
Until #BloodyHell comes out with its wonderful array of voices, I have included several dedicated menopause accounts in this essay feministgiant.com/p/moisturize-y…
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