divine survivors clinic

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my name is mai’a.

i am offering free reiki treatments to us– the lovers, the fighters, and the survivors. a way to reduce pain, cleanse and strengthen the body, balance the emotions and experience more clarity and vitality in our lives.

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Reblogged from materialworld

The Color of Choice: white supremacy and reproductive justice.

materialworld:

“One might ask why staunch conservatives are opposed to family planning in developing countries when family planning so clearly limits population growth and reduces the need for abortions. One of the leading causes of death for women in developing countries is maternal mortality -death from childbirth. The UN estimated a wordlwide total of 529,000 maternal deaths for the year 2000, with less than 1% of deaths occuring in developing nations.

Women of color cannot help but observe that family planning is not nearly as efficient in reducing populations of color as factors such as maternal mortality, infant mortality, and AIDS. We are also not oblivious to the wealth of natural resources like oil, gold and diamonds in the lands where these populations are shrinking - after all, a depopulated land cannot protect itself.”

/from an essay by Lorreta J Ross in Colour of Violence: The Incite! anthology, which I’d seriously recommend if you do any kind of politics around women’s rights.

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