A Black couple living in Dallas say their 2-week-old daughter was taken from them because they decided to have a home birth with a midwife.
Home-births and midwifery services are increasingly sought out by Black pregnant people and families over traditional hospital settings amid a mounting maternal mortality crisis exacerbated by systemic medical racism. Black pregnant people are three to four times more likely than white pregnant people to die from pregnancy-related causes, per the CDC.
When Black pregnant people and families can’t feel safe seeking pregnancy and birth-related services from the hospital, and can’t feel safe choosing home births and home care options that draw police attention.
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I love how these two don't give a flying fuck about their own safety but when it's about the safety of their best friend? Their childhood buddy? Their good-time pal?? Their brother in arms?!
You better goddamn believe they'll take that seriously.
Dick's all 'oh a bunch of assassins and mob bosses are after me and I'm injured but it's fine, I got this handled-' and Wally already has the man tucked into the pullout couch bed at his house before he's finished the sentence.
Wally's all 'okay so I know that the future version of me is dead on the floor and I'm supposed to die after fighting a fire BUT I can't not help if there are people who need me, so I'll just fight this forest fire and-' Meanwhile Dick already has 60 tranq darts locked and loaded and the floor lined with anti gravity beams.
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stop putting Jamie Tartt x reader fic in the royjamie tag. Leave me out of this. I would never be involved with Jamie as blond men are beneath me
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saw your tags and prince au you say 👀
yes! it was a kind of medieval au where minho and felix were princes of a kingdom but their father died and left their stepmother on the throne; she immediately implicated minho in his father's death to get him exiled, and locked felix away in a tower 'for his own safety' so that she could have longer on the throne. the vague plot of the au was felix getting kidnapped by rebels pushing against the new queen's tyranny (led by chan) and minho desperately going after him with a loyal palace guard (changbin) in tow. as they go they obviously end up collecting a band of rebels and nobles (VIXX and Dreamcatcher were all nobles in the kingdom because I Love Them) who are loyal to the true king and taking back the throne in minho's name.
the ships were:
minbin: all the drama of minho being exiled royalty and changbin not wanting to fall for him because he doesn't think a commoner could marry the king - but maybe if minho never takes the throne they could be together (even though that feels like an awful thing to want)?
chanlix: chan does literally kidnap felix out of his tower but it's basically just because he thinks it's the best way to prove to the queen what they can do; and once he realises that the younger prince is actually kind and sweet and fiercely determined to help people he falls very fast and very hard.
hyunsung: hyunjin is one of chan's rebels, and jisung is the sole servant felix was permitted to have at his side. he refuses to let felix get kidnapped without him, and becomes very nervous of felix's growing relationship with chan. hyunjin tries to stop him getting in the way, and also trains him up to be something of a fighter. they argue a lot until they don't.
seungin: jeongin is another one of chan's rebels who gets caught during felix's kidnapping. he's subjected to some fairly awful treatment, and seungmin is the one palace servant who tries to make sure he's ok, sneaking in extra food or medicine to jeongin's cell where he can. he eventually manages to set jeongin free, and they leave the palace together to seek out chan and felix.
i think that's all i remember? it had fun vibes but it was going to be HUGE so i just never found the time/energy to commit to it as a project <3
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Okay! So this one is just kind of a random fantasy I thought I would share with you. It’s been my “trying to drift off to sleep so I’m going to write an imaginary scenario in my mind” type thing. Anyway! So reader is chosen by some sort of mystical birthright to be an avatar for a god or goddess(I’ve been imagining it as Ammit because they may or may not also be a sort of tugawar bit between Harrow and the Moonboys). Anyway, Khonshu doesn’t want this goddess or god to come to power, so Khonshu basically orders the Moonboys(player’s choice) to kidnap her to keep her out of other people’s(or Harrow’s) hands and to perform a ritual where whichever Moonboy has to take the readers virginity in order to bind her power to Khonshu instead of whichever entity she was supposed to serve. Thus binding the Moonboys and reader for life, pretty much. They refuse at first and then meet her and instantly develop an obsession. I’ve been picturing it more CNC or heavy dubcon(oops, my bad).
And for extra spice, sometimes Layla shows up for the party. Either just the help the Moonboys or as an avatar herself.
I’m a simple girl who loves her fantasy world. Okay, I’ll see my self out now.
🌹<—- that’s for you for putting up with this nonsense.
stop because this is giving massive jake vibes… as far as we know right now (bc i’m not a comic reader no one bash me pls), jake serves khonshu faithfully. whether he believes in his ideology or just does it to protect steven and marc, he goes along with whatever he’s tasked to do. this, to me, is giving huge heavy dubcon because like… jake does the kidnapping to at the very least stop harrow from completing the ritual… he stalls the next part for a bit
my brain just thinks of him becoming more and more obsessed with you as time flies and mostly because, as weird as it sounds, you continue to fight him and be difficult and filled with sass even when he’s offering you his version of kindness - although very stoic and cold, he’s not a monster and just keeping you chained up to a wall wherever he’s got you holed up. he lets you roam free in the secured place and gives you everything you need
he becomes obsessed with all that fight in you - the lust for you starts to grow on steven and marc despite their best efforts as byproduct of jake’s feelings - and finally gives into khonshu’s plan
just think… he literally doesn’t need to tie you down or anything for it. it’s a whole fight, filled with mean words and tears on your part, but given his strength and training, it’s still far too easy for him to strip you down, pin you to the bed with one large hand holding your wrists tight above you head, and slot himself between your thighs
in spite of how much you fight him though, he’s met with your wet pussy when he presses his cock against you. he slides through your folds n let’s his cock gets coated in your slick n his tip keep bumping into your little clit just so he can watch you bite your lip to fight off whimpers and moans
ugh and when your cute hole just opens right up for him when he starts pushing into you and you’re still managing to stutter ruthless insults his way, he teases you, “does this turn you on, mi amor? fighting me like this? because i promise, what you’re feeling right now is going to feel ten times better if you decide to be a good girl and bend over for me the next time.”
… despite the fact that it has you clenching around his cock and gushing slick onto his balls, that makes you spit in his face because as if you’d submit to him, but that just has him grabbing your jaw n forcefully opening your mouth to spit into it just to prove a point
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Honestly, with time and distance, I'm sure Ian laughs about his Gay Jesus era. It was wild but setting a van on fire in the name of social justice is admirable. 10/10 would support Gay Jesus irl.
ok but honestly i would support gay jesus too. i mean, this is controversial, and believe me i do NOT condone literal arson- but his intentions and dedication were admirable and overall i think that gay jesus did more good than harm (besides the arson). i could definitely see ian laughing at himself for it later on and mickey teasing him about it, it has been a little over five years since gay jesus happened, so i’m sure ian would be over it by now. i honestly always wonder if post-10x05 ian ever got recognized as gay jesus, or if ian still has a ton of social media followers. i think he must and i think that mickey laughs at him everytime it’s brought up.
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Ok. Ok. I’m sorry I know that Maya saying that Nya never had to make a big sacrifice was foreshadowing to the end of seabound but. I seriously got so furious when she said that. What do you MEAN she’s never had to make a big sacrifice? You admitted you don’t know anything about her and you refuse to acknowledge the time you spent apart from her and how that affected her.
She sacrificed her CHILDHOOD and you don’t think that’s ENOUGH? I will bet every cent I own that she studied for days upon weeks upon months upon YEARS sacrificing time she couldve spent BEING A KID so she could get top marks and pass school with flying colors so that Kai didn’t have to worry about it. I bet she helped as much as she could before Kai pushed her to just focus on school. I bet she couldn’t make friends because she was “the weird kid” and only built machines and studied and helped out her brother.
Her and Kai had to raise themselves and they were the only person the other had that they knew cared about them AND YOU THINK SHE HASNT MADE A BIG SACRIFICE JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT KIDNAPPED???
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