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A statue of J. Marion Sims is loaded onto a New York City Department of Parks & Recreation truck after being taken down from its pedestal bordering Central Park on East 103rd Street on April 17, 2018. Photo credit: Getty Images,

A prominent statue of Sims in New York City’s Central Park was removed in 2018, but the Alabama monument remains in place, its removal prohibited by the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017. Activists continue to call for the statue’s relocation to a clinical museum site planned for 2026. /end

Statue of J. Marion Sims on the grounds of the State Capitol Building in Montgomery, Ala. Photo credit: Mickey Welsh, Montgomery Advertiser. There's another monument dedicated to Sims in Columbia, S.C.

Not far away, on the grounds of the State Capitol Building, stands a monument honoring Sims. Browder, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the American Medical Association have called for the relocation of the statue to the site of his former office for more appropriate historical context. /7

“Mothers of Gynecology,” a sculpture composed of pieces of mixed metal welded together, by art activist Michelle Browder. Photo source: nausetinterfaith.org.

In 2021, art activist Michelle Browder created a sculpture dedicated to the three known women, Anarcha, Betsey and Lucy. Called “Mothers of Gynecology,” the sculpture is composed of pieces of mixed metal welded together. It stands on a quiet street in Montgomery, Ala. /6

An engraving demonstrating the Sims vaginal speculum.

Although Sims claimed these women were “willing,” true consent was impossible due to their status as enslaved people. He leased or purchased them to maintain complete control over their bodies. Tools still used today, such as the speculum, were developed directly through these experiments. /5

A scene from the play Behind the Sheet by Charly Evon Simpson, which blends fictional characters with facts from Sims’s life and work.

Lucy nearly died from sepsis (blood poisoning) after Sims experimentally used a sponge during a surgery that lasted more than an hour while nearly a dozen other doctors watched. Betsy was also subjected to multiple unanesthetized surgeries as Sims tested various devices and techniques. /4

"Dr. James Marion Sims and Nurse Repairing a Vesico-vaginal Fistula Patient," by J.B. Léveillé, 1870. The colored drawing appears in Henry Savage, The Surgery, Surgical Pathology, and Surgical Anatomy of the Female Pelvic Organs, 2nd. ed. (London: J. & A. Churchill, 1870). Image courtesy of the Hagströmer Medico-Historical Library, Karolinska Institutet.

The names of most of the victims of these non-consensual gynecological experiments were not recorded, but history recognizes three primary women: Anarcha, Betsy and Lucy. Anarcha was a teenager who endured at least 30 surgeries as Sims refined a technique for repairing vesicovaginal fistulas. /3

J. Marion Sims, born in 1813, is considered by some to be the father of modern gynecology. Image credit: Universal History Archive.

Anesthesia had become available in the mid-1840s, but Sims did not use it when he performed these procedures. He subscribed to the racist myth that Black people did not feel pain in the same way as white people. When he later performed the same surgeries on white women, he used anesthesia. /2

A 1950s painting of Dr. James Marion Sims, by American artist Robert Thom, is the only known representation of Anarcha, Betsey and Lucy, three of the enslaved women Sims experimented on. Image credit: American Historical Association.

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Between 1848 and 1849, at least 12 enslaved African American women and girls were subjected to invasive experimental surgeries without anesthesia. The so-called “Father of Modern Gynecology,” J. Marion Sims, conducted these horrific experiments. /1

I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. 💙

…the US just sank a battleship, and refused to rescue the survivors…😳

The Dangerous Mismatch Between American Missiles and Iranian Drones The United States has only so many expensive munitions to send after Iran’s cheap and plentiful arms.

🚨 US, Israel & Gulf allies are using up scarce & costly munitions at an astounding rate. These losses can’t be replenished nearly quickly enough to avoid possible global repercussions, as Russia & China assess the war-fighting capacity that US holds in reserve.
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Senate Republicans vote down legislation to halt Iran war in Congress’ first vote on the conflict Senate Republicans have voted down an effort to halt President Donald Trump’s war against Iran. It demonstrated early GOP support for a conflict that has rapidly spread across the Middle East with no ...

D**kheads will grovel at his feet until the end of time! Graham has to go. Thune has to go! Every last republican boot licker needs to be retired. JFC. It’s an illegal war!

Senate Republicans vote down legislation to halt Iran war in Congress’ first vote on the conflict

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Sprawling investigation finds decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island A new report says Rhode Island Catholic clergy abused hundreds of children for decades, while church leaders minimized the scandal.

Why I left the Catholic Church over 20 years ago & why practicing Catholics should never have license over our children’s education. Never. How do they continue to excuse this?

Sprawling investigation finds decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island

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Screenshot of The i Paper How Putin is feeding Iran the blueprint for its most devastating attacks Tehran has launched more than 1,000 Shahed 136 drones at targets ranging from a landmark Dubai hotel to Britain’s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus Photo caption: According to one estimate, Iran has amassed a stockpile of as many as 80,000 drones ready to use against targets across the Persian Gulf (Photo: Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty) Iran is using technical and tactical feedback provided by the Kremlin from the Ukraine war to maximise the strike rate of the drones it is using to cause havoc across the Middle East in response to US-led bombing raids. Iran has launched more than 1,000 Shahed 136 drones at targets ranging from a landmark Dubai hotel and housing in Qatar to Britain’s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus as Tehran seeks to widen the conflict by striking at multiple targets in US-allied Gulf states and beyond.

‼️ Iran’s bombardment of its Gulf neighbours has copied a technique developed by Russia of combining the use of hundreds of Shahed drones with a smaller number of ballistic missiles to maximise aerial damage.

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US sinks Iranian warship far from Gulf, NATO destroys Iranian missile heading for Turkey — Reuters The U.S.–Iran war widened sharply on Wednesday after a U.S. ​submarine sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing at least 80 people, and NATO air defences destroyed an Iranian ballistic missile f...

This could be over very quickly if Congress would do its job. You have an incompetent, child rapist starting a world war to escape punishment for crimes against children.
Impeach or 25th Amendment him now! He doesn’t have a plan.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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1/ Everyone screaming “censorship” about EU digital rules is selling you a cover story. The real fight is about power: who gets to target you with political ads using your personal data, and who gets to do it without being seen. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

1/ A London Centric investigation is a case study in the Right Wing Hate Economy. Someone allegedly built a viral TikTok account by secretly filming inside London homes and inventing anti-immigrant “house tour” narratives with an AI voice. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

“You have turned the United States government against its own residents… You need to resign, be fired, or be impeached.”
Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Detaining U.S. citizens without charges is not enforcement. It is a constitutional crisis.

#SheShed #Voices4Victory

Nick's been showing up to listen to OR HD 52's rural & urban residents. That's why he's focused on affordable housing, healthcare for all, fair wages & economic development, & protecting Oregon’s environment. Swing district HD52 could decide control of the OR House.
www.nwpfororegon.com

#orpol

1/ If you want to understand biometrics in informational warfare, stop thinking “face scan to unlock a phone.” Start thinking identity binding. The goal is to tie a real human body to accounts, devices, and speech so information control becomes personal. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

The DOJ has been taking down Epstein files. Here's what remains. The massive tranche of files the Justice Department currently maintains is more than 65,000 pages shorter than what the agency initially released.

🚨 The DOJ has been taking down Epstein files. Here’s what remains.

The massive tranche of files the Justice Department currently maintains is more than 65,000 pages shorter than what the agency initially released ⬇️
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Virginia Giuffre Memorial Garden installed right outside Buckingham Palace by @everyonehateselon.bsky.social

She's wasn't here to see the arrest of P̶r̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ Andrew, but don't let the world EVER forget Virginia Giuffre.

Andrew Windsor & Jeffrey Epstein tried to SMEAR her. But she demanded justice.

Democratic voters in Texas scramble to find polling place amid GOP-driven switch Early voting had been countywide and saw record Democratic turnout, but the switch to precinct-only locations left many voters showing up at the wrong spot and being turned away.

1/ Quick update. Over the last 7 days we have seen more signs that election “cheating” is going to look like paperwork, rules, and administrative traps, not just loud conspiracy talk. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Screenshot of The Telegraph The Ukrainian chatbot talking Russian soldiers into defecting ‘I Want to Live’ programme gives Putin’s men chance to become PoW rather than die in meat-wave assaults

‼️ Russian soldiers make first contact through a chatbot on Telegram. The Ukrainian team responds & alerts units operating in the area.

‼️ Ukrainian forces work to verify the soldiers’ identities then map a complex extraction from behind enemy lines.

Gift link: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/e12557a...

There Are 47,635 Epstein Files Offline for Review, DOJ Says Among the unreleased documents are a woman’s unverified allegations against President Trump.

‼️ The DOJ has withheld more than 40,000 files of documents from the Epstein files, including FBI documents that detailed a woman’s unverified allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump.

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Graphic congratulating the Texas U.S. Senate nominee. The image shows a man in a suit standing in front of a campaign sign that reads “Talarico for Texas.” Large yellow text says “Congratulations Texas U.S. Senate Nominee” and “Time to unite and take the general.” The Reformers logo appears at the bottom.

Texas chose a nominee. Now we unite and win. 🔥

Russia’s War Beyond the Battlefield: Europe’s Hybrid Threat Wake-Up Call - VSquare.org The war has tested Ukraine’s resilience while exposing Europe’s lack of preparedness. It has revealed serious gaps in Europe’s awareness of hybrid threats and created new openings for Russian interfer...

🚨 'Even before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin supported far-right and far-left movements across Europe to advance its strategic goal of fragmenting the EU, because a divided Europe is far easier for Moscow to influence.'
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