Imani Gandy Cane 🎅🏾
@angryblacklady.blacksky.app
3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | co-host of Boom! Lawyered podcast | Host of B*tch, Listen podcast | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America🏳️🌈
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Judy Reyes on ICE Raids, Humanity, and the Power of Storytelling
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Now that you’ve survived Thanksgiving small talk, it's time to treat yourself:
my interview with Judy Reyes is out and it’s a damn good listen. We got into ICE raids, immigrant families, community power—and some Scrubs nostalgia.
You definitely missed this while eating pie. Please give a watch!
my interview with Judy Reyes is out and it’s a damn good listen. We got into ICE raids, immigrant families, community power—and some Scrubs nostalgia.
You definitely missed this while eating pie. Please give a watch!
The way headaches just ruin your goddamn life.
I saw my doctor yesterday and she ordered an MRI which I'll get today. At least it's probably not a tumor since I just got a brain MRI in September. What are the chances I developed a tumor in two months. Pretty slim I'd say
I saw my doctor yesterday and she ordered an MRI which I'll get today. At least it's probably not a tumor since I just got a brain MRI in September. What are the chances I developed a tumor in two months. Pretty slim I'd say
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The way headaches just ruin your goddamn life.
I saw my doctor yesterday and she ordered an MRI which I'll get today. At least it's probably not a tumor since I just got a brain MRI in September. What are the chances I developed a tumor in two months. Pretty slim I'd say
I saw my doctor yesterday and she ordered an MRI which I'll get today. At least it's probably not a tumor since I just got a brain MRI in September. What are the chances I developed a tumor in two months. Pretty slim I'd say
This is my semiannual reminder that you should watch Merlin.
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is my semiannual reminder that you should watch Merlin.
This is incredible
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is incredible
hard to overstate how bad this is for discrimination against everyone but white people.
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
This makes facially neutral policies--like poll taxes and literacy tests--that we know were adopted for discriminatory purposes legal. Organizations can now simply claim there was no discriminatory intent regardless of outcome. It's unconstrained institutionalized racism.
They're just taking an ax to the Civil Rights Act
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
hard to overstate how bad this is for discrimination against everyone but white people.
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
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This makes facially neutral policies--like poll taxes and literacy tests--that we know were adopted for discriminatory purposes legal. Organizations can now simply claim there was no discriminatory intent regardless of outcome. It's unconstrained institutionalized racism.
They're just taking an ax to the Civil Rights Act
Department of Justice Rule Restores Equal Protection for All in Civil Rights Enforcement
Today, the Justice Department issued a final rule updating its regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights of 1964. This rule ensures that our nation’s federal civil rights laws are firmly grounded...
www.justice.gov
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This makes facially neutral policies--like poll taxes and literacy tests--that we know were adopted for discriminatory purposes legal. Organizations can now simply claim there was no discriminatory intent regardless of outcome. It's unconstrained institutionalized racism.
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Nothing worse than signing an email "warm regards" and getting a reply with "warmest regards". Oh, now it's ON.
"kindest regards" alright alright calm down
December 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Nothing worse than signing an email "warm regards" and getting a reply with "warmest regards". Oh, now it's ON.
just gonna complain my life away
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
just gonna complain my life away
Whatever is causing this dumb headache it's not dehydration because I drank 128 oz of water yesterday. I almost had Portia drive me to the ER at midnight but I didn't want to deal with the cost and I didn't think the headache was bad enough even though it was really really bad. *grumble*
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Whatever is causing this dumb headache it's not dehydration because I drank 128 oz of water yesterday. I almost had Portia drive me to the ER at midnight but I didn't want to deal with the cost and I didn't think the headache was bad enough even though it was really really bad. *grumble*
Never hurts to get your language right to be more inclusive
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Never hurts to get your language right to be more inclusive
It's 4:45 and I don't have a headache. It's a miracle. I focused on neck stuff today. It seems to have worked. 🤞🏾
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's 4:45 and I don't have a headache. It's a miracle. I focused on neck stuff today. It seems to have worked. 🤞🏾
I wrote this thread in a fury. I neglected to note that trans men also need knowledge about menopause. As do nonbinary people.
Back to your regular scheduled annoyance at the patriarchy
Back to your regular scheduled annoyance at the patriarchy
If they hadn’t burned all the witches and midwives back in the day, we’d probably know more about perimenopause and menopause right now. We know fuck all about a condition that half the population goes through because men are a bunch of plonkers*
*not all men**
**but most of them
*not all men**
**but most of them
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I wrote this thread in a fury. I neglected to note that trans men also need knowledge about menopause. As do nonbinary people.
Back to your regular scheduled annoyance at the patriarchy
Back to your regular scheduled annoyance at the patriarchy
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Listen as a certified doula and homebirth mom as soon as peri hit I turned to my Black birthworker community for support and advice
If they hadn’t burned all the witches and midwives back in the day, we’d probably know more about perimenopause and menopause right now. We know fuck all about a condition that half the population goes through because men are a bunch of plonkers*
*not all men**
**but most of them
*not all men**
**but most of them
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Listen as a certified doula and homebirth mom as soon as peri hit I turned to my Black birthworker community for support and advice
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I do find it interesting that one of the reasons for the earliest abortion bans in America is because doctors wanted to end the competition they received from midwives.
If they hadn’t burned all the witches and midwives back in the day, we’d probably know more about perimenopause and menopause right now. We know fuck all about a condition that half the population goes through because men are a bunch of plonkers*
*not all men**
**but most of them
*not all men**
**but most of them
December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I do find it interesting that one of the reasons for the earliest abortion bans in America is because doctors wanted to end the competition they received from midwives.
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Also, it occurs to me that some of the women could have been burned *because* of perimenopause. Personally, I know there are some days when I feel possessed by demons (for justifiable reasons).
If they hadn’t burned all the witches and midwives back in the day, we’d probably know more about perimenopause and menopause right now. We know fuck all about a condition that half the population goes through because men are a bunch of plonkers*
*not all men**
**but most of them
*not all men**
**but most of them
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Also, it occurs to me that some of the women could have been burned *because* of perimenopause. Personally, I know there are some days when I feel possessed by demons (for justifiable reasons).
Hahaha
listen I support hydrating but do we really need to drink an entire baby per day??
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Hahaha
Portia got me this ginormous water bottle that has time stamps and words of encouragement like "keep chugging" and "don't give up." I'm hella hydrated y'all
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Portia got me this ginormous water bottle that has time stamps and words of encouragement like "keep chugging" and "don't give up." I'm hella hydrated y'all
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FUCK YES!!!!! Time to start a monthly donation!
Democratic state Sen. Julie Gonzales on Monday announced she is running to unseat U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in 2026, aiming to ride a wave of liberal and progressive dissatisfaction with Democratic leadership to an upset primary victory.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
State Sen. Julie Gonzales launches primary challenge against Sen. Hickenlooper | Colorado Newsline
Democratic state Sen. Julie Gonzales announced she is running to unseat U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in 2026.
coloradonewsline.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
FUCK YES!!!!! Time to start a monthly donation!
it's fewer. also bite me
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
it's fewer. also bite me
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I was thinking about this the other day as I scoured Google for an app to track my cycle without having a period. We lost a lot of recipes when good women had to go into hiding and hide their knowledge because a bunch of men couldn't handle smart women and shamed us for discussing our own bodies.
If they hadn’t burned all the witches and midwives back in the day, we’d probably know more about perimenopause and menopause right now. We know fuck all about a condition that half the population goes through because men are a bunch of plonkers*
*not all men**
**but most of them
*not all men**
**but most of them
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I was thinking about this the other day as I scoured Google for an app to track my cycle without having a period. We lost a lot of recipes when good women had to go into hiding and hide their knowledge because a bunch of men couldn't handle smart women and shamed us for discussing our own bodies.
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I just assume anything ailing me now is menopause related & anything I might do to intervene is both simultaneously indicated & contraindicated… And may either heal me or cause my immediate death.
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I just assume anything ailing me now is menopause related & anything I might do to intervene is both simultaneously indicated & contraindicated… And may either heal me or cause my immediate death.
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Case in point: I learned this by experiencing sciatica pain -- to the point of needing a cane to walk. Finally, an older woman friend (NOT a doctor) taught me the stretches and muscle building exercises to fix it. Modern medicine shouldn't rely on a freaking coffee klatch.
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Case in point: I learned this by experiencing sciatica pain -- to the point of needing a cane to walk. Finally, an older woman friend (NOT a doctor) taught me the stretches and muscle building exercises to fix it. Modern medicine shouldn't rely on a freaking coffee klatch.
Come sit with me if you want to complain all day lol
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Come sit with me if you want to complain all day lol
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Imagine if men hadn’t just taken over gynecological care and we’d had centuries of brilliant women to tell us how menopause makes you dumb, freezes shoulders, gives you hives for no reason, raises our core body temperature ten degrees, gives you headaches, makes your sciatica hurt (that’s a new one)
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Imagine if men hadn’t just taken over gynecological care and we’d had centuries of brilliant women to tell us how menopause makes you dumb, freezes shoulders, gives you hives for no reason, raises our core body temperature ten degrees, gives you headaches, makes your sciatica hurt (that’s a new one)