Musings

Facilitator, Educator, Full Spectrum Doula, Lover of all things Food and Farm.

[bilenberhanu]

PSA: every four years for about four weeks, I morph into another being that lives and breathes futebol and futebol only. Yes, there is much fuckery in sports. Yes, there is much madness in the world. Yes, my life is in shambles. And...for a brief moment, I will rejoice in witnessing the beautiful game. I will lose my voice screaming in bars across the city. I will cry and maybe kick over trash cans in public. I will only wear Seleção Brasileira colors. I will drink a lot of seltzer with bitters and twist of lime. I will hug and/or high-five complete strangers. I will not stop obsessing over every detail of every match. I will test the limits of our friendship (if we hang irl!) Do NOT @ me!

[thesoulfunkybrother]

- The beauty of Black Girlhood .

Paintings by Tawny Chatmon

[bilenberhanu]

We couldn't be more thrilled to sponsor this year's #milesformidwivesnyc event, coming up in Oct. We will take any and every opportunity to stand beside our midwifery partners. We are getting geared up to run the race too! So be on the lookout for our fundraising pages and get ready to donate. Can't wait to see you in the park! #supportmidwives

[bilenberhanu]

We excited to wish our August series participants happy birthing as we prepare to welcome a new group to our September #hypnobirthing series @lovechildyoga Link in bio! 📸 @doulabilen #hypnobirthingnyc #childbirtheducation #gentlebirth #calmbreathing #visualization #affirmation #metrohypnobirth (at Love Child)

[bilenberhanu]

🔥💥Boom!💥🔥that's the sound of @adriennemareebrown dropping the mic. Thank you for this gem, love! Get your copy of #emergentstrategy ASAP, so we can sit and talk through how we "engage in tension, but not indulge in drama." We are witnesses, advocates, guides, healers, teachers, facilitators, cheerleaders, dreamers, prayers, holders of space. How do we show up for this work? How do we stay whole? How do we see our small part of the big picture? #doula #birthworker #collectiveliberation

[bilenberhanu]

"Be like water..."

[bilenberhanu]

[littlealienproducts]

[ithelpstodream]

[hustleinatrap]

Mapped the last 20 years of big pipeline related accidents. Red dots indicate those that led to fatalities.

Reblog to save it. 

[zooophagous]

Reblogging this because I’ve seen a graphic going around with a mocking tone like “lol which of these pipelines is going to poison the water again?”

Well friend looks like the answer might actually be most of them! Pipelines have accidents that poison the water every year, all over the place! The reason DAPL was moved away from its original location was BECAUSE a major city worried about its water supply! This has been a concern in the planning from the very beginning! Stop being willfully ignorant because you hate protestors! The water poisoned may someday be your own.

[yayfeminism]

Siyanda Mohutsiwa on the rise of the alt-right.

[freedomjusticewarrior]

This is important people, this is how you troll an entire nation.

[blackgirlmentalhealth]

The mental health zines filling the gap that therapy doesn’t

From empathetic illustrations to helpful tips – here is a definitive list of the best DIY resources for self-care, support and intersectional debate.

[skunkbear]

Flowers are nature’s ad men. They’ll do anything to attract the attention of the pollinators that help them reproduce, and they taylor their displays based on the sensory capabilities of those pollinators. Bees can see visible and ultraviolet light, they have precise olfactory receptors, and now we know they can also detect electric fields.

Visible spectrum (photo). Particular bright colors and petal shapes attract particular pollinators. (Credit: Kevin Collins)

Ultraviolet (photo). Bees and other pollinators can see the ultraviolet end of the spectrum. They are guided by patterns on flowers that are invisible to humans. (Credit: Kevin Collins)

Fragrance plume (artist’s depiction). Bees follow specific odors to locate flowers and, once they arrive, use scent maps to move toward the center of the flower. Fragrance that clings to a bee provides information for other bees back at the hive.

Electric field (artist’s depiction). Flowers have a weak negative electric charge relative to the air around them. Different flowers have different electric fields, often with charge concentrated at the tips of the petals.

A new study shows that bees sense these electric fields because the static electricity moves tiny hairs on their fuzzy bodies. 

[npr]

The (electric) power of bees! 🐝⚡️ -Emily

[blackgirlmentalhealth]

Therapy Has A Race Problem

Across the country, access to mental health care is sadly not guaranteed: Roughly 20% of adults with a mental illness don't get the treatment they need. And it may even be worse if you're Black or working-class, a new study finds.

[rookiemag]

Friday Playlist: Still Magic

Songs of fantasy, imagination, and joy.

By Kennedy Freeman. Illustration by Mia Coleman.

[bilenberhanu]

Roses going OFF! I was happy to welcome back the summer time sheen aka sweat! The warmth is everything. Happy weekend y'll!!! #summasummatime #rosesarered #yaaaasss

[communicants]

Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami, 1994)