Dr. Leanne Levers (she/her)
@drleannelevers
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Political Scientist 👩🏾🎓Co-founder of @dopeblackwomen👸🏾 Advocacy & Communications 🗣 Author ✍🏾Womanist 💜.
London, Kingston
Joined June 2009
Baba is for every Black girl who was told to be quiet while bleeding. For those who buried parts of themselves to make others more comfortable. For those still building in the wreckage.
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Why didn’t anyone tell me that back spasms were so painful!.
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They don’t apologize, don’t change, but still expect forgiveness.
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Did you know that there is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime, and some research indicates that many countries with the death penalty have higher murder rates than those without it?
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God Bless you. #IYKYK.
“But you can learn how to take a loss better. Thank you so much. Great job. Great play.”. *smiles brightly, walks off*. Black women >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Patriarchy is the tree. If the roots stay poisoned, the fruit will always rot. Women have been tending the fruit for centuries, but the soil is still toxic. If men don’t start digging at the roots, nothing changes.
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A few months ago, after a reading I did at the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica, an older woman approached me and said: “Things will never change until mothers raise their sons differently.” My...
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When Al Pacino filmed the Godfather, he was 32. Simonetta - who played Apollonia, was 18.
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There has to be a better way to campaign than these dumb ass environmentally destructive streamers and banners that no one is going to remove after the election is over.
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RT @kingcloz: Jada Kingdom is one of the best lyricists in dancehall actually….
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RT @itsjusttra: Amanda Seals is better than me. I would’ve absolutely started every response with “Okay… well, you’re stupid”.
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Who still puts picka peppa sauce in their patties?.
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In places where abortion is heavily restricted, the rates of unsafe abortions — and resulting complications — are significantly higher. Legal access is correlated with better maternal health outcomes, lower mortality, and more support for people to make informed decisions.
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Friendly reminder: Banning abortion doesn’t stop abortion — it just makes it unsafe. Access saves lives.
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RT @suebellaC: My goal in life is to do one pullup unassisted. .
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Imagine having a cancer scare and continuing to smoke cigarettes. Wild.
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Sometimes I complain when my trainer asks me to do something. Just for the sake of complaining.
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