Medical Bondage Afterword
The procedure that Owens was given without any form of anesthesia or numbing shot
What is cervix dilation?
The global health crisis that Lindsey used to start off the chapter
What is Covid 19
The health complication Serena Williams detailed experiencing during her first pregancy
What is a Pulminary Embolism?
The Reconstruction Amendments
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15 amendments
This physician, known for controversial gynecological experimentation on enslaved women, is referenced throughout the article.
Who is J. Marion Sims?
The well-known African American tennis player who had a near-death pregnancy, signaling how even wealthy African American women are poorly treated by doctors
Who is Serena Williams
The rate at which black women are more likely to die during childbirth than their white counterparts
3x more likely
Sheldon Cooper's roommate in The Big Bang Theory
What is Leonard Hofstadter
The author argues that Black women are still treated as these bodies assumed to tolerate more pain in medicine.
What are superbodies?
The term the author uses to describe the healthcare system that harms African American women
What is the Medical Industrial Complex
After her emergency C-section, Serena Williams had to insist on a CT scan and blood thinner treatment because doctors failed to immediately recognize symptoms related to this recurring condition in her medical history.
what are blood clots?
On what day in 2015 did Zayn Malik announce his departure from the band One Direction?
March 25th, 2015