blackwomeninmenopause
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PhD Student @ University of Exeter – Menopause Founder, Black Women in Menopause™️ | DWP Menopause Advisory Group | ISO Committee Member | Hwupenyu Health Board Member
PhD Student @ University of Exeter – Menopause Founder, Black Women in Menopause™️ | DWP Menopause Advisory Group | ISO Committee Member | Hwupenyu Health Board Member
#perimenopause #menopause isn’t a moment to shrink. It is a movement to rise. We choose purpose over popularity, truth over trends, and power over silence. Our voices matter. Our stories lead.
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#perimenopause #menopause isn’t a moment to shrink. It is a movement to rise. We choose purpose over popularity, truth over trends, and power over silence. Our voices matter. Our stories lead.
Behavioral science says we notice what’s salient. #perimenopause #menopause isn’t salient, until it is. For someone else.
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Behavioral science says we notice what’s salient. #perimenopause #menopause isn’t salient, until it is. For someone else.
Viewing #perimenopause #menopause alone is like reading one page of a novel and thinking you know the plot. The real narrative unfolds across the whole life course.
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Viewing #perimenopause #menopause alone is like reading one page of a novel and thinking you know the plot. The real narrative unfolds across the whole life course.
The goal isn’t to make #perimenopause #menopause louder. It’s to make the conversation wiser, weaving and threading every person’s experience into the conversations.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The goal isn’t to make #perimenopause #menopause louder. It’s to make the conversation wiser, weaving and threading every person’s experience into the conversations.
The landscape of #perimenopause #menopause is vast, fields of possibility, rivers of change, mountains of resilience. The challenge is simple: will you keep squabbling inside, or open the shade?
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The landscape of #perimenopause #menopause is vast, fields of possibility, rivers of change, mountains of resilience. The challenge is simple: will you keep squabbling inside, or open the shade?
Viewed through the life‑course lens, #perimenopause #menopause becomes a bridge, connecting health, productivity, and equality into one ecosystem.
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Viewed through the life‑course lens, #perimenopause #menopause becomes a bridge, connecting health, productivity, and equality into one ecosystem.
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There’s a #Menopause and #Autism online event happening in December.
Please find details in the link below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autism-men...
Please find details in the link below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autism-men...
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
There’s a #Menopause and #Autism online event happening in December.
Please find details in the link below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autism-men...
Please find details in the link below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autism-men...
Diversity in #perimenopause #menopause conversations isn’t optional, it is justice. When only one experience dominates, it silences others and widens health gaps.
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Diversity in #perimenopause #menopause conversations isn’t optional, it is justice. When only one experience dominates, it silences others and widens health gaps.
Behavioural insight: People don’t fear #perimenopause #menopause. They fear being unsupported, unheard, and invisible. That’s what needs fixing.
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Behavioural insight: People don’t fear #perimenopause #menopause. They fear being unsupported, unheard, and invisible. That’s what needs fixing.
We want a prescription for every #perimenopause #menopause symptom, as if we can grout over every crack. But maybe the cracks are where the light gets in.
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
We want a prescription for every #perimenopause #menopause symptom, as if we can grout over every crack. But maybe the cracks are where the light gets in.
We talk about #perimenopause #menopause like it’s an isolated event. But it’s really a chapter in a lifelong story. Puberty, parenting (if able to or wanting to), caring, ageing……… each stage threads into the next.
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We talk about #perimenopause #menopause like it’s an isolated event. But it’s really a chapter in a lifelong story. Puberty, parenting (if able to or wanting to), caring, ageing……… each stage threads into the next.
Irony is the song of a bird who has never left its cage.
#perimenopause #menopause voices deserve flight, not silence.
#perimenopause #menopause voices deserve flight, not silence.
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Irony is the song of a bird who has never left its cage.
#perimenopause #menopause voices deserve flight, not silence.
#perimenopause #menopause voices deserve flight, not silence.
Reposted by blackwomeninmenopause
Sharing this #menopause & #diabetes #research again for those who living in the UK. It would be great to have input from those in 🏴 & 🏴, those with #T2D, and those from #globalmajority backgrounds.
Please share with your communities
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ulster/uls...
Please share with your communities
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ulster/uls...
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sharing this #menopause & #diabetes #research again for those who living in the UK. It would be great to have input from those in 🏴 & 🏴, those with #T2D, and those from #globalmajority backgrounds.
Please share with your communities
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ulster/uls...
Please share with your communities
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ulster/uls...
Are you here to stand with people through the storm of #perimenopause #menopause, or just selling umbrellas now that the forecast looks profitable?
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Are you here to stand with people through the storm of #perimenopause #menopause, or just selling umbrellas now that the forecast looks profitable?
perimenopause #menopause advice often amplifies privilege: those already resourced thrive, while those needing real change, diverse voices, equitable care, inclusive research, remain unheard. Guidance shouldn’t exaggerate inequality, it should dismantle it.
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
perimenopause #menopause advice often amplifies privilege: those already resourced thrive, while those needing real change, diverse voices, equitable care, inclusive research, remain unheard. Guidance shouldn’t exaggerate inequality, it should dismantle it.
#perimenopause #menopause isn’t a test. There’s no grade, no gold star, no perfect way through. Just your way.
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#perimenopause #menopause isn’t a test. There’s no grade, no gold star, no perfect way through. Just your way.
We’ve spent billions making razors pink. But #perimenopause #menopause? Still treated like a footnote in a biology textbook.
November 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We’ve spent billions making razors pink. But #perimenopause #menopause? Still treated like a footnote in a biology textbook.
We don’t need more data on #perimenopause #menopause. We need more stories. Data tells you what’s happening. Stories tell you why it matters.
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We don’t need more data on #perimenopause #menopause. We need more stories. Data tells you what’s happening. Stories tell you why it matters.
Maybe the most radical act isn’t perfecting #perimenopause #menopauseBut refusing to apologise for it. That’s how culture shifts:, one imperfect truth at a time.
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Maybe the most radical act isn’t perfecting #perimenopause #menopauseBut refusing to apologise for it. That’s how culture shifts:, one imperfect truth at a time.
#perimenopause #menopause care in the UK isn’t broken. It was never built for everyone.
The APPG report exposes how people are being left behind. Want equality? Start with inclusion.
Want trust? Work with the people you’ve ignored.
Read the report ow.ly/44Hb50XjyW6
The APPG report exposes how people are being left behind. Want equality? Start with inclusion.
Want trust? Work with the people you’ve ignored.
Read the report ow.ly/44Hb50XjyW6
Rebuilding trust: Tackling inequity in menopause care - Wellbeing of Women
Menopause care is still failing to meet the needs of some of the most marginalised in society. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on menopause has gathered evidence revealing the barriers experi...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#perimenopause #menopause care in the UK isn’t broken. It was never built for everyone.
The APPG report exposes how people are being left behind. Want equality? Start with inclusion.
Want trust? Work with the people you’ve ignored.
Read the report ow.ly/44Hb50XjyW6
The APPG report exposes how people are being left behind. Want equality? Start with inclusion.
Want trust? Work with the people you’ve ignored.
Read the report ow.ly/44Hb50XjyW6
Many think #perimenopause #menopause is just about loss. But it can also be the moment you stop fighting for validation and start living for yourself.
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Many think #perimenopause #menopause is just about loss. But it can also be the moment you stop fighting for validation and start living for yourself.
#perimenopause #menopause isn’t a crisis, it’s a design feature. But we treat it like a bug because we built the workplace for 30-year-old men in suits.
October 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#perimenopause #menopause isn’t a crisis, it’s a design feature. But we treat it like a bug because we built the workplace for 30-year-old men in suits.
#perimenopause #menopause without diversity is like an orchestra with only violins. Loud, narrow, and unrepresentative of the real music.
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#perimenopause #menopause without diversity is like an orchestra with only violins. Loud, narrow, and unrepresentative of the real music.
Menstruation: whispered about in school.
#perimenopause #menopause: whispered about at work.
Maybe it’s time we stopped whispering?
#perimenopause #menopause: whispered about at work.
Maybe it’s time we stopped whispering?
October 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Menstruation: whispered about in school.
#perimenopause #menopause: whispered about at work.
Maybe it’s time we stopped whispering?
#perimenopause #menopause: whispered about at work.
Maybe it’s time we stopped whispering?
Menstruation to #perimenopause #menopause: the only marathon where the finish line is invisible, the rules keep changing, and the crowd pretends not to notice.
October 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Menstruation to #perimenopause #menopause: the only marathon where the finish line is invisible, the rules keep changing, and the crowd pretends not to notice.