blackwomeninmenopause
@blackmenopause.bsky.social
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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
When #perimenopause #menopause was dismissed, some of us spoke up. Now that it’s marketable, everybody now seems to be selling megaphones.
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
When #perimenopause #menopause was dismissed, some of us spoke up. Now that it’s marketable, everybody now seems to be selling megaphones.
The difference between advocacy and opportunism? Advocacy stands in the storm. Opportunism waits for the sunshine #menopause #perimenopause
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The difference between advocacy and opportunism? Advocacy stands in the storm. Opportunism waits for the sunshine #menopause #perimenopause
Are you planting seeds for long-term change, or just picking the fruit now that it’s ripe? #menopause #perimenopause
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Are you planting seeds for long-term change, or just picking the fruit now that it’s ripe? #menopause #perimenopause
The Joy Retreat
For Black women only. A space to exhale. Unapologetic.
Details:
10 spaces · 7 days · 4–11 May 2026
If you’re a Black woman navigating any stage of #perimenolause #menopause, this may be the space you crave.
Choose you
@thekarenarthur.bsky.social
For Black women only. A space to exhale. Unapologetic.
Details:
10 spaces · 7 days · 4–11 May 2026
If you’re a Black woman navigating any stage of #perimenolause #menopause, this may be the space you crave.
Choose you
@thekarenarthur.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The Joy Retreat
For Black women only. A space to exhale. Unapologetic.
Details:
10 spaces · 7 days · 4–11 May 2026
If you’re a Black woman navigating any stage of #perimenolause #menopause, this may be the space you crave.
Choose you
@thekarenarthur.bsky.social
For Black women only. A space to exhale. Unapologetic.
Details:
10 spaces · 7 days · 4–11 May 2026
If you’re a Black woman navigating any stage of #perimenolause #menopause, this may be the space you crave.
Choose you
@thekarenarthur.bsky.social
#perimenopause #menopause is not a performance. You don’t need to “do it right.” You only need to be, however that looks for you.
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
#perimenopause #menopause is not a performance. You don’t need to “do it right.” You only need to be, however that looks for you.
The problem with #perimenopause #menopause isn’t the biology. It is the branding. If men went through it, it’d be called “The Hero’s Transition” and come with a loyalty card.
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The problem with #perimenopause #menopause isn’t the biology. It is the branding. If men went through it, it’d be called “The Hero’s Transition” and come with a loyalty card.
Study wants your story, because quitting HRT shouldn’t be a mystery. Be heard, and get a £10 shopping voucher. Your experience counts #perimenopause #menopause Contact the team email 📥 taper@contacts.bham.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Study wants your story, because quitting HRT shouldn’t be a mystery. Be heard, and get a £10 shopping voucher. Your experience counts #perimenopause #menopause Contact the team email 📥 taper@contacts.bham.ac.uk
If menstruation were a startup, #perimenopause #menopause would be the acquisition. Everyone talks about the launch. No one discusses what happens after the founders cash out.
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
If menstruation were a startup, #perimenopause #menopause would be the acquisition. Everyone talks about the launch. No one discusses what happens after the founders cash out.
#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.
Reposted by blackwomeninmenopause
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.