Historical Truth & Colonization of the Womb

1. Enslaved African women’s bodies were property under U.S. law
   
   

2. Gynecological experimentation (e.g. J. Marion Sims) was performed on Black women without consent
   
   

3. The “breeding” of enslaved women was economic policy, not biology
   
   

4. Black women were hypersexualized to justify abuse
   
   

5. Wombs were commodified, separating reproduction from love and agency
   
   

6. The Mammy, Jezebel, and Sapphire stereotypes all distort sexuality
   
   

7. Knowledge of these truths is necessary to reclaim dignity
   
   

8. Resistance came through abortion, poison, and midwifery sabotage
   
   

9. Black reproductive history is part of global reproductive injustice
   
   

10. The church often inherited colonial shame around Black sexuality
    
    

Anatomy, Health & Self-Knowledge

11. Knowing correct vulva/vagina anatomy is power
    
    

12. Every vulva is unique—there is no “normal” look
    
    

13. The vagina is self-cleaning and rarely needs products
    
    

14. Discharge, menstruation, and lubrication are sacred, not shameful
    
    

15. Learn to do self-exams (mirror, touch, familiarity)
    
    

16. Understand yeast infections, BV, UTIs, and STI signs
    
    

17. Cervix, uterus, and ovaries should be known as parts of sacred architecture
    
    

18. Hormones affect vaginal health (and emotions) throughout life
    
    

19. Menstrual cycles are cosmic and seasonal—track and honor them
    
    

20. Touching your own body with love is reclamation
    
    

Womb Wisdom & Ancestral Lineage

21. Your womb stores ancestral memory
    
    

22. Intergenerational trauma can live in the pelvic bowl
    
    

23. Healing can begin with womb journaling and yoni steaming
    
    

24. Black women were the original midwives and birthworkers
    
    

25. Reproductive health rituals existed before colonization
    
    

26. Lineage mapping can uncover how your foremothers gave birth
    
    

27. Prayer, breathwork, and song can activate womb healing
    
    

28. Your cycle can align with moon cycles intentionally
    
    

29. Shame, rage, and grief may surface—this is part of the journey
    
    

30. Every woman is a portal—life passes through you
    
    

Emotional Sovereignty & Boundaries

31. Sexual agency is your birthright
    
    

32. Consent is sacred, ongoing, and non-negotiable
    
    

33. Your “no” is holy and needs no explanation
    
    

34. Pleasure without pain is a basic right
    
    

35. Emotional manipulation around your body is a red flag
    
    

36. The body remembers what the mind suppresses
    
    

37. You are not required to perform or produce for love
    
    

38. Self-pleasure is valid, safe, and shame-free
    
    

39. You do not owe access to anyone, regardless of title or time
    
    

40. Respecting others’ boundaries is part of collective liberation
    
    

Fertility, Reproduction & Choice

41. Know how pregnancy happens, and how it doesn’t
    
    

42. Learn birth control options and fertility rhythms
    
    

43. Understand abortion history, legality, and resistance
    
    

44. All reproductive choices deserve respect
    
    

45. “Welfare queen” myths were state violence
    
    

46. Black maternal mortality is a crisis rooted in racism
    
    

47. Learn how to advocate for yourself at OB/GYN visits
    
    

48. Learn your family’s reproductive health history
    
    

49. Support Black birth workers and doulas
    
    

50. Explore natural family planning if desired
    
    

Sexuality, Pleasure & Sacred Union

51. Your sexuality is yours to define
    
    

52. There are many sexual orientations, expressions, and love languages
    
    

53. Pleasure is healing and not sinful
    
    

54. Explore erogenous zones with self-trust
    
    

55. Sex education should be decolonized, not fear-based
    
    

56. Black erotic traditions existed before colonial religion
    
    

57. Yoni eggs, dance, and tantra can reconnect you to sacred sensuality
    
    

58. Honor your turn-ons without shame
    
    

59. Love doesn’t require self-erasure
    
    

60. “Purity” culture was used to suppress power, not protect it
    
    

Media, Stereotypes & Unlearning Misrepresentation

61. Challenge media that sexualizes or degrades Black women
    
    

62. Learn the history of video vixen culture and its fallout
    
    

63. Recognize internalized shame from mass media
    
    

64. Deconstruct the myth of the “strong Black woman”
    
    

65. Don't confuse sexual confidence with exploitation
    
    

66. Seek media that celebrates Black femininity and wholeness
    
    

67. Refuse “pick me” culture and competition for male validation
    
    

68. Study how colonialism distorted African beauty
    
    

69. Reclaim your image through art, dress, and voice
    
    

70. Teach the next generation to critique media, not absorb it
    
    

Community Safety & Collective Healing

71. Talk about sexual harm openly and compassionately
    
    

72. Support survivors without judgment
    
    

73. Build accountability circles, not carceral responses
    
    

74. Understand the grooming and trafficking of Black girls
    
    

75. Know the signs of coercion and control
    
    

76. Teach children the correct names for body parts
    
    

77. Build intergenerational conversations about safety and sex
    
    

78. Create sacred space for communal womb healing
    
    

79. Center survivor stories in justice work
    
    

80. Your healing helps others heal
    
    

Spiritual Power of the Womb

81. The womb is a gateway to spirit and creation
    
    

82. African cosmologies honor the womb as divine
    
    

83. Ancestors may speak through your dreams, cycle, or womb pain
    
    

84. Womb breathwork connects you to divine feminine energy
    
    

85. Spiritual baths can cleanse old energy from sexual trauma
    
    

86. Menstruation is a time of vision and reset
    
    

87. The womb is a drum, a mirror, and a seed-holder
    
    

88. You are a temple—treat yourself as sacred
    
    

89. Connect to nature and plants that support womb balance
    
    

90. Protect your energy, body, and spirit from harm
    
    

Political & Social Liberation of the Womb

91. Fight for reproductive justice, not just reproductive rights
    
    

92. Challenge laws that criminalize Black parenting and pregnancy
    
    

93. Know your rights in healthcare spaces
    
    

94. Organize for Black maternal wellness
    
    

95. Uplift Black-led reproductive health orgs
    
    

96. Connect sexuality to land, liberation, and sovereignty
    
    

97. Honor Black trans women and non-binary folks in womb work
    
    

98. Make womb liberation part of your activism
    
    

99. Pass this knowledge on intentionally
    
    

100. Know: Your body is not the site of shame—it is the site of revolution.