We lost another cartoon legend
Barry Caldwell, a veteran animator, director, and storyboard artist who helped shape countless iconic animated shows and films, has sadly passed away.
Thank you, legend. Rest in peace
in the 1850s, an enslaved woman named Anarcha Westcott was subjected to at least 30 non-consensual experimental gynecological surgeries. No anesthesia. No consent. Other enslaved people were forced to hold her down while she screamed. The procedures done to her were later credited with “advancing” gynecology, while the man who tortured her was praised as a medical genius for years. Anarcha wasn’t a footnote. She was a person. Her name matters. Her pain matters. And her story deserves to be told