Disrupting Silence: A podcast for recovering perfectionists, ex-people pleasers, and folks looking to disrupt business as usual. Where the status quo is questioned, the overlooked gets recognized, and the unspoken things get said. Your host, Patrice, disrupts silence one episode at a time.
All these years, I asked "what if?" about my uterus. Finally, I learned I was right. In this episodes, I'm discussing my coming of age woes as the manager of a uterus that I've recently parted ways with. Listen in on a recollection of a life ruled by a dysregulated uterus. Spoiler alert: I'm estatic to be relieved of those duties.
Episode Chapters:
(00:00) Intro & Content Warning
(00:44) Historical Context of the Medical Exploitation of Black Women
(08:23) My Early Days of Menses
(12:19) Journey to Hysterectomy
(32:50) Grief, Acceptance, and Relief
Mentioned in the episode:
(https://spotify.link/YYROlQh2VCb)A History of Black Reproductive Justice (starting with slavery) (https://freedomcenter.org/voice/black-resistance-reproductive-justice/)
Research article on Henrietta Lacks (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3516052/ )
Forced sterilization on Black women & girls (https://www.mississippifreepress.org/the-troubling-past-of-forced-sterilization-of-black-women-and-girls-in-mississippi-and-the-south/ )
News article: New survey highlights inequities faced by Black women in Pittsburgh (https://penncapital-star.com/civil-rights-social-justice/new-survey-highlights-inequities-faced-by-black-women-in-pittsburgh/)
Full report: Pittsburgh's Inequality Across Gender and Race (https://www.pittsburghpa.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/bac/documents/eorc/10645__pittsburghs_inequality_across_gender_and_race_july_2020.pdf)
Misogynoir in Medicine (https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/misogynoir-in-medicine-how-bias-in-the-medical-field-places-black-womens-lives-at-risk/ )
Further Reading:
A less academic read on Henrietta Lacks (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02494-z )
Autonomy Revoked: The Forced Sterilization of Women of Color in 20th Century America (https://twu.edu/media/documents/history-government/Autonomy-Revoked--The-Forced-Sterilization-of-Women-of-Color-in-20th-Century-America.pdf)
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29 Dec 2025
We're Back!
Better late than never! Season 3 of the podcast is upon us, and there are new things to yap about. Follow/Subscribe to the podcast on your listening platform of choice.
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28 Sept 2024
Back from the Silence: Checking in from Life
A "here's where my head is at" episode.
Also, I heard yall got Eric Adams on heavy manners right now... God Bless NYC.
Mentioned in the episode: Ep. 10 - Psychology Terms I'm Begging You to Stop Using (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psychology-terms-im-begging-you-to-stop-using/id1686813443?i=1000663671641)
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