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NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare

The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.

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Battling the heteronormativity of sexual health

As a queer, Black women, Mary W is sick of the never-ending hetero-cycle of clinic appointments, where her needs and sexuality are always a surprise to the doctor. She calls for a revolution.

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What Black women do when the NHS fails them

Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.

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Don’t call me a strong Black woman

Her upbringing taught Jaydee Seaforth that she could never show pain or weakness, even when her internal distress was extreme. Find out how she learned to listen to her body.

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  • Lelt (Snake, Solomon Harris), of Gitwangak (Kitwanga), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Lelt (Snake, Solomon Harris), of Gitwangak (Kitwanga), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Noch Slak, wife of Captain Jack of Kisbyyoks (Kispiox), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Noch Slak, wife of Captain Jack of Kisbyyoks (Kispiox), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Captain Jack or Grizzly Bear Paw, medicine man of Kisbyyoks (Kispiox), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Captain Jack or Grizzly Bear Paw, medicine man of Kisbyyoks (Kispiox), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • The shore of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by S. Smith, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Shaman's charm of bone carved in Totemic British Columbia. North West Coast of America. Designs representing the Octopus and anthropoozomorphic bird. Abalone inlays in eyes. Hole pierced at top for pendant.
  • The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Two groups of graphic figures dancing in circles around a heart and a condom; advertisement for the Vanguard Project, a research project aimed at educating young men on safe sex by the British Columbia Centre of Excellence in HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph by John Ferrie, 1994.
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