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Still not over last summer!! ✨ We’re thrilled to announce that TWELFTH NIGHT, directed by Saheem Ali, has been nominated for the Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play, along with a Distinguished Performance nomination for the incredible Lupita Nyong’o! Huge congrats to everyone who made this incredible return to Free Shakespeare in the Park possible!Photos by @jennyandersonphoto

Did you donate $50+ to Make Fibroids Count? 💜 You’re invited to our livestream gathering this Saturday (4/4)! I’ll be on with you live, along with the brilliant @drshirazian, a leading medical expert on fibroids. Watch the video to see what we have planned, and follow the below steps to RSVP. See you Saturday!! 🍇🍊🫐🍋1. Check your inbox (and spam!) for an email from info@foundationwomenshealth.org or support@gofundme.com.2. Click “Register” to get your Zoom link.➡️Qualify but missing your invite? Email info@foundationwomenshealth.org and they’ll send you one.*This program is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your physician, OB-GYN, or another qualified healthcare provider before making decisions about your health, medications, or treatment.*Eligible donation period: February 25 to March 31, 11:59 PM PDT.*The event schedule and speakers are subject to change without notice.

WE DID IT!! 🎉🎉🎉 Because of your generosity, your advocacy, your willingness to speak openly and boldly, we have reached our goal of funding the first FWH x Lupita Nyong’o Uterine Fibroid Research Grant! 🙌🏿🙏🏿🫶🏿Because of you, @foundationwomenshealth will be able to fund a proposal from scientists, who are researching minimally-invasive or non-invasive treatments for fibroids. This is one step forward of many that need to be taken to close the research gap in fibroids and women’s health. But today my heart is full. When I started this campaign, my dream was to bring women together and empower us to take action towards the solutions we long to see. We did that. 💗I will have more to share soon but for today:Thank you for giving.Thank you for fundraising.Thank you for sharing your stories.Thank you for believing that women’s health deserves urgent attention and investment.Thank you for Making Fibroids Count. 🍋🍊🍇🫐🍈#MakeFibroidsCount #Fibroids #ResearchMatters #WomensHealth

3.6 years. That’s how long it takes on average for fibroid symptoms to be treated. Not diagnosed. Treated. That’s potentially over one thousand days of discomfort, pain, missed work and quiet suffering before a woman gets help and relief. A big reason why is that women have been taught to normalize their pain, and medicine has failed to invest in understanding this disease. The two things reinforce each other, and both need to change. Doctors can only work with the tools and knowledge available to them. When research is underfunded, those tools are limited, and it’s the patients that pay the price in years.Research can change this. Here’s what that could look like: a blood test or imaging scan that catches fibroids before symptoms spiral; a non-surgical treatment option that means a woman doesn’t have to choose between her fertility and her relief; a doctor who recognizes the signs early enough to intervene. Right now, too many of those possibilities don’t exist or aren’t widely available, because the research to develop and validate them hasn’t been done. That future is within reach, but only if we fund our way to it.The #MakeFibroidsCount fundraising campaign exists to make that future real, through education and research funding. Give today at MakeFibroidsCount.org. Every dollar is a vote for better options. #Fibroids #FibroidResearch @FoundationWomensHealth

My friend @rizahmed has birthed an ARTISTIC GEM with his new show BAIT on Amazon Prime. If you are looking for a smart, funny, thoughtful, well-shot, and deliciously-performed experience, BAIT is for you. The cultural specificity of a world we rarely see on screen should only make you want to move this up your watchlist. I went to a screening of the first 3 episodes with my friend @itsnanamensah, and we were smiling and laughing all the way through. When the credits rolled all I could think was, “I’m so glad I get to watch that again!” If you can’t tell already, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND BAIT, especially to those in search of a pick-me-up experience. Out March 25th!

Proud of my buddy @jessetyler Ferguson for how scrumptiously he embodies Truman Capote in his one-man show Tru 👏🏿⭐️❤️

Fibroids don’t discriminate; they affect women of every race, but the numbers don’t lie: Black women are disproportionately affected, and we need to talk about it. ➡️Black women are 3x more likely to develop fibroids earlier, in greater numbers, and with more severity, and 7x more likely to need surgery. None of us asked for this, but being informed is one of the most powerful things we can do. 🍈🫐🍊🍇➡️Whether a fibroid is the size of a pomegranate seed or a cantaloupe, the impact can be devastating. A tiny seed-sized fibroid in the wrong location can cause life-altering pain. A melon-sized one can mean serious surgery. And with fibroids often showing up earlier and hitting harder, they can steal years from our lives.So, where do we go from here? Here’s what has helped me: 1. KNOW YOUR FAMILY HISTORY.Talk to the women in your family: grandmothers, mothers, aunts, sisters. What you’ve been calling “a bad period” might be more, and sharing that history with your doctor could mean earlier detection for you, and better options for the next generation.2. FIND YOUR PEOPLE AND TAKE ACTION. Link arms with other women and say out loud: *we will not keep normalizing women’s pain.* I’ve partnered with @foundationwomenshealth to launch a research grant focused on less invasive fibroid treatments. Donate today and support the effort at MakeFibroidsCount.org.3. KNOW THIS: IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT. We’re not taught about fibroids. Women’s health is stigmatized and minimized all the time. Release the blame. Not for a single minute should you carry that.#MakeFibroidsCount #FibroidResearch

SINNERS OSCAR WINNERS! So happy for RYAN!! MICHAEL!! AUTUMN!! LUDWIG!! 🏆🏆🏆🏆Big YESSSSSS 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 on your well-deserved ACADEMY AWARDS! Last night, when we heard each of your names called, friendship, artistic collaboaration and personal achievement were on full display. I loved to see you do this together and I’m so proud of each one of you ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Major Congratulations! #Oscars

For anyone who’s ever been told fibroids are “normal” or just a “small inconvenience” of being a woman: Navigating these hidden growths, and the very real ways they shape our daily lives, can be overwhelming and isolating. I took these photos to make the invisible visible, and to find a more artful way to push back against that trivialization. 🍈🫐🍊🍇Fibroid advocacy has made me feel less alone and more empowered, and that’s been especially true with #MakeFibroidsCount. We’re at the halfway point, and I’m grateful for everyone who has linked arms with us, donated to research, and shared their stories. Together, we can make fibroids impossible to minimize, and inspire new thinking and better care. We are worthy. 💜 MakeFibroidsCount.org (link in bio) #ResearchMatters #Fibroids

I bore my fruit for fibroids, now women everywhere are baring theirs. 🥹💜🍇🫐🍊 Change happens when we bring what’s hidden into the light, share what matters most to us, and come together to solve the problems that are closest to our hearts.This #InternationalWomensDay, please make a donation to fibroid research at MakeFibroidsCount.org. Give for yourself, for the next generation, and to honor the women in your life 💜Sending hugs to all the women around the world who are beautifully and courageously sharing their fibroid stories🍊🍋🫐🍈🍇 Taking action to fund research through #MakeFibroidsCount has been inspiring for me and I wish that for all who get involved. 🫶🏿Join the movement and make a donation at the link in bio. Every dollar makes a difference. Every story breaks the silence. Every post challenges the status quo.#Fibroids #WomensHealth #ResearchMatters

📣 Just because millions of us are dealing with fibroids doesn’t make it normal or okay. For too long I normalized my own pain, and told myself it was just part of being a woman. It’s not. And I’m no longer allowing that kind of talk! Nobody should.We are one week in to #MakeFibroidsCount, a campaign announcing to the world loud and clear that we deserve better when it comes to fibroid care. 💜 Ready to get involved? Go to the link in bio to learn more, and make any donation that you can to research. Your dollars help fund a research grant for scientists seeking less-invasive and non-invasive fibroids treatment 🙏🏿 MakeFibroidsCount.orgSending gratitude to everyone who is chipping in and spreading the word. And thank you to @tgvwearswhite and @wecanwearwhite for this conversation – watch the full video on their Instagram.#MakeFibroidsCount #FibroidAwareness #WomensHealth #ResearchMatters

What I ordered ➡️ What I got Today is my birthday, and it’s got me feeling reflective. Not about age, but about a different number: 77. Over the course of my lifetime, I have carried 77 uterine fibroids: 25 surgically removed, and more than 50 still growing inside me today, the largest the size of an orange. (Swipe to see my MRI ‼️) This is not a rare story. It is just a rarely told one.I have endured seasons of constant pain, losing dangerous amounts of blood each month, and suffering in silence. In this image, I’m holding 77 fruits, as a symbol for each fibroid, to make visible the weight that I, and millions of women like me, carry every day.Last year, I broke my silence. The response was overwhelming: women everywhere reached out with stories just like mine. That’s why I launched #MakeFibroidsCount, to raise funds and awareness for uterine fibroid research. 🍋🍊🍇🫐So, my birthday wish is a world where no woman has to suffer through fibroids untreated, undertreated, or unheard. To get there, we need research. And research needs funding.Will you give a gift that truly matters? Link in bio to donate.Every dollar goes toward research that could change or even save a woman’s life. Maybe someone you love. Maybe someone you are… 🫶🏿Thank you for celebrating with me in the most meaningful way possible.💜MakeFibroidsCount.org#Fibroids #FibroidAwareness