Brittany Brathwaite is a reproductive justice activist, cultural organizer, and critical sociomedical scientist with a deep-seated commitment to supporting the leadership, organizing, and healing of Black women, girls, and nonbinary folks. She is the co-founder of Kimbritive, the unapologetic digital health platform revolutionizing sexual and reproductive health for Black women by Black women. Currently, she is a PhD Candidate in the Critical Psychology program at the CUNY Graduate Center studying reproductive health equity, Black feminist health and healing geographies, Black girlhoods, digital health humanities, and Black feminist place-making. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Women’s Studies from Syracuse University and a Master’s in Public Health and Social Work from Columbia University.
This dissertation project investigates how Black healthcare providers are building race-concordant, Black feminist models of reproductive care in response to growing inequities in a post-Roe landscape. Using Black feminist ethnographic and narrative methodologies, the study explores three clinics—Choices Memphis, Birth Detroit, and UCSF’s Black Womxn’s Health and Livelihood Initiative—to examine how providers weave social science, community knowledge, cultural practices, and Black feminist wisdom to improve reproductive health experiences and outcomes for Black folks. Through site visits and interviews, the project documents how Black-led clinics use spatial design, structural competency, and radical care approaches to counter reproductive oppression, stigma, and criminalization. Moving beyond conventional public health frameworks, this research reimagines reproductive care as a site of Black feminist place-making and collective action, offering evidence for how culturally grounded, structurally informed practices can transform reproductive healthcare for Black communities.