Why Are White Women Eating Their Own Placentas?

Is it a healthy practice or a form of cannibalism?

Stephanie Leguichard
An Injustice!
Published in
6 min readMar 23, 2021

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Photo by Ashley Graham — Wikimedia Commons

In a classic episode of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” Kim plays a jarring prank on her family. She serves them each a slice of bright red mystery meat for dinner — but she only tells them it’s a human placenta once it’s already in their digestive systems.

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Writer, editor, leftist activist. Endlessly fascinated by the complexities of human minds and cultures. Completing my MA in Anthropology. sleguichard@gmail.com