REMIND Lab — Why Subscribe

You don’t need another newsletter.
You need an archive. A lab. A living record of what the system knew—and tried to forget.

Why Subscribe to REMIND Lab?

Because trauma has a brainprint.
What happened to us isn’t just emotional—it’s neurological. This lab documents how reproductive trauma changes the brain, the body, and the legacy of motherhood.

Because no one else is writing this.
REMIND Lab is original research, lived stories, forensic memory, and legal analysis centered on Black mothers. The research is not subjected to academic filtering or watered down for grants—it is just the truth.

Because I’m building a case.
I'm Zsanine R. Gross—mother, survivor, veteran, future psychologist, and future health law attorney. This lab is my protest and my evidence. I’m not waiting for someone else to publish me; I’m doing it myself.

Because you’ll receive

  • Deep dives into the neurological effects of trauma in pregnancy and postpartum

  • Policy breakdowns and legal insights that impact Black maternal health

  • Banned book analysis, archival storytelling, and forensic history

  • research you won’t find in journals—but should


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Free subscribers get:

  • Selected posts

  • First-look access to new research topics

  • Invites to storytelling reels and community discussions

Paid subscribers get:
🔒 Full access to:

  • All original research, essays, and annotated studies

  • Paywalled deep dives, banned book series, and forensic breakdowns

  • Research-in-progress updates and future publication previews

  • The inside circle of the Lab


The truth is more than content.

It’s recordkeeping.
It’s resistance.
It’s what happens when we stop asking and start documenting.

Join REMIND Lab.
The system was aware of this. And now—we’re reminding it.


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From reproductive trauma to dementia, REMIND Lab documents the full arc of Black women’s neurological and autoimmune decline—and the silence surrounding it.