Why Relationship Status Shouldn't Define Black Women
I wrote a letter to myself, during my senior year of high school, that still makes me smile. In it I expressed my joy of finally being...
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Aug 23, 20213 min read
As The Reckoning Continues
If you’re on social media for any considerable amount of time, at some point you’ll come across someone still questioning if we, as a...
Aug 2, 20212 min read
When Belief Means Something More
Oprah says many people are held back from becoming who they were meant to be by shadow beliefs and feelings of unworthiness. Microsoft’s...
Jul 26, 20212 min read
Let Black Women Live
In the 1937 book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston said that like mules, Black women carry the w wishes on their backs....
Jun 14, 20212 min read
Writing Is The Freedom I Didn't Know I Needed
It’s a Sunday morning. I’m drinking coffee from one of my infamous mugs, enjoying the sun beaming through the window, and waiting for...
Apr 22, 20212 min read
Her Name is Ma'Khia Bryant
As the verdict was being read early Tuesday evening in the murder trial of George Floyd, 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was being shot and...
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Here's Where It's Safe to Take Off Your Mask
In the midst of a divorce many years ago, I found myself weighed down with anxiety and depression. I reached out to family and friends...
Mar 15, 20213 min read
Ignorance Is Still Not Bliss, Sharon
We’ve all had some time to process Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, as they dropped bombs of racism and just...
Mar 8, 20212 min read
International Women's Day: Recognizing All Women
Women’s History Month began as a one-week celebration in March 1982. After being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project,...
Mar 1, 20212 min read
When You're Really Just Trying to Survive
As a writer, you never know when or if you’ll get that big break. You write and write and pray that someone out there will take notice of...
Feb 18, 20212 min read
You Are Your Best Thing
There’s a moment in Toni Morrison’s book Beloved when male character, Paul D, tells the main female character, Sethe, “You are your best...
Jan 25, 20213 min read
When Black Women Lead: Michele Ghee
There are Black women who speak truth to power every day, and Michele Ghee is one of them. She is the new CEO of Ebony and Jet magazines,...
Nov 9, 20203 min read
Thank You, Black Women
As we look back over this year, it can be safely said that it’s been rough. We had to endure the loss of basketball legend Kobe Bryant,...
Oct 26, 20203 min read
Hair Can Be A Killer (Spoiler Alert)
"Bad Hair" is a comedy-horror that explores the stereotypes Black women face when it comes to their hair, and a weave goes terribly wrong.
Oct 5, 20203 min read
What Meg Said
Megan the Stallion's performance definitely made a statement for the protection of Black women and injustice.
Sep 28, 20202 min read
The Importance of Electing Black Women
When we elect Black women, we save ourselves. Period.
Sep 21, 20202 min read
Selective Hearing Of Black Women
It's time to start hearing and trusting the voice of Black women.
Sep 17, 20202 min read
The Putting On of Blackness
Black women don't have the luxury of taking off our Blackness when it's convenient.
Sep 7, 20202 min read
5 Podcasts That Will Change Your Outlook on Life
Sharing 5 podcasts (all created and hosted by Black women) that will completely change your outlook on life.
Aug 24, 20203 min read
The Significance of Kamala Harris
Black women have rallied around Kamala Harris, but not Black men. Why her nomination is significant for us all.
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