Dear Amy Siskind:How NOT To Do Feminism and Intersectionality. I Brought Receipts. PART II
White Feminism uses the “all the Black girls are picking on me” card. It weaponizes White tears.
Maxine Waters Is More Than The Cool Black Friend
This week after Congresswoman Maxine Waters spoke the uncompromised truth, and all broke loose. At an event at the Wilshire Federal Building, Maxine Waters said, “Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, […]
Please Stop Referring To Me As A Person of Color. I Am Black.
This blog has been on my mind for several months as I watched the narrative change around saying Black people suddenly turn to People of Color. I, too, got caught up in this phrase and used it in my writing as a way, I believed to be inclusive. […]
Black Women Have Warned You Time and Time Again…
Black Women have warned you time and time again! Do you want to know the trajectory of this nation? Listen to Black women! Do you want to know the health of this nation? Check the health of Black women. Black women are the foundation. Black women are the […]
This Is For Those Black Girls
This is For Those Black Girls For those Black girls that were told they were too fast, too grown. For those Black girls that had to swallow down pain and hide bloodstained panties cause Momma had to keep the lights on. This is for those latchkey Black girls […]
How Dumbed Down, Meek, and Quiet Do Black Women Need To Be?
Recently I had a conversation with a friend that told me that they had met a mutual acquaintance of ours. Because I am a very introverted person, I inquired as to who this friend was that we had in common. When they mentioned her name, I was stumped. […]
Why Are Black Women Always The Clean Up Woman?
“I didn’t have the luxury of only loving my own children. My own mother, I remember being blue. Blue from the dark of the morning. When the moon would still be up, she kissing me and my sisters on the eyelids, us pretending to be asleep. She going […]
Audio/Video: Black Women Do Not Exist To Save You (Spoken Word)
Black Women Do Not Exist To Save You Admittedly, I have said Trust Black Women a million times because as a Black woman, I believe we hold the solutions to so many problems in the world. However, over time the mood and meaning of this hashtag started […]
Black Women Do Not Exist To Save You
In a narrow win, Doug Jones has won the Senate race in Alabama. And by narrow, I mean less than 50,000 votes. So, before any of us break our arm off to pat ourselves on the back, remind yourself that this was a race between a man that […]
Kendrick Said He Likes an A$$ with Stretch Marks, And We Are Mad?
Anyone that knows me knows that I am a champion for women’s rights. I stand on the shoulders of many women throughout history that have fought and sacrificed for me to have advantages in life. I am a proud woman and a soul survivor. I am a mother […]