Art Heals

updated from April 2025 “We’re supposed to pretend that if we are “good girls,” a “good man” will find us and give us everything that we want. About money. About …

 updated from 2/2/ 2025   Without Black women, the miracles of  Black history would not be possible.      So much of who I am, I owe to the women …

There are men who speak to women with deep disrespect — regularly. And we rarely show it honestly. Some folks will get offended if you joke about weight or relationships…but …

I grew up in a generation that was outside. Young people watching Stranger Things still ask, “Were 80s kids really outside like that?” Yesssssss. We didn’t have cell phones. We …

Patrick Swayze was more than a heartthrob. He was a force — a man who turned pain into rhythm, who moved through fire and somehow made it look like light. …

This is a mighty woman! She survives AND she does the work to heal. A mighty woman indeed. Check out these jewels in the form of lessons that she shares. …

Resistance Wears Many Faces Too often, when people talk about resistance, they point only to one image: bodies in the streets.  Specifically Black people in the streets. Only. Signs lifted …

One of life’s hardest lessons is this: you cannot reason with people who treat facts and reality as a personal attack. No matter how carefully you explain, no matter how …

  Eve is more than a mic and a moment—she’s a one woman movement.From Philly cyphers to global stages, from “Love Is Blind” to Emmy-winning co-host, and actress, from lyrical …

I got the opportunity to see Janet Jackson on The Velvet Rope tour but I did not see “What About” performed live. I saw this on HBO with millions of …