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…