Category: Black Women
Why a Woman’s “No” Is Not Oppression: A Womanist Perspective on Consent and Boundaries
Whether or not a woman on this planet has read feminist authors or und [...]
From Sisters of Yesterday: 20 Dating Rules Black Women Followed in the 1970s That Are Gone Now
Sometimes, it helps to get to know the women and unwritten rules that [...]
When Giving Up Women’s Rights Is Called Progress: 15 Questions Worth Asking
updated from March 23 2025There is a familiar pattern in [...]
Ida B. Wells Was One of America’s Earliest Anti-Sexual-Violence Advocates. It’s Time We Said So.
One of the reasons I started this blog in the early 2000s was because [...]
12 Ways That We Rob WomenâThen Judge Their Survival
It is a contradiction to restrict women's opportunities, safety, or au [...]
What Strom Thurmond’s Hidden Daughter Teaches Women About Care
If you're Gen X, you probably grew up hearing the name Strom Thurmond [...]
10 Ways Faux Concern About Cheek Swabs in Sports Does Not Protect Black WomenâIt Exploits Us
updated from March 27, 2025
It is an age-old, exhausting pattern: e [...]
âđ˝10 Ways Men Have Tried to Define Womanhood
updated from April 18, 2025
Men who seek power over women always want [...]
The Double Standard: Why Black Women Carry Everyone Else’s Accountability
Some people judge Black women as if influence comes with a lifetime wa [...]
How a Network of Black Women Educators Secretly Organized a Revolution
Who Were the Women of the WPC?
Founded in Montgomery in 1946 by Mary [...]