Category: Black Women
The Truth From Pam and Aunt Esther: Naming the Disrespect Women Were Taught To Ignore
There are men who speak to women with deep disrespect — regularly.
An [...]
Pam Taught Us Some Things: Why Tichina Arnold Always Deserves Our Love
I grew up in a generation that was outside.Young people watching [...]
Red Flag Alert: Unhinged Game Fans
Man Fatally Shoots Wife And Critically Injures Stepdaugh [...]
When Power and Control Speaks, It Uses the Same Language
"I get to treat you horribly because I have decided that you are less [...]
Before Social Media, Women Told Stories—Did We Forget How to Listen?
Before critique culture.Before hot takes.Before performance li [...]
Forced Sterilization Wasn’t a Mistake. It Was Misogyny and Racism Working Together.
"All they know about is slavery"
Do we? Or is that all you heard bef [...]
What Knowledge Are Black Women Assumed Not to Have?
Black women are often assumed not to know:
Our own history
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Who Gets Believed Without Footnotes?
People closest to power.
Belief, in our world, is not evenly distribu [...]
What Does a Feminism That Includes You Actually Require?
It requires wholeness, not performance.
A feminism that [...]
Why Are Black Women Always Told to “Educate” Others?
Because our knowledge is often treated as public property rather than [...]