Black Women

Black Americans have seen this rhythm before. There are periods when Black American faces, voices, and stories become highly visible. Film. Television. Music. Publishing. Advertising. Fashion. News. Sports. Awards. Then …

Whether or not a woman on this planet has read feminist authors or understands what others mean by terms like “intersectionality” or the difference between “misogyny” and “sexual harassment,” one …

updated from April 18, 2025 In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism. -Shirley Chisholm …..(don’t ever let anyone tell you …

Sometimes, it helps to get to know the women and unwritten rules that guided their lives……Here is a video on dating rules from back in the 1970s day. Survivor Affirmations: …

One of the reasons I started this blog in the early 2000s was because of something I kept seeing after serving in many different roles within the movement to end …

It is a contradiction to restrict women’s opportunities, safety, or autonomy and then criticize the ways women adapt. If we want different outcomes, we must examine the conditions we as …

If you’re Gen X, you probably grew up hearing the name Strom Thurmond long before you ever heard the name Essie Mae Washington-Williams. For many of us, Thurmond was the …

updated from March 27, 2025 It is an age-old, exhausting pattern: expecting Black women to absorb the impact, soothe, cushion, and hold space for men and male biology, even at …

Some people judge Black women as if influence comes with a lifetime warranty on another person’s integrity… This is not a defense of Oprah specifically, but there’s a pattern here …

Who Were the Women of the WPC? Founded in Montgomery in 1946 by Mary Fair Burks, an English professor at the historically Black Alabama State College (now Alabama State University), …