Category: Music
How Vanessa Williams Overcame Bias and Industry Backlash to Reinvent Herself—and Win Anyway
This is how you do it!
It was 1984. Vanessa Williams was su [...]
Valaida Snow: The Black American Jazz Star Caught in Nazi-Occupied Europe
There are some women history remembers only halfway. It r [...]
🎶 Playlist: Songs That Speak the Truth — Domestic Violence & Survival
Sometimes music is the only thing brave enough to say what we’ve been [...]
🎤💰 Money, Respect & the Woman’s Mic: Black Women’s Songs About Money, Power, and Respect
updated from April 2025
"We're supposed to pretend that if we are "go [...]
Gratitude to Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon
updated from February 1, 2025
Music is healing.
Music is [...]
Stay Woke: When a Warning is Turned to a Punchline
Watching language warning about life or death flatten into [...]
Misogyny Is Not a Virtue: When Harmful Attitudes Are Framed as “Values”
"Equality and kindness" do not require or justify
the abolition of w [...]
Black History Month Means Honoring the Humanity of the Women Who Loved Us Here (Musical Playlist Included)
updated from 2/2/ 2025 Without Black women, the miracl [...]
Power UP! Lauryn Hill and Doechi at Jazz in the Gardens
updated from March 9 2025
You didn't ignore the neighborhood [...]
Eve’s Legacy Is More Than Music—It’s a Blueprint for Reinvention
Eve is more than a mic and a moment—she’s a one woman movement [...]