Wisdom

updated from June 9. 2025 It’s so tricky out here these days… Let’s make something abundantly clear: Being an ally to a group, a cause, or a community does not …

updated from February 15 2026   One of the hardest lessons many women learn is this: Love does not require you to ignore what your eyes, your body, and your …

updated from July 27 2023 One of the biggest myths about manipulation is that it always looks aggressive. Sometimes manipulation looks like confusion. Instead of yelling, threatening, or making demands, …

For generations, women have been told they were imagining “it.” You can fill in the blank for millions of untold “it” things. “If you speak up, you’re difficult.” “If you …

Note: Rape victims are not at fault for being raped. She went to Dr. Becker likely trying to piece together the ordeal. This is a really good video! I was …

updated from June 2025 This history is not symbolic. It is specific, embodied, and carried forward through language. For many Black American women, forced renaming has never been a side …

  Updated from November 2025 How hard is it to just say “mothers and…..?”   In 2024, Black women had a maternal mortality rate of 44.8 deaths per 100,000 live …

  If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others. -Michelle Obama (Why Black women must speak for ourselves, gatekeep our image, …

Calling Things by Their Proper Name: Honoring Dr. Angella Dorothea Ferguson “The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.” — Confucius Sometimes the most powerful change …

  You have no business waiting for anyone to confirm that you are in danger. Believe yourself the first time.   updated from November 11 2025 Lena Baker was the …