Womanism/Feminism

You saw it too. I was watching clips from Jesse Jackson’s homegoing service. Then all of a sudden, people who openly despised this man and ALL that he stood for …

Many women can remember a moment when their instincts spoke clearly. A feeling in the stomach. A tightening in the chest. A quiet inner voice saying: something is not right. …

Across social media and public conversations, there is a pattern many Black women recognize immediately. When a crisis emerges somewhere in the world, voices appear demanding that Black women: organize …

Across social media and in political spaces, there is no shortage of advice directed at Black women. People encourage us to: speak more about this issue speak less about that …

  updated from November 18 2025 If the harm is sex-specific, the language has to be sex-specific.Especially for Black women.Especially in maternal health.   Black women have always understood the …

  updated from February 1, 2025 Music is healing. Music is power. Music has the power to change the world.   On many, many, many a day when danger, threats, …

updated from July 11, 2025 — Especially When We’re Still Doing Most of the Work for Less Pay This piece honors the fact that women perform approximately 76.2% of total …

  updated from November 9 2024 Never forgetting the pioneering mothers of environmental justice and those who identified its roots in racism. She Said: “If we want a safe environment …

Forget the people telling you: “There was racial harmony before we had a Black president.” “Before Obama all was great.” They are telling lies and there is NO truth residing …

So we have reached the place where the n-word is actually Black American people’s fault. And that is part of the cycle of harm. Evading accountability.  The concept of “the …