Womanism/Feminism

“You looked fine.” “I saw you on television.” But what if that wasn’t me?What if I wasn’t on television? Maybe it was Will Smith. Or Oprah. Or Bill Cosby.Famous. Smiling. …

(No matter how many awards, episodes, or characters say otherwise) 🎭 Television Is Entertainment—Not Protection TV is not systemic change. TV is not a shield from injustice. TV is not …

🧨 The Dangerous Myth: “We Were All Getting Along”   From the 1980s through the early 2000s, a comforting myth took hold: “We were united.”“There was harmony.”“Everyone was represented.” TV …

Many believe the 1980s to early 2000s were a time of racial harmony in America, especially within the women’s movement to end violence. But for Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized …

Too many are hiding behind titles and faceless entities — the council, the board, the institute, the trust — when they make decisions that do not protect women and children.When …

Nurse Jennifer Melle was doing what few people would want to do: providing care — intimate, necessary, and skillful care — to a male prisoner convicted of child sexual abuse. …

Start Showing Up for the People Who Need It Most When someone is arrested for harming a child,we do not need adults jumping online or into rooms to signal: “I’ve …

Updated 8/3/25 So the latest update is that Jennifer Melle has been suspended. Extremely disappointing. She was providing care to a male prisoner.  Nurse Melle is a veteran professional who …

Black women don’t need a textbook to recognize fascism on this planet.We’ve felt it creeping under the door, showing up in church bulletins, classrooms, courtrooms, and dinner tables.We’ve survived it …

  Eve is more than a mic and a moment—she’s a one woman movement.From Philly cyphers to global stages, from “Love Is Blind” to Emmy-winning co-host, and actress, from lyrical …