Youth

In many Black families, eldest daughters are celebrated as leaders, protectors, and role models. But behind that honor often lies a heavy, unspoken truth: eldest daughters are expected to carry …

Hateful people say, “So you all are just these magical people walking around knowing everything hunh.”   Sometimes…… we do not have the words for what we see but we …

I wasn’t deeply familiar with this young woman prior to watching the Lifetime movie. I’m a bit out of her target age range. But being a teenager and then enjoying …

1. The Distortion of Cooper’s Vision Some have taken Cooper’s line to mean that Black women must always be the “gateway,” carrying everyone else on their backs. That it’s our …

And we know how people feel about strong women. It is deeply disrespectful to violate women’s boundaries. Boundaries are not optional; they are expressions of dignity, safety, and humanity. When …

We need less focus on aesthetics—less chatter about who’s worn braids, who’s styled locs, and who can trace it back to their culture. That conversation is convenient.Safe.Detached. It’s a neat …

Let’s talk about something that happens all too often—especially to women, especially to Survivors. Someone insults us.Mocks us.Lies about us.Disrespects our identity, our womanhood, our power, our pain. And then—days, …

They say it’s a “cash grab.”They roll their eyes.They whisper behind hands.They ask: Why didn’t she just go to the police? But we know better. We’ve lived it. We know …

In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision around parental rights and school curriculum, the conversation has grown louder. But beneath the noise, something sacred happened—children spoke up. Some …