She isn’t even running. Just like many other media-loving Americans, I was watching the Golden Globes on Sunday night when Oprah “The-closest-thing-we-have-to-royalty” Winfrey accepted a lifetime achievement award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in front of the who’s who of Hollywood. The speech brought down the room, reminding everyone why the program’s host Seth […]
The anticipation of being profiled makes me hyper-vigilant—my palms sweat, my heart begins to race, and my stomach cramps at the thought of having to enter a store. Of the many troubling experiences a black person will face in their life, racial profiling ranks among the most pervasive. Whether it’s being mistaken for an intruder […]
Some women want children, some don’t, some don’t find the right partner, others are biologically unable to have children. But no matter how much has changed, women continue to be viewed through the motherhood lens. Abused children. Abandoned animals awaiting adoption at rescue centers. Young girls who are married off as children in countries that […]
Black women have been conditioned to be their brother’s keepers—and have allowed themselves to be perpetual victims by doing so. Sixty percent of black girls have experienced sexual abuse at the hands of black men before reaching the age of 18, according to an ongoing study conducted by Black Women’s Blueprint. Additionally: 1 in 4 […]
