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Depression and the Black Superwoman Syndrome
After reading the news of For Brown Girls creator Karyn Washington’s passing, I immediately went to tapping away on the...
After reading the news of For Brown Girls creator Karyn Washington’s passing, I immediately went to tapping away on the...
Sending my daughter out into the world without me is proving to be the greatest trigger of my anxiety, and...
One piece of advice I give young women most as they set their sights on marriage is to make sure...
As with every year, I’m enjoying the prom photos that I see as I scroll through my various social media...
Juan Valentine loves fly fashion, dope haircuts, and transforming lives through teaching yoga. He’s not your average yogi–a Black man...
Like many of The Purple One’s fans today, I woke up hoping yesterday was just a dream—that the world didn’t...
When I’m not writing, I proudly teach twenty-somethings at an HBCU. Doing so keeps me connected with youth culture and...
When I started locking my hair almost seventeen years ago, I was searching for myself. In fact, I was, as...
In 1981, Black, radical, feminist poet and activist Audre Lorde addressed a crowd at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference....
After tech executive turned feminist activist and author Sheryl Sandberg published her bestselling book Lean In: Women, Work and the...