By: Melcina Martin “Long Live the Carefree Black Girl” We’ve all heard the lovely expression: “Carefree black girl.” It...
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When Saying No, Meant No To Me, but Yes To Him: Facing My Sexual Assault Head On
By: Sista’ Africana First off, I would like to provide a trigger warning, as this piece will be centered around sexual assault and consent. By...
Are We as Women Partly Responsible for Emotional Objectification from Potential “Lovers?
By: Shaunese Johnson “Most men don’t see us as human beings, potential friendships. We are sized up for consumption of some sort, then discarded...
How Racism at My School Led Me to Love My Blackness
By: Kayla McDowell Before I start, let me just be honest for a second. I’ve gone through a big portion of my life hating my skin color. I think now...
When the Voice and the Face Don’t Fit
By:Sam Carbon It has been called “thin slicing” by psychologists, and it has to do with the infamous first impression. The practice of “thin...
Redefining My Image of “Pretty” and Opening My Eyes to the Beauty of Black Hair
By: Sia Once a month I have an epiphany. I completely reassess the way I have been living my life as of that moment and decide, against the glow of...
Self Love Is the Best Love
By: Bianka Belmas “Self love is the best love.” Everyone has heard of this quote and if you haven’t well you’ve heard it...
Accustomed To, Is Not Revolutionary
By: Bri Watts I grew, believing I had nothing to fight for. My parents lived with me and had steady jobs (albeit their psyches were not steady). I...
Being a Black Writer and the Pressures of Writing “Black”
By: Janita Pegram The lack of diversity and roles available for people of color, is an issue prominent in the entertainment business these days...
My Experience with Realizing that the Person I Loved Was Ashamed Of Me Because Of My Race
By: Nadira Jamerson When I was younger and people would ask me what ethnicity I was, I would always made sure to tell them that I was mixed-”Oh...
