By: Aysia Bly Have you ever been in a bathroom full of drunk girls? I mean it is like a 360 from...
Category - Life as a Black Girl
Lessons My Absentee Father Taught Me About Love – And Myself
By: Reyona Hammond My dad is my twin, seriously. We both have the same birthmark, the same...
The Follies of DWBB (Dating While Big and Black)
By:Hafeeza Shahid For many, dating is a magical experience. Going out, deep gazing into each...
You’re Not in the Country Anymore: Rural Missouri to LA Edition
By: Sidney Apolonio The minute I turned and walked away from my mother in the St. Louis airport...
It’s OK Not to Be Okay: How I Learned About Vulnerability in the Midst of Heartbreak
By: Dashae’ Coley-Epps Although it was a windy night in the middle of December, I walked home...
How my Gap Year Taught Me About My “Privilege” as a Black Woman
By: MarKeicha Dickens “Privilege” is a word that is used often in social justice spaces. Now...
To Be Beautiful, Bold, and BLACK on Television
By: Isabella Ntigbu When watching television as a child, I always tried to find the character that...
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...
Explaining My Blackness to My White Father
By: Amber Canty I am a black woman, I will always be black and nothing can change that. I...
Who Says You Can’t? How I Found My Place in a White Sorority
By:Shaina Hall I’m sure whoever said ‘sisters for life’, didn’t envision a black...
