By: Tyler Womack As I eagerly boarded the plane for Ecuador, my mind was filled with romantic...
Category - Life as a Black Girl
Overcoming Sexual Abuse: It’s Not Your Fault, It Never Was and It Never Will Be
By:Alex Being a black girl was never an issue to me, especially being lucky enough to be of...
Discovering My Mental Illness Abroad
By: Emerald Rutledge First, I would like to preface this piece by saying that I too am that...
Unlearning Internalized Misogynoir
By:Elise Nabelle As a dark skinned girl of African descent, having grown up in London with many...
Reflections on Self-Acceptance from Ms. New Booty
By: Paula Assou “Got a big booty, so I call her big booty.” “I found you Ms. New Booty.”...
How Much Black Does It Take to be Considered a Black Woman?
By: Zoe Hobson Growing up, I heard “what are you” more times then I can keep track of...
#MelaninEVERYDAY: Growing Up Dark and Loving It
By: Melissa Issa-Boubé Comments of my skin tone filled my childhood and adulthood. When I was...
A Brown Girl Trying to Find Makeup in a White World
By: Piper Lewis People constantly ask me where I come from- they’re expecting some interesting...
Why Don’t They Like Me? Discovering My Own Black Beauty
By: Sierra Sawyers I didn’t date at all in high school. A lot of the boys I went to school with...
“Just” Black
By: Breanna Y. I can remember my older sister coming home from school, with a smile on her face...
