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Black Women's Empowerment

Black Women Don’t Want to Be ‘The Help...

Dr. Danielle N. Lee, a biologist and a blogger for Scientific American, was called a “whore” for refusing an offer to work without pay. A ...
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Black Women and Benefits, We Don’t Get None,...

Question:  How do you know when you are happy?  Think about it for a minute. Do you smile more? Do you hum a tune?   However and whenever you f...
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Introducing “Fables for Thrivers”: The...

The Caged Bird and the Free Bird Once upon a time, there was a caged bird who would get weekly visits from a free bird. The free bird would fly far an...
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Should White Men Be Telling Black Women’s St...

The majority the dudes writing stories about black women were probably raised by single moms and think we’re not supposed to have a feminine bon...
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Black Woman Stages of Grief: The Acceptance Stage

This post is the long overdue conclusion to my series on the “Black Woman Stages of Grief”. You can see Part I and Part II here. I think t...
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Wear it Well Wednesday: The Color Red

I’ve got no time for fraidy cats so those of you who wish to continue reading in the comforts of your own routine and bored life may do so. The...
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Of Gold-Diggers, Womb-Guardians, And Why Black Wom...

If you never in your life want to hear a black woman either go off about why “she don’t need a man” or why it’s perfectly reas...
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Just Move On: Why Validation-Seeking In Black Wome...

I’ve become aware of recent kerfuffles where someone said/did something that could be construed as giving a negative impression of black women (...
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This Letter Right Here…

…Is why I do what I do, and endure what I endure. I don’t know how this little angel knew I needed this, but boy, did she make my week. DE...
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A Lesson In Bold Black Womanhood: No Explanations ...

I’ve talked in the past about being a bold black woman. One of the areas where black women often find themselves attacked is in their ability to...
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Lormarie on the ‘Muzzling’ of Black Wo...

I’ve been on a number of different forums where an interracially married black woman speaks of the hostility she faces from blacks, men in parti...
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Are They Kidding? The New Meme to Trap and Trick B...

Just when I think I’ve heard it all, then comes some new fresh hell to guilt and scare black women out of swirling. This one comes from a group ...
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Who Owns a Black Woman’s Womb?

Despite the fact that a lack of being married is usually the result of a man not asking, it has been typically expected that the black women bear sole...
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Miley Cyrus Isn’t the Only Dingbat Co-Opting...

Yes, as a white girl who is a protected species, she has the ability to pick and choose what part of "black culture" she wants, a la carte. And when s...
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