The beat of the band becomes hands on your hips, & you forget about gravity.

Look at all these people around us. Each with a set destination, a place where people are waiting for their arrival: families, jobs, brunch

Papa says, where we come from, no one has the luxury of self-loathing—they are too busy rising from rubble & building castles with what lies

Whether you stay or not, —people are born, people die, people eat, drink, sing in the shower, clip their nails...

I’ll whisper, I love you—to myself, on his behalf.
 I’ll whisper, I love you—to my noisy, careless father,

I can’t stop imagining her, a child asleep on soft pillows with puffy clouds. Blue & purple butterflies with glittery wings.

I wanted to be the kind of girl who’d steal smokes from her mother’s purse & booze from her father’s cabinet.

I don’t always know who I am, but I know I’m not the kind of girl who can be contained in thick black eyeliner & lace underwear.

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Here’s a list of true-crime movies and shows you can binge-watch during the Coronavirus outbreak to escape daily stresses through narrative

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May these girl power anthems fuel your inner warrior goddess.

There are Black women in politics and law all over the United States, and we need to know who they are.

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Although Black women continue to face considerable obstacles to securing high-profile offices at both the state and national level, it's...

MJ Discusses "Reframing" on the New Haitian Generation

Papa sleeps better during the day because he’s haunted. Night haunted. And when the spooky things come—memories of his childhood...

These 15 movies explore the complexity of Black girlhood/womanhood⁠—how we see the world, ourselves, and each other.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History is hosting the 94th Annual Black History Luncheon and Author's Book Signi

Despite the obstacles Black women always find a way to show up and show out, breaking barriers in media, TV, film and music.

I'll share with you 100+ reasons why I love being a Black girl. What are yours?

The series explores the people, history and culture of the Haitian community and invites viewers to learn about the contributions of Haitian