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Beer Drinking Bros Versus An Ancient Native and Black Cemetery

Jun 3, 2021

Beer Drinking Bros Versus An Ancient Native and Black Cemetery

Jun 3, 2021

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The Covid-19 Job Pivot: Black Women Prep For New Gigs

We’re not going back to “normal.”

May 12, 2021

The Covid-19 Job Pivot: Black Women Prep For New Gigs

May 12, 2021

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Black Girls in Trader Joe’s Normalizes Shopping In Niche Grocery Stores

‘Never should — in 2021 — a Black woman ever feel uncomfortable going to a store that provides a service or a product that is essential’

Mar 3, 2021

Black Girls in Trader Joe’s Normalizes Shopping In Niche Grocery Stores

Mar 3, 2021

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It’s Time to Shut Down Plantation Weddings and Rethink Plantation Tourism

Are we close to reconciling the relationship between horrific history, capitalism, weddings, and slavery?

Aug 10, 2020

It’s Time to Shut Down Plantation Weddings and Rethink Plantation Tourism

Aug 10, 2020

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The Lineage of ‘Lemonade’

From Ma Rainey to Beyoncé, here are the ladies who tell it how it is

Jun 24, 2020

The Lineage of ‘Lemonade’

Jun 24, 2020

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The True Story Behind ‘Freedom,’ the Peak Black Girl Song of the 1990s

Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams, Angie Stone, Aaliyah, and Joi were among the artists who sang the lead track from 1995’s ‘Panther’

May 21, 2020

The True Story Behind ‘Freedom,’ the Peak Black Girl Song of the 1990s

May 21, 2020

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We All Have the Same Therapist

Six degrees of separation doesn’t always exist for women of color searching for a mental health professional

Dec 18, 2019

We All Have the Same Therapist

Dec 18, 2019

My Year of Yes

In just a bit, it’ll be a new year. As usual, folks are buzzing about their resolutions, goals and such, reflecting on the last 364 days…

Jan 11, 2016

Jan 11, 2016

BEYONCE Turns Two, Still Flawless

Two years ago today I was sleeping peacefully in my bed when my eyes popped open sometime around 1 a.m. I couldn’t go back to sleep, so I…

Dec 13, 2015

BEYONCE Turns Two, Still Flawless

Dec 13, 2015

Chasing Andre

On Thanksgiving Eve Erykah Badu dropped “Hello,” a collaboration with her old love and artistic spirit animal, Andre 3000, and the Internet…

Dec 1, 2015

Chasing Andre

Dec 1, 2015

Alisha Tillery

Alisha Tillery

I love words, music and jokes. I write. @clutchmagazine, @EBONYMag, @xojanedotcom & others. PR pro by day, writer always. Reach me at Alisha.Tillery@Gmail.com

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