PinnedBlack Women and the Manosphere"When I first started watching Fr*sh and F*t, K*vin S*mu*ls, I noticed that there's a part of me that gets satisfied by watching that. Like, yeah, yeah, you, —, you take those th*ts down, you take those —s down." Random redpilled disciple. "Every single one of his videos, well, they're…Black Women9 min readBlack Women9 min read
PinnedA Dish Served Cold: A Case of Misogynoir Gone Terribly WrongThe One TikTok Video to End Them AllBlack Women7 min readBlack Women7 min read
PinnedJust Pearly Things and the Flavor of BetrayalThe Black Manosphere thought it quite alright to let one of their favorites speak on black women until they found out just what she thought of them. And then it all stopped being so amusing. A Well-Trodden Path Once Kevin Samuel the so-called godfather went viral, it was only a matter of time…Racism8 min readRacism8 min read
PinnedWhat Has Hair Got to Do With It?…as black women, the world tries to make us feel like different means worse… But it breeds something special. It breeds magic… Naomi to Jojo Queens: Season 1, Episode 3 Once Upon a Tweet During one of my countless excursions in the Twittersphere, I stumbled upon a tweet in which a parent spoke about…Black Women10 min readBlack Women10 min read
May 23Of Blackness & The Chromatocracy: An Outbreak of Colorism in the TwittersphereTrigger warning: This post may contain Tweets which you may find hurtful. Reader discretion is advised. — It was the tweet that first drew my attention to the video. Who, I wondered, was ugly as hell? Who looked like…well, I simply refuse to use that term here — if only for the lasting peace of my immortal soul.Culture4 min readCulture4 min read
May 13Eboni and Iyanla: The Interview Which Opened the Floodgates of FuryThe Stirring of the FloodwatersBlackLivesMatter7 min readBlackLivesMatter7 min read
Apr 12African Americans Don’t Have a Culture — A Myth DebunkedIt was an assertion which left me puzzled the first time I came across it. About African Americans not having any culture. But what is culture? Isn’t it, simply put, the shared experiences of a group of people expressed through their food, music, interactions, and beliefs with each other? A…African American10 min readAfrican American10 min read
Apr 6Afrobeats and Black Female RepresentationOf Dreams and Unexpected Turns She was beautiful with a complexion of rich brown chocolate. But more than being beautiful, she was talented too, and she sang her heart out. It was in my opinion at least, a performance which should have at the very least earned her the smiling approbation of the presiding judge. …Afrobeat6 min readAfrobeat6 min read
Apr 3Stones in the Marketplace: When a Lack of Empathy Not Only Becomes Shameful but CruelI was browsing Medium idly when I came upon an article declaring black women had “shapeshifted”. My hackles went up at once. Because I knew from experience the article was likely to be a negative one. Yet, being naturally possessed of a great deal of curiosity, I clicked on it…Racism3 min readRacism3 min read
Published inZORA·Apr 2Just Pearly Things — Of Self-Inflicted Wounds and Lessons to Be LearntWhat can we learn from the storm which has rocked the Black manosphere and their fandom over Just Pearly? Once upon a time, the Black manosphere couldn’t get enough of Just Pearly Things. …Black Women5 min readBlack Women5 min read
