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
Published in ZORA·Mar 12Maegan Hall, Black Men, Historical Flashbacks…and a Strange Demand for Black Women’s SupportThe Story So Far In light of the scandal which broke two months ago regarding certain goings-on at the LVPD, Tennessee, the one person at the epicenter of the maelstrom decided she wasn’t going down without a fight.Racism7 min readRacism7 min read
Mar 9Maegan Hall, Black Women and the Sin of EveTwo Sides of the Mirror With memories of Tyre Nichols fresh on the minds of the global black community, it wasn’t long before the police were in the news again. This time for news of gross misconduct within the ranks. Married cop Maegan Hall was found to have had an affair with not one individual…Feminism7 min readFeminism7 min read
Jan 28A Dish Served Cold: A Case of Misogynoir Gone Terribly WrongThe One TikTok Video to End Them AllBlack Women7 min readBlack Women7 min read
Jan 2Passport Bros and African Women -Revealed Truths, Possible ConsequencesThe first time I stumbled across a video like it, I had been combing YouTube for commentary on Imeh Udoka and his affair with another employee of the Boston Celtics. The title struck me at once and I clicked on it and listened to a soft-spoken South African woman admonish…Anti Blackness6 min readAnti Blackness6 min read
Dec 24, 2022Derrick Jaxn: A Social Media Tempest of Epic Proportions and the Need to Protect Black WomenPrecisely one year and nine months after Derrick Jaxn’s serial infidelities set YouTube on fire, the internet erupted once more like Mount Vesuvius. Triggered by none other than the man, himself. The catalyst? A black-and-white image of the relationship guru with his wife in his arms on his Instagram page…Derrick Jaxn4 min readDerrick Jaxn4 min read
Dec 14, 2022Meghan Markle: Victim or Calculating Race Hopper?“…before that, many people didn’t really treat me like a black woman…” It’s no secret. Rachel Meghan Markle is big news. Perhaps more so than her husband, Henry Charles Albert David, the second son of the House of Windsor. The proof? Her latest three-part documentary detailing her life as a…Harry And Meghan6 min readHarry And Meghan6 min read
Dec 14, 2022What Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton, and Prince Andrew, Have to Do With Each Other.The media storm around the Duchess of Sussex, means someone else can get to lead a rather tranquil existence at her expense. The question is, who? Rarely has a member of the royal family been constrained to endure persecution on a worldwide scale like the Duchess of Sussex. In light…Meghan Markle5 min readMeghan Markle5 min read
Dec 10, 2022Of Beauty and Desirability: A Surprising Case StudyDiscovery and Silent Jubilation I’m always overjoyed to see black women thriving. So when I stumbled on her YouTube channel and saw the views her videos had racked up I jubilated silently. …Black Women6 min readBlack Women6 min read
Nov 30, 2022Mixed Kids: Does the Mother Matter?I once came upon a discussion in cyberspace discussing a post from Reddit. To cut a long story short, it was about a woman who was routinely made to feel unwelcome by her in-laws. Further questioning revealed the lady in question was a mixed-race individual. At which point a Twitter…Black Women9 min readBlack Women9 min read
