By Jennifer R. Farmer Following 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden’s ‘You Aint Black’ comment during an interview with The Breakfast Club’s Charlamagne tha God, numerous people commented that he needed to appoint a Black woman as his vice president. While this reaction is understandable, let us be clear about what…

Stop Volunteering for Stuff By Jennifer R. Farmer Watch out if people look to you as the person who gets things done, the person who is efficient, reliable, and infallible. …

Virtually everything about the coronavirus is gut-wrenching, life-altering and plan-shattering. Yet, there is one thing it will bring that has me sighing with relief: The pandemic will force us to reckon with our relationship with beauty and the beauty industry. The beauty industry is the enterprise that focuses on the…

What the controversial reactions can teach us about listening to and respecting Black women — Twenty-one years ago, when an ultrasound revealed I was carrying a baby boy, I cried. I knew his life in America would be hard. I knew this nation could chew Black men up and spit them out. I didn’t want him to experience that sort of mutilation. Eighteen years later…

Anyone can harbor sentiments of anti-Blackness, including Black people — Anti-Blackness isn’t just the domain of prejudiced White people. People of color can experience marginalization based on race and still harbor anti-Blackness. A Black person can feel the sting of racism and also be a purveyor of bias and harm towards other Black people. In case you think this is…

‘Tis the season to focus on your happiness and well-being — If you have ever battled depression, you know that happiness and feeling good are not to be taken for granted. …

I was stunned to read about NBA player Patrick Patterson referring to Black women as bulldogs. Patterson, who is Black, responded to an Instagram user’s questioning of his choice to marry a white woman by referring to Black women as bulldogs. He doubled-down on his attacks against Black women by…

Who Will Cry for Ashaunti, Laniya and Dominique? By Jennifer R. Farmer Ashaunti Butler and Laniya Miller, both 15, and Dominique Battle, 16, died on Thursday, March 31 when the car they were in dove into a retention pond near a cemetery in Pinellas County, Fla. News reports allege the…

Crystal Hamilton, Black Women and Domestic Violence Could Crystal Sheree Hamilton have known her high school sweetheart, Ronald Hamilton, would be her demise? Would it matter if she did? On a recent stroll through my neighborhood in Northern Virginia, 18 miles from where Crystal Hamilton was killed, these and other…