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#BlackGirlsRock : There’s No Place Like Home

There’s nothing like feeling like you belong. And last night, I felt just that. #BlackGirlsRock accepted me and I didn’t need a secret password.

Shay M. Lawson, EsqMar 301 min read

The End of #BlackGirlMagic

The narrative of Black women as angry, dominating, never married, hyper sexualized, and less than has permeated American culture in the worst ways for decades. The hashtag #blackgirlmagic challenges those perceptions by highlighting the incredible accomplishments of African…

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Raina J. JohnsonFeb 163 min read

In The Age of Blue Ivy: Raising “Woke” Black Children

Obvi, We're The LadiesFeb 193 min read

A Story About Black Hair And Self Love

A few months ago I watched the highly underrated movie Beyond the Lights. In the opening…

helesetalksMar 111 min read

What Kind of Black Are You?

Joel Leon.

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I am the kind of Black woman who understands but doesn’t really care about the importance of Beyonce.

I’m the kind of Black woman who capitalizes Black because it’s more important than white, and who has to also say woman behind that Black.

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Adebukola AjaoMar 182 min read

If You Braid My Hair, You’re Being Intimate With Me

Black girls we’ve all been here before! Sitting smack dab in the center of the universe while a master artist turns our manes into glorious braids, twists, or locs. Black girls don’t give each other enough credit for the magic that we…