So, it’s been a couple of days and I’ve had time to reflect on my experience at the Women’s March in DC. I don’t think I’ll ever fully be able to put into words everything that went through my mind or even know what to focus on. All the critiques I thought of have already…
Have you ever been present for an event that turned out to be a really great story but every time the story gets re-told it seems to be different? This is what happens when my mom tells stories. It’s different every single time she tells it, with fewer and fewer details and the remaining details […]
Sometime late last year and during the earlier months of 2016, people started comparing Donald Trump to Hitler. The purpose was obvious; who doesn’t vehemently hate Hitler? It follows, then, that you’d hate Trump after seeing the horrifying similarities he shares with Hitler. There were infographics,…
Monday author and advocate, Janet Mock announced via her Facebook page that she would be releasing a second book in collaboration with Atria. I am so excited to announce that I’m working on my next book "Firsts: A Memoir of the Twenties Experience" with Atria… Posted by Janet Mock…
Black hair has long been a topic of discussion, if not a cornerstone, of the Black community. It is an integral part of Black identity, especially for women. While our hair and what it means to us individually may be unique, what is universal for all Black women is that our locks are closely tied […]
In my years as an educator and scholar, I have learned that education can be both empowering and oppressive. Specifically, I have closely studied discipline in Black families, racism in children’s literature and how all these things impact educational outcomes. In 2014, Atlanta Blackstar published…
“Death is the sentence and your skin is the conviction” –King Keon Overnight, Karega Bailey’s “No Indictment” track dropped and was picked up by Urban Cusp, AllHipHop.com and various other online platforms. I had the honor of watching the video a few days before it premiered and all I could…
“Canonize the kids. I don’t believe in much anymore, but them. No one is safe, not even them. For St. Tamir, I don’t believe in religion, I don’t know what to believe in anymore, but maybe the kids.” – Damon Davis, Artist & Activist Damon Davis IG: damondavis// Twitter:…
