Juneteenth Reflection
Intersectionality and the adversity that comes along with it on a daily basis have me not only recognizing how every day that I am still here is worth celebrating, but also vowing to live freely and authentically in all the ways my ancestors never got the chance to…
Believe Black Women The First Time
There is no “protect Black women” whilst victim blaming survivors, especially when the perpetrators of crimes against them are Black as well. There is no “protect Black women” while continuing to support people that harm Black women, in any capacity. The message it sends about how much we are valued seems evident, painfully clear…
On Replay: Tank and the Bangas’ Green Balloon
This album makes you feel like you’re floating, and your feet don’t even leave the ground. It reminds you that it’s okay to daydream; to treat yourself like a human being (instead of something that just produces).
#NotYourMeme: How the Memeification of Black Women’s Plight Does More Harm Than Good
I’m tired of the masses turning a blind eye to the correlation between the viral, internet abuses of Breonna Taylor and Megan Thee Stallion…
New to This vs. True to This
Living through gentrification feels like being routinely colonized. I haven’t figured out any other way to describe the term, or a lighter intro for that matter…
Revisiting Mereba’s The Jungle Is The Only Way Out
This album is powerful. Mereba understands heaviness, unpacking, and working hard to make your dreams come true. There are so many stages of reflection on your way to the top, especially with all of the adversity and obstacles that threaten intersectionality every single day…
Which Tone Gets Me Heard?
The term tone policing has been circulating for quite a few years now. Multiple events in Black culture have recently occurred though, that have now had the term both in our ears and all over our screens. Tone policing is…
Colorism: Prejudice Disguised As “Preference”
One of the ways the form of prejudice that is colorism has been perpetuated for ages, is simply calling it by another name, (i.e. preference) to conceal its disgustingly rooted bias. Colorism comes with history that explains why it has been a detriment throughout generations, and this criticism goes far beyond what you’re “just attracted to.”
A Black Girl Bookshelf Staple: Joan Morgan’s When Chickenheads Come Home To Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down (1999)
Why is it a staple for your BGB (Black-Girl-Bookshelf)? Because Joan Morgan kept it real with us whilst calling out misogynoir, and patriarchy’s endless reign, from a self-proclaimed hip-hop feminist perspective in 1999.
Revisiting Solange’s A Seat at the Table
In her own words, Solange described her [at the time] new album as, "a project on identity, empowerment, independence, grief and healing." Now in the familiar midst of mourning, I revisited A Seat at the Table in search of everything it gave nearly four years ago...