Workplace Discrimination: Black Women Fired For Being Pregnant (VIDEO)
As if it isn’t bad enough that out of 178 nations, the United States is one of three countries that doesn’t offer paid maternity leave…
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NYTimes Writer Says, “Black Women Want to be Fat”
In case you’ve been napping from the fatigue beating a dead horse induces and haven’t heard, brace yourselves, because yet another article has surfaced, throwing…
Female Sexual Assault + Hate Crime = How Men Turn Lesbians Straight?
What would you do if you came home and accidently discovered your daughter making out with another girl? Would you be surprised? Hurt or alarmed? Would you think…
Pastor Jomo K. Johnson’s “Call Tyrone”: Not-so Helpful Dating Advice From the Black Pulpit?
The recent resurfacing of self-proclaimed experts examining Black women’s bodies and dating habits is becoming the latest retro-comeback, similar to hi-top fades and snap-backs (yes,…
Wait, a Racist White Person is Allowed to Work at Essence Magazine?
Years ago when Essence came under fire for hiring a white woman as the creative fashion director for the iconic Black women’s magazine, I came…
Makode Linde’s “Painful Cake”: White People Eating Mutilated African Vagina?
That good art is purely subjective is a debatable idea in the arts community; particularly since a great deal of objectivity goes into creating insightful…
Barbara Jordan: Trailblazer, Leader… Common Asexual Mammy?
I am passionate about a number of things, particularly issues pertaining to Black women. And while I may project my voice about said issues and…
Shaquan Duley, Mistakes, and Dysfunctional Families
Everyone may make mistakes, but there are some errors in judgement and actions that cannot be countenanced and that there is no easy path to…
International Women’s Day: Conflict Minerals, Rape & Healing [VIDEO]
Make no mistake, here in the US there is a political war on women being waged. As oppressive as it has been lately, let’s take…
Rihanna: From Ultimate “Niggerbitch” to Ultimate Ignoramus in One Racist Tweet
It was only a few months ago when a Dutch Magazine crowned Rihanna as the Ultimate Nigga Bitch… The backlash over the editorial gaffe– (and…