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Musings of pensive Black girls. Think pieces to political, self-love journeys to ones that make you laugh out loud.

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“The Passing”

Sekai Ward by Sekai Ward

Clumps of wrinkled, white flesh hang from grandmother’s face and pool in the nape of her neck like turkey waddle. Her eyelids…

Culture/ESSAYS/On Blackness and other wonders

the privilege of size

Jasminum McMullen by Jasminum McMullen

My story will be faithful to reality, or at least to my personal recollection of reality, which is the same thing. The…

Culture/ESSAYS/On Blackness and other wonders

I Geek Out Over Art!

April Renee Lynch by April Renee Lynch

I guess I’ve been an art historian, informally I’d say I’ve always “geeked out over art,” since my teens in San Francisco.…

Culture/ESSAYS/On Blackness and other wonders

The Language of Home

Icess Fernandez Rojas by Icess Fernandez Rojas

I hear my student say that word and I’m not surprised. I knew this student was going to say it because this…

ESSAYS/journeys

Signs

Bria Dinkins by Bria Dinkins

It’s late afternoon as we climb into my father’s gray Mercedes. As we stay stationary in the garage, I lean my fro…

ESSAYS/Family/Love

Upon Visiting My Mother’s Group Home

Tatiana Johnson-Boria by Tatiana Johnson-Boria

When I arrive, the first part of the journey is to walk past the avid chain smoking of the other residents. Each…

Culture/ESSAYS

A Prayer to the God of Scent and Stench

Avatar by Justin Teopista Nagundi

Dear God, It’s your Ugandan daughter, with the 4C hair. As you know, I was born in Mengo Hospital between day and…

ESSAYS/Family

Sometimes It Takes A Letter

Siera Whitaker by Siera Whitaker

I typed the letter on a regular morning. But obviously, it was a courageous morning. I typed the letter in the dark…

ESSAYS/Family

My Grandmother’s Hands

Takaya Curlin by Takaya Curlin

As Bill Withers plays in the background about grandma’s hands, I look down at my own. I have my grandmother’s hands. They…

ESSAYS/On Blackness and other wonders

Black and White

Trina Williams by Trina Williams

Trina, I need you to stay inside for recess today. You are a little Black girl in a world that’s White. You…

ESSAYS/On Blackness and other wonders

The Dancer

.chisaraokwu. by .chisaraokwu.

It’s a typical spring morning – a slight chill, cloud cover, and the threat of rain. I can hear through my open…

ESSAYS/Family/On Blackness and other wonders

Tragic Mulatto

Hanna Bratton by Hanna Bratton

As a kid, I remember the subject of race coming up twice in our family. The first time was when my brother…

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What the Hell is Regular Black?

Sonia Grace by Sonia Grace

“You real fine and you pretty,” the smooth words rolled past his toothpaste commercial level white teeth and thick coffee bean shade…

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With My Eyes Closed

Franchesca Peña by Franchesca Peña

I need to remind myself that Mama is human, that she is not endless love, and food, and sacrifice. But she makes…

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Eight Weeks; Two Days

Kwanza . by Kwanza .

I was ten years old when I first witnessed domestic violence. It was a hot summer day on Hobart street. Children were…

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Coming of Age as Black Girl: A Letter to My Niece

Shamecca Harris by Shamecca Harris

“If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” — Audre…

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