“I love your hair. You did it yourself?” “Aww, thank you. I wish. I can’t cornrow.” “Wait, you’re a little Black girl…
“Then [Noah] sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.” Genesis…
Sydnee glanced at her phone and saw a text from her mother, Marilyn. Sometimes she wished she had never taught her mother…
When I was surrounded by white people, knee-length plaid skirts, and crucifixes, I told my mom I wanted my hair to look…
Quickly and carefully, I crossed the street with my best friend at the time. Her name was Jalia, a tall and skinny…
Virginia Woolf once said: Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and…
“African-American girls always score higher than their white peers when it comes to self-esteem,” one of my High School teachers lectured. I…
I changed jobs earlier in the year. It was the type of job that had me jump from plane to plane and…
Black bodies are the world’s playground. Full of color, music, song, dance, cheer, and laughter that delights the masses. It is the…
I sat on the couch of a woman who decorates her office to make it feel like a home outside your own.…
My parents used to keep a lot of photo albums around the house. In one, there is a photo of me, three…
I have melanated skin, which helps me look younger than my age, but I also have a lot of scars on my…
“Sit still.” I braced myself for the familiar sting of the plastic comb against some vulnerably-exposed area of my head, neck or…
I am the only girl in my family. When I say ‘only’ I do not mean that there aren’t any women anywhere…
Has it happened to you? Maybe you’re scrolling through Twitter searching… no, damn near begging for a meme of happiness… then BOOM!…