Trigger Warning: This is a discussion of violence and assault against women. Women are told what to do when a man street harasses us to avoid potential harm. We are told to put our heads down. To keep our headphones on. To keep walking like we have somewhere to go…

The recent Riverboat Brawl in Montgomery, Alabama is all over the internet. According to NBC, the incident began when “A group of rowdy boaters refused to move their pontoon and attacked the dock worker when he untied the boat to make way for the Harriott II.” That dock worker was…

When Carlee Russell disappeared, my heart sank, the same way it does for the numerous Black women, upwards of ninety thousand Black women and girls who are missing. Black women and girls make up over 30 percent of missing women and girls while only representing 15 percent of the total…

Carolyn Bryant Donham has died. The woman whose accusation set into motion the events that would result in the violent, inhumane death of 14-year-old Emmett Till, has left this life without accountability for her actions. She died Tuesday evening in Westlake, Louisiana, according to the report filed Thursday in Calcasieu…

The CDC recently released its report on maternal health, and the results are grim. According to the CDC, in 2021, there was a 40% increase in maternal death from the previous year. The U.S. rate for 2021 was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, which is more than ten times…

Bethany Mandel sputtered and stalled. When asked by journalist Briahna Joy Gray to define what the word “woke” meant, Mandel, in a viral clip, seemed to struggle to define the word. A word she wrote an entire chapter on in her book, Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and…

This is a reminder that Black Women are allowed to feel emotions, whether you are comfortable with it or not. Angela Bassett has been nominated only TWICE for the Academy Awards. TWICE. Once in 1994 and again in 2023. With a career as prolific and impactful as hers, one would…

“I was raised!” Chris Rock yelled into the microphone. “I was raised that you don’t fight in front of White people!” His Netflix special, “Selective Outrage” ends. I sat mouth agape. Sure, I expected Chris to have things to say about “the slap,” when Will Smith stormed the stage in…

“Emasculate” is one of those words I wish more folks simply hadn’t learned. Case in point, it’s overuse in recent conversations surrounding magazine covers; specifically the covers of British Vogue, featuring Rihanna, ASAP Rocky, and their son, and Ebony Magazine, featuring Jonathan Majors. Folks across the internet are weighing in…