Black Women

I’m Exhausted From Following These Unspoken Rules For Black Women At Work

“There’s no onboarding guide for Black women in corporate spaces. But you learn.”
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Heavy Metal Is An Unexpected Tool To Resist Trump's Ignorance — And This Artist Is Bringing The Heat

Forgoing lyrics and embracing ancestral wisdom, Reed is transforming metal’s meaning and message.
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I Had To Completely Burn Out To Unlearn This Unspoken Myth About Black Women

"You’re not given a guidebook on how to be a Black woman in America, but you learn from those who come before you."
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I Gave Birth To My Children In Ways Most People Wouldn’t Expect. But The Reactions I’ve Gotten Are Even More Shocking.

“Instead of centering care, the focus seemed to shift to curiosity, to the spectacle of it all.”
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I Felt Too Big And Too Black For Ballet As A Kid. Then I Signed Up For A Class That Changed Everything.

"I began going to school with white kids for the first time, and my body became subject to discourse and scrutiny. "
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This New Movie Has Something That Has Been Missing For Almost 30 Years

Keke Palmer and SZA’s “One Of Them Days” is a stark reminder of the scarcity — and necessity — of funny Black women duos leading their own comedy films.
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This Netflix Film Is Based On A Real-Life Story — But Doesn’t Do It Justice

Tyler Perry takes on the true story of the 6888th Battalion, the only Women’s Army Corp unit of color who served overseas in World War II.
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What We Owe Nikki Giovanni

The gifts Giovanni gave Black women are nothing short of revolutionary. It's time to pay it forward.
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These Black Women Leaders Are Unapologetically Claiming Their Power

Leading Women Defined’s second annual Rising Leaders Summit offered a close-up look at how young Black women are audaciously leading in their own right.
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A Black Woman's Open Letter To Kamala Harris

This country belongs to all of us. This land is fertilized with the blood of our ancestors. And for those ancestors, we will not yield.
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