we will not shed our skin [a beautiful poem by my teen daughter]
This beautiful poem, written by my 16-year-old daughter, is dedicated to all the black girls, young women, and women who throughout their lives have been made to feel less than. […]
This beautiful poem, written by my 16-year-old daughter, is dedicated to all the black girls, young women, and women who throughout their lives have been made to feel less than. […]
“Did you watch the video?” No, I said to my friend. It’s the same answer I give for any video released this year of innocent black men being brutally murdered […]
“But I’m always with you.” That’s what my mom always says to me when I tell her I miss her and wish she could be with me. They are the […]
Is there a reset button? Seriously, could we reset this year and start it all over again? The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted our lives in 2020. One minute we’re going […]
You’re hungry. you have $10 left in your pocket. You don’t know when you’ll have access to another $10. But this morning you started your period. You have a difficult […]
So. many women to honor, so little time! Is it just us, or does Black History Month seem so short? We feel like we should petition to extend it to […]
About a year and a half ago., we published what turned out to be one of our most popular blog posts of the year. It was about my 6-month challenge […]
This post almost didn’t happen. I kept going back and forth on whether to publish it because it’s the beginning of February. It seemed odd to talk about women who […]
Happy New Year gapmusers! Hope your year is off to a great start. We’re so excited we made it into another year and a new decade! We’ve finally set our […]
Wow! We can’t believe it’s the last day of the year AND decade! What an honor to be alive and well for yet another year and to live through the […]