As a Black gender equality advocate, I had mixed reactions to Erykah Badu’s video “Window Seat." I worried about people cheapening the significance of the song. In the video, the artist removes...
Roman Polanski’s recent arrest at the Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland has ignited a firestorm of reactions. No one denies that he drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl in 1977, or that he has...
Women just have to Take care of their needs— She mends her arresting armor, She sculpts her striking sheath, She fine-tunes her fetching frame. She cannot rely on a man for everything. Men exhibit...
Is there anyone here who ever swallowed hard and took a stand for something that you knew was unpopular? Has anybody in this room ever really, really screwed something up, and then tried again? Well,...
My hair grows like my thoughts: up, out, intertwined and expansive if I leave them to their own devices. After years of wearing my hair in braids or chemically straightened, I finally convinced those...
“History shows that it does not matter who is in power… those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end...
I feel like a little girl standing in the sun, beams shining full on her face, grin cocked towards heaven. For the first time in my adult life, I understand what spring feels like for budding...