Sisters By Soul

We can’t celebrate Women’s History Month without putting a spotlight on the beauty and essentialness of sisterhood. I am not talking DNA, genetics, or chromosomal sisters. I am speaking on …

Black History Needs Black Women. Protect Them. Protect Us.

When I was younger, my Mom always told me never go anywhere alone: there’s strength in numbers. I knew better than to leave my drink alone at a party–years before …

The Boldness Of One Black, Female Teacher: The Legacy Of Mary McLeod Bethune

  Mary Mcleod Bethune (July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was a Black teacher and humanitarian. However, our ancestral auntie is best known for starting a private school for …

Why The World Needs (And Sometimes Doesn’t Deserve) Shonda Rimes

“I am the candy.“ Whew. When I read this quote from a tweet about writing, all of me rejoiced. I mean all of me rejoiced. When ABC erupted with the …

The Enduring Gangsta Of Nikki Giovanni

“If the Black woman wasn’t born, she’d have to be invented.” -Nikki Giovanni Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr (birth name for Nikki Giovanni) is 76. With the praise of Maya Angelou, …

RUNITBACK FRIDAY 03/02/2019

Michael Cohen is the best kind of snitch, Billy Porter is snatching edges, wigs and waist trainers and Green Book is not, was not the Best Picture of 2018. No …

This Black Girl Does More Than Just Rock

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please allow me to introduce to some and reintroduce to others: Raynell Steward.    Raynell is more commonly known by her Instagramhandle @Supa_cent or @Wuzzam Supa. She unapologetically officially stamped herself as …

February 2019 Book Review-For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When The Rainbow Was Enuf

She was born Paulette Linda Williams. But we all know her as Ntozke Shange: ‘she who walks with lions.’ What can I say about this book that hasn’t been said …

#28DaysOfBlackness: Don’t Ask About (Or Touch) My Hair

Solange Knowles song, “Don’t Touch My Hair,” spoke to me on levels I hadn’t thought about in years. Most people whom are not Black, always want to touch your hair …

#28DaysOfBlackness: The Copping Of Black Girl Magic & Other Swagger-Jackin’

Mane, lookahere! If I see one more thing that I grew up with on the head of a White girl that THANK she discovered it, I am going to scream, …