A Lesson in Women Helping Other Women
In the days since Jordyn Woods’ interview on Red Table Talk, social media has dissected this situation down to the bare bones. Jordyn sat...
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- Mar 4, 2019
- 2 min
You Exist, You Matter, You Are Here
By the time I was born, my Nana had retired from a long career as a licensed practical nurse. I never saw her in uniform or was able to...
- Feb 11, 2019
- 3 min
Respect Still Has To Matter, Dan
In the late nineties, I can remember turning on the television on Saturday mornings and watching this beautiful, intelligent, incredibly...
- Jan 21, 2019
- 2 min
The Greater Good
My sister gave birth to my first niece in 2016. A year prior to that, I moved to Houston, Texas so I wasn’t able to be with her through...
- Jan 18, 2019
- 3 min
R Kelly: What We've Always Known
In 1993, I was a 21 year old junior in college. Music has always been a big part of my life, and back then it was TLC, Boyz to Men, En...
- Jan 14, 2019
- 2 min
Monday Motivation: Who Are You Becoming?
In November 2018, I had the opportunity to attend Michelle Obama’s Becoming tour in Los Angeles. My cousin flew in from Kansas City, and...
- Oct 22, 2018
- 2 min
Motivation Monday: Don't Let Social Media Tell You Who You Are
If you’ve been on social media for any length of time, you may have felt like you weren’t doing enough. It appears everyone is living...
- Sep 19, 2018
- 2 min
From Schoolhouse to the White House: Alice Dunnigan
Alice Allison Dunnigan, the daughter of a Kentucky sharecropper, dreamed of becoming a journalist. She fought through segregation and...
- Sep 13, 2018
- 2 min
About That Racist Cartoon
It seems that every other day, we are reading or seeing something in the news about Black women being abused and mistreated in some way....
- Sep 12, 2018
- 2 min
Black Women Writers, Racism and Sexism
In Carlene Hatcher Polite’s 1967 novel, “The Flagellants”, the main character describes her love affair with a Black poet as “irrevocable...
- Aug 20, 2018
- 3 min
How Sexism Exposes So Much More
In 2018, we are witnessing how the ugliness of patriarchy and misogyny are harming this nation. On Thursday, August 16, Gregory-Lincoln...
- Aug 13, 2018
- 2 min
Apology Not Accepted
A couple of few weeks ago, I was listening to the radio in my car when a new song by Ne-Yo came blasting through the speakers. The song...
- Jul 31, 2018
- 2 min
The Punch Down
Last Sunday night, 18-year-old Nia Wilson was fatally stabbed by John Lee Cowell on a train platform at the MacArthur BART station. Nia’s...
- Jul 25, 2018
- 2 min
More Than Enough
Women are incredible. This is fact. Besides the miraculous ability to bring another human life into the world, women can do things men...
- Jul 17, 2018
- 2 min
The Silence of Women
In today’s culture, talking is strongly connected to the notion of freedom, equality, intelligence, and honesty. As women, not all of us...
- Jun 6, 2018
- 2 min
A Letter To My Younger Self
Dear Beautiful Chocolate Girl, I look into your big, brown eyes and see the possibilities of myself. In this photo, you just turned five...
- Feb 7, 2018
- 2 min
The Angry Black Woman Label
In my college days, I served as Black Student Association president. I also wrote for the campus newspaper, so I was often seen and...
- Jan 8, 2018
- 2 min
Getting Through a Difficult Season
I think back to being a kid in Kansas City and how much I loved snow days. No school, my favorite cartoons, and my notebook. My mama...
- Nov 29, 2017
- 2 min
Black Women are the Most Educated Group
“Education is the way to move mountains, to build bridges to change the world. Education is the path to the future. I believe that...
- Nov 16, 2016
- 2 min
Jillian "JJ" Simmons is Living Life on Her Terms
The best piece of advice Jillian “JJ” Simmons ever received was to be authentic. After 25 years in radio and media, she’s not slowing...
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