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I'm not sure who needs to hear this but... toxicity against women is not funny or deserved. Even when it's Kim Kardashian. Not only is it...

I wrote a letter to myself, during my senior year of high school, that still makes me smile. In it I expressed my joy of finally being...

What’s your life story? I don’t mean where you grew up, went to school, got your first job, etc. I mean what’s your STORY? What narrative...

I was in high school when we got our first family computer. I don’t even remember the brand it was, but I was excited. All I could think...

If you’re on social media for any considerable amount of time, at some point you’ll come across someone still questioning if we, as a...

There is a quote from the 1985 movie, The Color Purple, that says: “Folks don’t like anybody being too proud or too free.” Celie comes to...

Oprah says many people are held back from becoming who they were meant to be by shadow beliefs and feelings of unworthiness. Microsoft’s...

In the 1937 book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston said that like mules, Black women carry the w wishes on their backs....

In 2008, I was working as an investment accountant navigating my way through corporate America. At that time, I knew there was something...

My Dad is the smartest person I know. He forever has practical advice on any situation, and has the receipts to back it up. From the time...

And just like that. In 10.64 seconds, 21-year-old Sha’Carri Richardson let the world know that she is a force to be reckoned with....

When I think of colorism, I think of light-skinned versus dark-skinned Black women. I think of how perceived attractiveness,...

As the verdict was being read early Tuesday evening in the murder trial of George Floyd, 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was being shot and...

One of the Louisville police officers responsible for the death of Breonna Taylor is writing a book. It will be published by Post Hill...

This time last year, we were desperately trying to find toilet paper and Clorox wipes. I remember seeing the empty aisles at the grocery...

I’m thankful that I have never had to be someone else, in order to have my writing voice heard. As a society, we still have a way to go...

In the midst of a divorce many years ago, I found myself weighed down with anxiety and depression. I reached out to family and friends...

We’ve all had some time to process Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, as they dropped bombs of racism and just...

As a writer, you never know when or if you’ll get that big break. You write and write and pray that someone out there will take notice of...

Last year during award season, celebrated author Stephen King tweeted “...I would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only...