Category: Inspiration/Motivation
Pam Grier: The Woman Who Never Waited for Permission to Be Powerful
Before Hollywood celebrated women as action heroes, Pam Grier was already showing audiences what a woman could do when she refused to wait around for [...]
Esther Rolle Was Called a Troublemaker. Her Answer Was, “But So Be It.”
Some people will call you difficult when you stop making things easy for them.
They'll say "you've changed." They'll say you have an "attitude." Th [...]
Gabourey Sidibe Dancing Through Jennifer Hudson’s Spirit Tunnel Is the Kind of Joy We Love to See
Now, wait a minute. Did y'all know Gabourey Sidibe could dance like THAT?
Because I knew she was a talented actress. I knew she was beautiful, funn [...]
Bernie Mac Didn’t Become a Star Overnight: 8 Life Lessons About Dreams, Starting Late, and Living Fully.
In the Black American community, there is an endless supply of undiscovered talent. I remember hearing about Bernie Mac telling an entire audience tha [...]
Miriam Makeba and the Sound of Home: How Music Helps Us Carry What We Love
The extraordinary South African singer who carried her heritage across the world
There are certain sounds that take us home.
A song your mother [...]
Judith Jamison: The Woman Who Danced Like She Had Every Right to Take Up Space
What the legendary Alvin Ailey dancer teaches us about confidence, expression, and honoring our bodies
There's a young lady who goes viral on socia [...]
Janet Jackson’s Control: The 1986 Album That Taught Young Women to Expect Respect
Before we had today's language for boundaries, emotional labor, and relationship expectations, Janet Jackson was singing about them.
In 1986, Janet [...]
Why Are Women Expected to Compromise Their Safety?
Mistreatment can teach us the wrong lessons. It can teach women to question our instincts, ignore our discomfort, and mistake surrendering our boundar [...]
I Don’t Have to Explain the Boundaries That Keep Me Safe
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You’ve explained enough.
Why you stayed. Why you left.Why you didn’t speak sooner. Why you [...]
Grief Comes Back Again and Again. So Can Love.
How remembrance, music, and personal tributes can help us live with loss
There is something especially beautiful about the hip-hop classic They Rem [...]