2 minutes read BLACK GIRLS WE GREW UP WITH 📺🤎 August 7, 2026 Before many of us knew the word “representation,” we knew the feeling. We knew what it meant... Read More Read more about BLACK GIRLS WE GREW UP WITH 📺🤎
1 minute read PBS Newshour: A Brief But Spectacular take on living like we’re dying September 23, 2025 To love deeply is to live joyfully. Read More Read more about PBS Newshour: A Brief But Spectacular take on living like we’re dying
3 minutes read The Power of Music: Candi Staton’s Anthem May 1, 2025 This is one of my favorite songs from girlhood. I LOVE the tone in her voice... Read More Read more about The Power of Music: Candi Staton’s Anthem
1 minute read 9 Quotes from Maya Angelou to Nourish the Survivor’s Soul (Part 2) May 3, 2025 Updated for 2025 🌟 Resilience & Strength “You may not control all the events that happen to... Read More Read more about 9 Quotes from Maya Angelou to Nourish the Survivor’s Soul (Part 2)
8 minutes read The Scar Is Not the Whole Story: What Miss World Uganda’s Extraordinary Gown Asked Us to See September 3, 2026 There are dresses designed to make us look. Then there are dresses designed to make us understand.... Read More Read more about The Scar Is Not the Whole Story: What Miss World Uganda’s Extraordinary Gown Asked Us to See
4 minutes read There Are No Children Here: When Survival Makes a Child Grow Up Too Soon September 21, 2026 In 1993, Oprah Winfrey starred in a television movie called There Are No Children Here. She played... Read More Read more about There Are No Children Here: When Survival Makes a Child Grow Up Too Soon
6 minutes read The Wishing Tree With Alfre Woodard: A Beautiful Movie About Finding Your Way Home + Full Movie September 22, 2026 Sometimes you want a movie that doesn’t demand everything from you. Something you can put on while... Read More Read more about The Wishing Tree With Alfre Woodard: A Beautiful Movie About Finding Your Way Home + Full Movie
2 minutes read 🎵 Tennessee: A Prayer for the Weary Soul August 24, 2026 I miss the days when there was prayer in hip hop. Vulnerability in hip hop. And baring... Read More Read more about 🎵 Tennessee: A Prayer for the Weary Soul
4 minutes read Soul Train: Where art became cross-cultural language October 21, 2026 Soul Train. Soullll Train. The hippest trip in America. Â I was in front of my television nearly... Read More Read more about Soul Train: Where art became cross-cultural language
2 minutes read SHE DIDN’T HAVE TO REPRESENT EVERY BLACK GIRL 🤎 November 14, 2026 This may be one of the greatest gifts of having many Black girls in our stories. Laura... Read More Read more about SHE DIDN’T HAVE TO REPRESENT EVERY BLACK GIRL 🤎