Simone Biles Redefining Black Excellence
By Madison Meeks It is no secret that Simone Biles is in a league of her own. At twenty-four years old, she already has four gymnastics...
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Moyomade Aladesuyi
- Oct 11, 2022
Not a Boy’s Girl | Cementing Friendships with Women in Your 20s
Human beings are social animals who naturally try to find groups of people with similar tastes or beliefs. It’s not unusual for women to...
Ekemini Ekpo
- Oct 6, 2022
Empire State of Disillusionment
In September 2021, I moved to Harlem. This was my first time outside the auspices of both my parents’ and alma mater, and it kicked off...
LaTanya Lane
- Jun 22, 2022
Pride, Prejudice and🔥🔥🔥
When I was little, my mom would take us to the Newport News Public Library on Saturdays and make a bee line for the video section. Most...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 9, 2022
We Ain’t Afraid of No "Ghosts"
I just finished a full re-watching of "Criminal Minds"–I blame TikTok users for posting clips of the show, which reminded me that, oh...
Perdita Patrice
- Apr 19, 2022
A Quick Way to Add Luxury to Any Bathroom
Photo by Renee Verberne on Unsplash Over the past two years many of us have spent more time exploring our homes and thinking about how we...
Perdita Patrice
- Apr 12, 2022
How I Paid Down Almost $40,000 of Debt
Photo by Ivan Samkov I just finished adding up all the payments I have been making on miscellaneous debt – loans, credit cards,...
Madison Meeks
- Apr 4, 2022
Recap: Women’s NCAA March Madness
2022 USC Basketball Team This year in 2022 marked the first time that the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament was allowed to use the...
Natalie A. Collier
- Mar 3, 2022
Welcome to March
Artwork Created by Sarah Jene During a recent interview, the host of the radio show I was a guest on asked me about the women who’d...
Perdita Patrice
- Feb 21, 2022
Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe
Jazmine Sullivan’s highly anticipated, “Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe” album was released February 11. Earlier this month,...
Jessiree Jenkins
- Feb 10, 2022
Revisiting “Heaux Tales” before the Deluxe Edition
In 2021, Jazmine Sullivan dropped her new album “Heaux Tales” and set the internet on fire. Her last project had been “Reality Show” in...
Perdita Patrice
- Feb 7, 2022
Four Hours Later, and Janet Jackson Remains an Enigma
The A&E and Lifetime documentary, Janet Jackson., aired January 28. The two-night, four-hour event promised to reveal more about...
Madison Meeks
- Nov 19, 2021
Scoring Goals
With the Second Round of the 2021 NCAA Women’s College Cup Series underway, I’ve been thinking about my soccer experience in high school....
Madison Meeks
- Sep 30, 2021
“Lessons Learned” in Sports: Basketball
In my first semester, I am taking a class where we explore Black, College of Charleston (CofC) trailblazers since 1967. Recently, we...
Perdita Patrice
- Sep 24, 2021
Misogynoir in the Workplace
Inciting Incidents. I was staring at my hysterical white female coworker—we’ll call her Karen—who was screaming, “You’re not going to...
Miracle Williams
- Sep 15, 2021
What Language Does Your Hair Speak?
Guinness Book of World Records 2016 “Kinky”, “Coily,” and “Free to be”. This is something that traces way back in “Our Black Roots”...
Perdita Patrice
- Sep 2, 2021
Still Here
Collage by Alexis Hicks Often when September rolls around, I find myself thinking of Earth, Wind and Fire’s ode to the 21st day of the...
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 13, 2021
My Daddy is a Friend of Mine
Danielle Buckingham sitting on her father’s lap, 1995 One of my favorite memories with my daddy is going to the beach at Lake Michigan in...
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 6, 2021
Who All Gone be There???
Poetic Justice –Tupac Shakur from GIPHY When I think about attending a cookout nothing but pure joy comes to mind. Dancing, loud...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 29, 2021
Courtroom Kiki and the Dream of Self-Determination
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash In the first and second seasons of A Black Lady Sketch Show on HBO, there is a recurring sketch titled,...
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