Angela Davis had People on the Mayflower and Twitter is Disgusted
Angela Davis was featured on a recent episode of “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” You’re likely familiar with the show....
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Zeniya Cooley
- Feb 10
It Hurts to Love Hip-Hop
The earliest rap song I remember loving was 50 Cent’s 2003 single “21 Questions.” Growing up, I enjoyed its breezy melody and jingling...
Madison Meeks
- Oct 12, 2022
Brittney Griner: A Life Deterred
On February 17, 2022, Russian Federal Customs Service detained WNBA superstar, Brittney Griner for possessing vape cartridges containing...
Lori Sonken
- Jul 14, 2022
Black Women Superintendents Teaching Civil Rights History at National Parks
Judy Forte remembers a 1966 judge’s desegregation order forcing her and her brothers to transfer to the all-white elementary school near...
Madison Meeks
- Jan 20, 2022
All I Want for 2022 is for Women Athletes to be taken Seriously
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” WRONG. Words do hurt. They hurt a lot. Looking back on 2021, women...
Madison Meeks
- Sep 7, 2021
Hoops!
With the second half of the WNBA season in full swing, I am in “fangirl heaven” because I get to watch some exceptional women play the sport
The Lighthouse
- Jun 29, 2021
Courtroom Kiki and the Dream of Self-Determination
This exponential increase in the work to strip womxn of their rights will have the most damaging effects on marginalized women.
Alexis Hicks
- May 21, 2021
The Demons That Dance at Sundown
I’ll always remember the afternoon of Sunday, November 15, 2020. That’s the last “normal” conversation that I had with mama. As usual,...
Pamela Thompson
- May 19, 2021
Sisterhood
“What I can offer every Black woman is empathy. Just because I don’t f*ck with you, just because you can’t come to my party and I’m not...
Perdita Patrice
- Nov 23, 2020
Financial Independence and a Village to Boot
I have never been financially independent. Every bit of what you see has been given to me or provided by someone else. More specifically,...
Perdita Patrice
- May 26, 2020
The Girls Are Not Alright
If your life is anything like many of us who work at The Lighthouse, whenever your phone buzzes lately, it’s one of a few things: someone...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 10, 2018
Thing Is, Black Do Crack
We sat in a square, not a circle. There was grey patio furniture with black pillows that’d been repurposed as a sectional, accent chairs...
The Lighthouse
- Dec 5, 2017
Old Scars, New Legacies
My family has had a long history of violence and abuse.
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