<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects’ mission is to be a revelatory, unflickering light for Black girls and young women in the southeastern U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/bgx</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:00:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.loveblackgirls.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Louisiana v. Callais: when the shelter we built won’t allow us in ]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a certain exhaustion that comes from pattern recognition, whether it’s at your friend’s place of work or the ways white hegemony shows up in day-to-day life. This decision isn’t an anomaly; it’s a continuation of what we see over and over again. However, moments like this recent ruling demand... ]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/louisiana-v-callais-when-the-shelter-we-built-won-t-allow-us-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a184356d715e99f6b99f440</guid><category><![CDATA[Voting and Elections]]></category><category><![CDATA[Policy and Politicians]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 13:54:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_78d36c0d9d064c64a605cdb5f8ba2139~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Natalie A. Collier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Build your network for voting change ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Level up your advocacy efforts with this curated directory of trusted partners providing essential voter education, legal support and election protection.]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/build-your-network-for-change</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a183e0869f69d4475ac1eb9</guid><category><![CDATA[Policy and Politicians]]></category><category><![CDATA[Voting and Elections]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 13:21:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_c04b4106456c410aa4f38cdd226dc366~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christy Perez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What now? Black Southern voters face a new era after the Supreme Court’s voting rights decision]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even when the system felt resistant to change, progress has happened because ... ]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/what-now-black-southern-voters-face-a-new-era-after-the-supreme-court-s-voting-rights-decision</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a18380cc2da9ec26849868e</guid><category><![CDATA[Policy and Politicians]]></category><category><![CDATA[Voting and Elections]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 13:03:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_1daf82597a344740804aad68cb4bd736~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christy Perez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happened? A summary of the Louisiana v. Callais voting decision ]]></title><description><![CDATA[So we’re all on the same page, let’s look at the Brennan Center for Justice’s overview of the court’s opinion about the case:  



On April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6–3 opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that the configuration of Louisiana’s second Black-majority district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. ]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/what-happened-a-summary-of-the-louisiana-v-callais-voting-decision</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1831a78b50f46c29df98ef</guid><category><![CDATA[Voting and Elections]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 12:33:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_36203154ca9d4527a406ef27e46589ea~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: How Black voters reclaim power ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Executive Director of One Voice Nsombi Lambright-Haynes breaks down how we must pivot from legal defense to grassroots power to ensure our voices aren't silenced in 2026 and beyond in the wake of the Supreme Court de-fanging the Voting Rights Act. ]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/watch-how-black-voters-reclaim-power</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a183038145da5e383065cdd</guid><category><![CDATA[Voting and Elections]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 12:13:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>The Lighthouse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read: 18 books that lay out the history, strategies and people crucial to understanding today’s voting landscape  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Study the roads that led to the Supreme Court’s voting rights decision. 	]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/books-that-lay-out-the-history-strategies-and-people-crucial-to-understanding-today-s-voting-landsc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a181ca0e39bc17a59bca38c</guid><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Voting and Elections]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 12:07:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_a8d60ddcddd04006afe7f86184e9447d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Lighthouse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A fight ahead’: Black voters face fallout from U.S. Supreme Court decision.  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Louisiana resident Press Robinson wasn’t surprised by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on Wednesday to strike down the state’s new majority-Black district. But he was deeply disappointed.



“They’re determined to see to it that we don’t have a voice at all,” Robinson, a participant in the case, said Wednesday, referring to Louisiana political leaders. He added that the court’s six conservative justices seem to want to take the country back to an era when Black Americans had no voting power]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/a-fight-ahead-black-voters-face-fallout-from-u-s-supreme-court-decision</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f90846a09b06483d3e539e</guid><category><![CDATA[Policy and Politicians]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partners]]></category><category><![CDATA[Voting and Elections]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 21:14:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_ec177373ad1a4cfb81ad3a14c39c091c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Courtesy of URL Media</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telling the truth: the cost for Black women ]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a Black woman we feel that shift almost immediately. The room tightens. The smiles thin, and suddenly what you said is no longer just an observation but a problem to be managed. I watched the conversation pivot from the issue... ]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/telling-the-truth-the-cost-for-black-women</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f8e4fd356085c6404fc8a5</guid><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:39:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_cdcef8d689fa40349dca2294e9ae3b5e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christy Perez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does it mean to be spiritually fed in these times? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The language of spirituality is everywhere. It fills timelines, pulpits, podcasts, captions. It promises peace, healing, grounding. But not all of it nourishes. We talked to three southern, Black faith leaders about what spiritual fulfillment looks like right now.  They all came back repeatedly to one core idea.  ]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/what-does-it-mean-to-be-spiritually-fed-in-these-times</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f8dc4d6774f9d9f8d3ef9f</guid><category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Our Bodies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Family, Relationships and Sex]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:19:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_484f43d35d41413ba2ce712bbac8f6d7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christy Perez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which former state flag is more racist: Mississippi ... or Minnesota?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Should we dive deeper into menopause? Which flag is more racist: Minnesota's or Mississippi's? Is Angela Davis skin folk or kin folk? Check out our recap of the latest Grown Black Girls podcast, then listen to the full episode. ]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/which-former-state-flag-is-more-racist-mississippi-or-minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f8cc1ea09b06483d3dd593</guid><category><![CDATA[Reproductive (In)Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black Aesthetic]]></category><category><![CDATA[social media]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 17:42:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_52ba56a6657f4a8dba0198bacec89f48~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ashleigh Braggs</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black women farmers tend the land, carry the future]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once Rankin County farmer Gwen Cannon began growing her own food, she had a question.]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/black-women-farmers-tend-the-land-carry-the-future</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e124bd26cccc5d78fc6948</guid><category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black Aesthetic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Healthcare and Wellness]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:34:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_922d949fd8014eb1a0a5cdaac150c234~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Evan Jackson </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Marie Kondo deserves a humanitarian award  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[ "If you don't have seven baskets of clothing, you can't ever have seven baskets of laundry." That was a lightbulb moment for me.]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/why-marie-kondo-deserves-a-humanitarian-award</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e11e60c4c584cedb051012</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Aesthetic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:59:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_67300bb43b7b4250b0267e396a3d5cc2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Shanina Carmichael</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Lighthouse bookshelf: “Gather: Black Food Nourishment and the Art ofTogetherness”]]></title><description><![CDATA[In centering Black communal gatherings and how they are used, the author offers her most powerful message. ]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/on-the-lighthouse-bookshelf-gather-black-food-nourishment-and-the-art-oftogetherness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e11354a2653dbe2f98011c</guid><category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Family, Relationships and Sex]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:34:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_7272a1a859424f1f8b8c25325103372b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nekia MacDonald</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photos: The 2026 WNBA draft ]]></title><description><![CDATA[WNBA players often work harder to attain the global celebrity status of their male counterparts, draft night serves as a high-fashion declaration of their arrival. These athletes aren't just joining a league; they are redefining what it means to be a professional icon on and off the court.]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/photos-the-2026-wnba-draft</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e103a7c4c584cedb04d6d7</guid><category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black Aesthetic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education and Life University]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:41:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_de66bd6bf7d646b9bc0377d6ee392a88~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reclaiming “young hoe”  ]]></title><description><![CDATA["Young hoes" showed up on X (Twitter) in late 2025 and quickly became a trending phrase among young Black women. Originally intended as a jab at young Black women’s autonomy and refusal to apologize, the phrase – like many things in Black culture – has been reclaimed.]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/reclaiming-young-hoe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c4181c78ed17abe1fce775</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Aesthetic]]></category><category><![CDATA[social media]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:32:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_fff1b539b07042adadd327307ae06fdb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_638,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sierra Sails </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[With her segregation-era “doll tests,” Mamie Phipps Clark was never just the wife in the room. She was one of the minds that changed the room itself. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Retellings of Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark's work, which became the "doll tests" that helped shape the constitutional challenge to segregation, have blurred Mamie Phipps Clark into the background and ushered her husband Kenneth to the foreground. However, The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects sociologist Dr. Rhonda Matthews adds, “I think that a large part of her standing in the background was strategic on her and her spouse’s part. ]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/with-her-segregation-era-doll-tests-mamie-phipps-clark-was-never-just-the-wife-in-the-room-she-w</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c3de2b7a6c583c59a69325</guid><category><![CDATA[Family, Relationships and Sex]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black Aesthetic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education and Life University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harm and Violence]]></category><category><![CDATA[Policy and Politicians]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beauty]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:46:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_6025ea4999dc484a95457aaee6706e03~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_870,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christy Perez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When existing serves as an “invitation”  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[My recollection of dancing at the senior center contained pure and innocent joy. Older women clapping and smiling, shouting, "Go head shuga!" I want to be that type of elder. An elder who creates safe spaces for girls to be, as big, as wild and as free as they want to be before society and life tries to snatch it out of them. I’m glad I had that space. My dad, on the other hand, despised seeing me dance. What I saw as innocent fun, he saw as an "invitation."]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/when-existing-serves-as-an-invitation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c3d24ad2e55f64fe075336</guid><category><![CDATA[Our Bodies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black Aesthetic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Family, Relationships and Sex]]></category><category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:00:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_eebf84c6c82f4f929dc63d5f7cf3409e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Shanina Carmichael</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christofascism: The "Spanish" lesson Georgia isn’t prepared for ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Easter, as many reflect on the intersection of faith and public life, a far more haunting connection is emerging from the shadows of the past. “It is happening again,” Ana Maria Smith says. Her story carries the weight of someone who has already lived through the consequences of merging faith with authoritarian rule. She recognized the same early signals in Georgia that she witnessed growing up under a Christofascist regime in Spain.]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/christofascism-the-spanish-lesson-georgia-isn-t-prepared-for</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c3bb9036a1fdc193c0c780</guid><category><![CDATA[Harm and Violence]]></category><category><![CDATA[Policy and Politicians]]></category><category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:05:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_18cb62b57b5e4388a74ffe922db6be19~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christy Perez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re building a Unita Blackwell museum, y’all!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sites like this are often overshadowed by larger, more formal landmarks. However, smaller places, like Unita Blackwell's home, though, were arguably, more important. 
]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/we-re-building-a-unita-blackwell-museum-y-all</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b185761747b901bc1642a4</guid><category><![CDATA[The Feature Story]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:52:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_f000fec3a65e4008bb09822443c59489~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_830,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Natalie A. Collier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking the girl out of the South, keeping the South in the girl ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The place where you spent your formative years shapes who you are. You always carry it with you. Southerners who leave find reminders: Though they took themselves out of the South, Southernness has not departed from their DNA. ]]></description><link>https://www.loveblackgirls.org/post/taking-the-girl-out-of-the-south-keeping-the-south-in-the-girl</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b17c654a5cf20c31f24fa1</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Aesthetic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Family, Relationships and Sex]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:06:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcce72_b41d5301c4864a1fbe8e356e48dc6a41~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Keturah Kendrick</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>