Dear Black Girls, There are times when you can get into such a dark place, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that you’ve been planted, not buried. If I know anything from my life’s experiences, it’s the fact that I always grow and eventually face the sun. As a black girl, people will…
Dear Black Girls The Rainbow Is Enough
April 3, 2019 in Lifestyle, Motherhood, Raising Readers, Social Justice
Dear Black Girls, There are times when you can get into such a dark place, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that you’ve been planted, not buried. If I know anything from my life’s experiences, it’s the fact that I always grow and eventually face the sun. As a black girl, people will…
Leave a Comment
Dear Black Girls The Rainbow Is Enough
in Lifestyle, Motherhood, Raising Readers, Social JusticeDear Black Girls, There are times when you can get into such a dark place, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that you’ve been planted, not buried. If I know anything from my life’s experiences, it’s the fact that I always grow...
No Damsel: How one artist re-imagined classic Disney character’s for the modern era.
September 7, 2017 in Family, Motherhood, Social Justice, TravelArtist Dorian Lynde creates alternative iconography for young girls with her No Damsel exhibit at CAM Raleigh. Portraying alternative identities for women that aren’t one dimensional, regressive or reductive and are impossible to ignore is Lynde’s overall goal for the exhibit. “It’s my hope that these images...
Don’t Ask “How Could This Happen”, We Knew It Was Coming All Along
August 14, 2017 in Social Justice(Image Source) Preserving history and recognizing history is much different than celebrating these monsters. It is equivalent to a racial caste system here in the US even if we don’t want to admit it; the playing field is not even. White men have not...
Beauty and the Bully: Are We As Society Rewarding Bullies and Encouraging Victim Shaming, Instead of the Other Way Around?
March 21, 2017 in Social JusticeThis post is not for the faint of heart, and it may be triggering to some. So this is your warning. If you are a long time reader of this blog, then you know that I am passionate about everything I write about. Whether...
Black Lives Matter
July 8, 2016 in Social Justice“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are...