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A Black feminist pleasure praxis acknowledges and affirms the possibility for Black women’s sexual pleasure

Ro Élori Cutno’s “Wife School” has always failed Black Women by peddling misogynoir to teach submission

Our hair is a map to freedom: What I learned about resistance from the “1st” free Black town in the Americas

Imagining conversations between two legendary Black women who embodied greatness: Whitney and Serena

I thought my transness would betray my Blackness. I was wrong.

Letter to my Black mother who wants me to forgive the world when I saw it try to kill her

R. Kelly gripes about snowballing sexual abuse allegations in new 19-minute track “I Admit”

Comic: Revolution means nothing if it doesn’t include Black women and Black queer folks

Anti-Blackness serves again?: Serena Williams is drug-tested more than any other top US tennis player

New study shows that focus on appearance creates big barriers for Black women in sports

Chicago activists accuse police of negligence as Black girls and women continue disappearing

When is it #TimesUp for white women who don’t recognize Black women’s boundaries?

Urban planning pioneer Toni Griffin wins award after subverting rules to highlight segregation

In South Fulton, Georgia, where Black women hold all top offices, can they set a new model for law enforcement?

Masturbation as resistance, because I deserve to cum

I don’t want as many “chances” to f*ck up as Kanye

Black woman violently arrested at Waffle House draws calls for protests

New report details how to support Black women in their political, economic and social roles

The bittersweetness in Junot Diaz’s #MeToo moment and how men traumatize women on their way to healing

WATCH: Beyoncé turned Coachella into #Beychella and put on ‘for the culture’

Black Mamas Matter Alliance launches first national Black maternal health week

NYT report highlights challenges facing Black mothers & babies, and the value of doula support

A Black woman transforms conditioned silence into language: How Audre Lorde induced my rebirth

Black women are the most likely to be unarmed when killed by police, according to study

Bioethics prof Deleso Alford explains why MLK calling healthcare inequity the most ‘inhumane’ injustice matters today

Comic: We need to take the mental health of Black women far more seriously

11-year-old Naomi Wadler reminds America that movements for our lives must include Black girls and women

Yes, you do still need consent from former and current sex workers

Sen. Kamala Harris could be a 2020 Democratic presidential nominee

Welcome to Wakanda: ‘Black Panther’ is a love letter between the African Diaspora and the continent

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