Women

Adele's "21"

I don't do organized religion. What does that mean?

The Rubin Stacy Story: A Meditation on lynching in a Post-Racial America

On the Use of "Honor Student": Phylicia Barnes’ Disappearance

Dear Yemaja: A Year Later and Haiti Women Cry Out at Kanye West's Monster

The Politics of the Butt: Nicki Minaj Got a Big Ole Butt and so Do I

Do Black Men Have a Problem with Short Hair on Women? Heck Yeah

An Open Letter of “Support” for Karrine Steffans and Domestic Violence Survivors

Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday": THE REVIEW

Jay-Z on "Big Pimpin": "What kind of animal would say this sort of thing?"

On Motherhood and NWNW

Can You Stand a Fight: Recognizing Predators when you are P.O.W. (i.e. Push Over Woman)

Brief Thoughts on #NWNW

Amy Winehouse to Release New Album in Six Months?!

A Misguided Attempt to Empower: Deborrah Cooper’s Lonely Black Church Woman Blames Black Women for their Singleness

Do we still play Black Girlhood Games? Little Sallie Walker Vs. Nicki Minaj’s Vibe Magazine Cover

Janelle Monae's "The ArchAndroid": A STAR IS BORN

Are You My Daughter: A Mother’s Day Yearning

Single Black woman says, "I ain’t the Problem, Nightline, Black Men Are!"

The Legacy of Mentoring Lionesses: From Mary McLeod Bethune to Dr. Dorothy Height to Dr. Marian Wright Edelman

Says Seven year-old, “Big Sister let them Rape Me:” Trenton, Irresponsible Black Girls, and Savior Russell Simmons

WHAT THE F@%! HAPPENED!? (PT. III): Amy Winehouse

Seven Women at the Cross: A Black Feminist Speaks of Widows

Women’s Her-story Month: Why Not Sex Workers (Sofia Maldonado’s Mural)?

What The F@%! Happened?!: LAURYN HILL

Women Her-story Month: Do You Have a Chosen Sister?

Women Have Things Covered

Why I like Nicki Minaj: No Haters Allowed!!!

A Letter to Black Women

Vanity Fair's Racism Sings: Don’t Cha Wish You Were White Girl Like Me. Don’t Cha.

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