State of Equality and Justice in America: ‘The Maternal Wall’
By Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner In our national conversations about equality and justice in America, we have too often avoided the conversation about the realities of women and mothers in the workforce. This is particularly odd given that women comprise half of the entire paid labor force, three-quarters of moms are now in the labor force, and [...]
Street Harassment: Catcalling Rape Culture
At Ebony, Zerlina Maxwell speaks to Anti-Street Harassment Week founder Holly Kearl about the fight to allow women to walk down the street safely and in peace. This week is the 2nd annual International Anti-Street Harassment Week. Founded by Holly Kearl, International Anti-Street Harassment week has the goal of bringing awareness and energy to [...]
Colorism: Archaic, a Hot Mess and Worse for Dark-Skinned Women
In a reflection on the recent flap about India.Arie’s alleged skin bleaching, Essence‘s Janelle Harris says that complexion craziness is tough on everyone but especially painful for darker black women — and it’s our collective responsibility to put a stop to it. … We also have an often undertapped power as Black women [...]
Do We Have to Celebrate Margaret Thatcher? (And Other Women We Don’t Agree With)
Shortly after learning of the news of Margaret Thatcher’s passing, I did what many people now do to signify the first official stage of mourning in modern-day America: I tweeted. I didn’t know Thatcher personally, and am not old enough to recall much of her tenure as a leader, but I did know [...]
Princeton mom to female students: Find a husband in college, or else
Forgive my lack of a proper set up for this story, one with wit or something deep to draw you in. I can’t pull one together right now that has more depth than, “what the entire **** is going on?” So instead of giving you a bunch of symbols to replace the string [...]
10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Turning Pro
1. The difference between playing basketball and a basketball career. Playing college ball was relatively easy because it was only one part of my life. I also had my classes, which I loved, and the general carefree attitude of most college students: Adult responsibilities were way off in the future, along with flying cars [...]
Why Black Women Can Never Be Drama-Free on Reality TV
Writing for Clutch magazine, Danielle C. Belton argues that the new Bravo reality series Married to Medicineis the same old Atlanta reality series with a different name. The only thing different about “Married to Medicine” is that the women seem painfully aware of how black women are portrayed on reality shows, yet they all fall [...]
Carrying fashion’s torch: Black women style stars from slavery to the present lighting the way to the future
From the days when Elizabeth Keckley served as first lady Mary Todd Lincoln’s personal dressmaker, to Michelle Obama’s career-making impact on the niche designers she wears today, style has been a complex platform for African-American women in history. The celebration of Women’s History Month in March prompts a need for reflection on the [...]
Like ‘Girls,’ ‘Lean In’ Is Too Harshly Criticized for Leaving Black Women Out
Writing at Essence, Daniella Gibbs Léger says that Sheryl Sandberg shouldn’t be raked over the coals for telling her life story, even if we don’t see ourselves in it. By now you’ve seen, read or heard the back-and-forth over Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s new book Lean In, her tome on women and the workplace. [...]
Tiger Woods Dating: For Love or Profit?
Tiger Woods recently announced his new relationship with Lindsey Vonn on a gossip magazine cover, but Khalid Salaam writes on the Shadow League that his choice of women plays into an old stereotype of how to get ahead as a black athlete. Posing for last month’s cover of People Magazine – with his new lady, Olympic [...]
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