Tag: black history
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Episode 29: Memories Without Meaning
Let go of the idea that things might get better if you just endure a little longer. The person you’re with may never change, and that’s a truth you must accept to move forward.
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Episode 25: That’s Why I Love and Hate Both You and Me
Acceptance doesn’t mean that the pain goes away, but rather that you learn to coexist with it. Hatred in a love/hate relationship can bring true clarity.
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Episode 21: The Black Fathers Subreddit Is Empty. Even Virtually, Black Fathers Are Absent.
The Black fathers who cared enough to create this space don’t care enough to maintain it. Creating a community of any kind requires active participation.
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Episode 20: Black Women Unmasking Black Men’s Victim Complex
Dear Black men: I will acknowledge that you’ve been victimized. I will acknowledge that victimization still happens to Black men and occurs within and outside of our communities. I will not, however, acknowledge that other people continue to victimize you at every turn. Within our community many problems are not the fault of white people.…
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Episode 19: Rejecting Stereotypes: Why You Should Resist the “Strong Black Woman” Stereotype
As Black women, we know all too well that no community will tear us down like our own. No one else goes out of their way to antagonize us about our attractiveness the way Black men do. Some Black women do this to each other as well. And what strength does that display? The “strong…
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Episode 17: Divesting From the Race, Gender, and Class Expectations of Black Culture
Addressing misogynoir and women divesting from toxic masculinity in Black communities.
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Episode 14: Black Men Bombard Us with Eurocentric Beauty Standards
Black women, other men see us. Want us. And love us. Today we’re talking about how Black women can challenge Black men’s cultural narratives through self-acceptance.
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Episode 12: Afraid to Question the Culture, Being in Your Skin
Girls like us are never allowed to say anything negative, especially about Black men or Black culture, lest we become “uglier” by virtue of our “negativity.”
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Episode 1: Being a Black Woman Is a Sentence with No Commute.
Can a girl catch a break?
Black Women Divesting 