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Jada Pinkett-Smith Isn’t the Villain in Her Entanglement. Nobody Is.

Jada Pinkett-Smith, a light-skinned Black woman with cropped, curly blond hair, on Red Table Talk
by Gabrielle Smith
July 23, 2020 at 12:04pm
Will and Jada’s public relationship has resulted in explosive discourse online.
A person waves a Pride flag out of a window.

True Revolution: In Quarantine, Queer People Are Redefining Community and Celebration

by Shelli Nicole
June 24, 2020 at 12:49pm
The thought of celebrating Pride Month has felt particularly complicated in the wake of the protest and rightful uprisings sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others.  Read more »
photo of wives Ayanah Moor and Jamila Raegan, two Black queer women, one with a short haircut and one with locs, in their Chicago home

Unequal Lending: Redefining Home in the Land of Inopportunity

by Bani Amor
June 8, 2020 at 9:00am
Another world is possible, and it begins with redefining “home.” Read more »
an illustration of a Black woman laying across the couch, naked, with a hand covering her vagina

Love No Limit: Masturbation Opens Women up to Power, Play, and Pleasure

by Josie Pickens
May 28, 2020 at 11:02am
Pleasure is a human right. Read more »
a pink, beige, and red illustration of two women talking over tea

Love No Limit: Exploring Sexual Fantasy during the Pandemic

by Josie Pickens
May 19, 2020 at 9:17am
We only have shame about our sexual thoughts or desires because we don’t openly discuss how natural and human they are. Read more »
a pregnant woman in a red shirt sits alone on the floor

Doulas Gone Digital: How to Self-Advocate If You’re Forced to Labor without Support

by Lauren Rowello
May 11, 2020 at 3:46pm
A lack of support can feel scary for new parents and is especially unsettling for those who are marginalized. Read more »
Klancy Miller, a Black woman chef with short, black hair, leans over a kitchen counter

Dinner Party for One: Cooking for Yourself in the Age of Social Distancing

by Cynthia Greenlee
May 1, 2020 at 11:47am
Cookbooks are great, but they often aren’t taking into account that some of us are cooking for one. Read more »
a colorful collage of illustrations of Black people being in close quarters during the quarantine

Love No Limit: Can a Relationship Survive a Pandemic?

by Josie Pickens
April 21, 2020 at 11:00am
This pandemic will give us the space and opportunity to dig deep into the love, compassion, and care we have for our lovers and ourselves. Read more »
Photograph of woman in mid-air diving from platform combined with graphic paint strokes

Blank Slate: Spiritual Emptiness Is Clearing Our Closets

by Aditi Natasha Kini
April 1, 2020 at 9:00am
While minimalism may masquerade as a reaction to capitalism, current practices and values have turned it into the rebellious offspring of capitalism. Read more »
illustration of a Black woman's hands holding a heart that resembles a strawberry

Love No Limit Is a Space for Radical, Expansive Conversations about Love

by Josie Pickens
March 17, 2020 at 10:43am
It will be a safe space where we can discover, together, how we can find, foster, and harbor the most radical kinds of joy within our hearts, minds, and bodies. Read more »
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, a white couple both wearing all black outfits, pose together on a red carpet in 2015

All Victims Can Be Perpetrators

by Nylah Burton
February 14, 2020 at 1:37pm
Our society has not yet accepted that women can inflict horrible wounds and still be horribly wounded themselves. Read more »

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Target Market: Black Women with Guns: Frontier Feminists or Insurrectionists?

Pam Grier plays Coffy, a Black woman with an afro who's sitting on the floor and pointing a gun at an intruder, in the movie Coffy
by Joshunda Sanders
Spring 2012 • Frontier
The guns Black women carry are symbols of their abilities to be both frontierwomen and nurturing warrior mothers birthing a new generation of revolutionaries. Read more »