Centering, Uplifting & Celebrating Brown Girls
What's her name? Dana Russell aka Her Royal Highness Princess Dana Why is she fabulous? Well, she is a princess! Full of strength and grace, assests that all of the best princesses embody. This lady is the type to make sure every single pair of shoes she owns has earrings to match and will curse …
Is there a person alive who doesn't love Damita Jo? There might be like 4 people. Four people who are sad they can't be her. Don't be like that though. She's dope. Janet Damita Jo Jackson aka Everyone's Other Favorite Jackson was born on May 16, 1966. She was born ninth and last in the immensely talented …
Last week, I stumbled across this article about Audre Lorde. I had seen her name around in the past few years, but honestly never did any research about her. So I landed on this article about white feminists appropriating her words and her work, identifying with the parts about feminism but totally discarding the parts …
I grew up poor. Like, really poor. "I shared clothes with my siblings, had one pair of shoes to last all school year, scrubbed my clothes by hand in the bath tub" poor. My mother was disabled and my father, often in between jobs. We were without a lot of things that my friends and …
Even though the world feels big and intimidating, it's almost calming to realize, even within the smallest thing like a cell, there's an infinity - Amandla Stenberg Big words from a young woman. They are still wise words and a mouthful of motivation to get us through a week. The world does indeed feel big …
When Asia and I sat down to discuss our publication and outline our vision ,we were as giddy as school girls at a sleep over! This entire launch has been an inspired journey toward something greater than myself. I'm especially honored to take it with her. Inside me however, there was a pink elephant in …
What's her name? Sherronda Why is she fabulous? Sherronda is everyone's cheerleader. She is inclusive, transparent and sex positive. On any particular day, you can find her Facebook posts to talk about battling misogynoir, speaking out about mental illness and compiling a list of ways to live your best sex life (stay tuned for …
Rosa Dolores Alverío born December 11, 1931, in Humacao, Puerto Rico, was the first triple threat I knew. She has earned the exclusive honor of being in the EGOT club, winning two Emmy Awards, A Grammy, An Oscar and A Tony. She is the only LatinX actor to do so thus far. She has been a …
Our inaugural #WomanCrushWednesday is none other than Rihanna. Born in Barbados and making waves in the States since she was 17, Rihanna has taken the world by storm with her unapologetic badassness and talent. In a world the presses Black women into tight boxes of respectability, Rihanna has broken out of the box and uses …
Hey yall! We realize that women make the world go round. And even more true, women make other women's worlds go round! Do you have a friend or several friends who always have your back? Tell you what you need to hear, whether you want to or not? Do your girls make you laugh, help with …
Brown Girls Out Loud 