Centering, Uplifting & Celebrating Brown Girls
I stopped nursing in January and I feel clueless as a mother as a result. It didn’t happen overnight… It stopped being our go-to solution over time, little by little. I was both happy and sad with each milestone that took us further away from nursing. I was totally touched out and nursing him had …
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BrGOL Guest Contributor: Ana Velez Let the water run over your bare feet. Tilt your face to the sky. Close your eyes and listen. Their voices, a low hum almost a whisper in the wind as it tickles your ear. Let their arms embrace you in the warmth of the sun. -Ana Velez It is …
Editor's Note: One of our dear sisters was initiated in to Santeria recently. We appreciate her sharing some of the thoughts that came to her during her journey to one of her ancestral homelands and giving insight into what it has meant for her to be granted space to continue nurturing her young child during …
*PLEASE NOTE: I am in no way implying that anyone in Semaj’s home, or in her family is guilty of causing her death. The circumstances around her death are still largely unknown, and is currently being investigated.* *PLEASE NOTE: Descriptions of child abuse are included in this article. Please use discretion* Author: Morgan Lee I …
As part of our Missing and Exploited investigative work, Asia and Jenina reached out to a few friends that work as child advocates and in social services. We heard about Semaj Crosby. A 17 month old who had allegedly been visited by DFS hours before she disappeared. She was later found dead in her home. The …
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Author: Sherronda J. Brown We have Black women to thank for the amazing Afrofuturistic aesthetics seen in the Black Panther teaser trailer. Ruth E. Carter and Hannah Beachler are two of the film industry's most promising creatives, working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure that the world displayed on the screen is immersive, authentic, and …
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Author: Sherronda J. Brown Black and Brown women and femmes centering ourselves in our own lives in a world that constantly asks us to center everyone else is not only a form of resistance, but also a form of self-care. A part of that self-care means dating how we want to date – if we …
Author: Sherronda J. Brown My lovely sisterfriends asked me to write about films that bring me comfort in one way or another. You will quickly learn from this list that I mostly find comfort in the bizarre and the ominous, rather than the warm and fuzzy. I am undoubtedly revealing a lot about my own …
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Brown Girls Out Loud 