Centering, Uplifting & Celebrating Brown Girls
2017 was the year of dreams deferred. I came to grips with a lot. My own limitations for one thing. My partner's illness is not about me, to center myself in his pain is selfish but, I am trying to be real and honest about it. I do have to admit we are changed, our …
Nothing happens in the "real" world unless it first happens in the images in our heads. -Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera Brown Girls, we are nothing less than glorious! Seeing ourselves as glorious is its own kind of revolution! This week, we want to challenge ourselves to see our own glory inside our minds first. I …
It has been a week since Maria set itself on the shores of Puerto Rico, wreaking unprecedented havoc on an already vulnerable population. Many people still do not have power, food, running water, or access to medical attention. It took this administration an agonizing amount of time to lift the Jones Act and start providing …
So we've been discussing this at length this morning and our resident smart ass Amy Jones has questions…these questions are here for you to ponder, with a foreword by Jenina. The Bodega isn't just a store to sell you coffee and the morning paper. A Bodega is the heart and soul of its, roughly, 3-6 …
I wish I dried up I wish every drop of my milk slipped passed those pink lips and nourished the ground Where the bones lay Of my babies Starved while I feed their murderer I wish I dried up So the missus babies would dry up too And be brittle So I could crumble them …
BrGOL Guest Contributor: Aemeri Kenasen Scattered pieces of my identity Reduced to these human walls that brand me woman... with nothing but flesh to define the outline of what it means to be "mother". Though nurturing I remain, my exterior stamps me as "other" and my essence remains a cry for disdain all because I …
When I discovered I was pregnant, I was thrilled, in every sense of the word. As a mother of six, I am well versed in the trials and tribulations of parenthood. I was sure this would be a wild ride. I was also sure this would be my last journey through motherhood. At 39, I …
I was almost 40 and I was sure my life was perfectly full. We had gotten well past our first year as a married couple (even though we'd spent near six years prior "playing house"). Our eldest children, now teens, were more than capable of managing themselves around the house and our youngest children were …
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No matter how you choose to tell the story, I am the child of those who survived. - Asia Renée To the disenfranchised, the most vulnerable among us: May you find the will to survive and the strength to do what is necessary to keep surviving, while purging the poison from every part of your life. …
We are celebrating legends because we love centering Black and Brown excellence, and there is no greater legend to start with than Eartha Kitt. Eartha Mae Kitt - 1927 - 2008 - was a singer, actress, activist, and outspoken personality, she was a force! Not sure who she is? Look no further than the original …
Brown Girls Out Loud 