Centering, Uplifting & Celebrating Brown Girls
A series celebrating the women of color who inspire us to live life to the fullest by living their lives out loud and proud. These are trailblazers in STEM, the Arts, Entertainment, Business, and Activism who shatter glass ceilings and the patriarchy, while lighting the way for the women behind them.
As Jenina mentioned back in February, we have been working for almost six months crafting our line of bath and body care products to bring them to you. We have slathered our bodies in butters and balms and our skin has never been happier. This weekend was a great one to share our products with …
*Contains Black Panther spoilers* My women Are glue Are courage Are fire. I get shit done. I start the uncomfortable conversations. I help move heavy things. I cook the food, rally troops and make a way. I make the plans, coordinate calendars, check in on folk and make sure that people are okay. I am …
Continue reading "For Nakia: An Ode to The Unsung Glue That Holds Our World Together"
I am hyper-aware that we engage in some pretty unhealthy behaviors and call it romance. Stalking seems to be equated with love and we insist that an inability to take no for an answer, is rooted in true devotion. Aretha famously sang, "though you don't call anymore, I sit and wait, in vain. I'm gonna …
If you see me and I don't speak That means I don't fuck Wit you - Cardi B If you see me and I don't speak, it could mean that I don't fuck with you, but it could also mean that I'm trying to hold my shit together because I'm over stimulated and really just …
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 …
A poor nights sleep and early wake up time left me with body aches. For some reason, I started thinking about growing older. Nearly all of my closest friends are about ten years older than me. I wondered when I'd start befriending younger women whose energies spoke to me, I thought about the insight into …
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 …
Continue reading "Healing Powers of Breastmilk: Thoughts Post-Weaning"
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 …
Brown Girls Out Loud 