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.
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. …
I went shopping today. I bought some firsts for each of my kids. Training pants for one, school supplies for the other. Some might say they are both a little too young for these things, but knowing their potential, knowing what they are already capable of, to not help them along will limit them. They …
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 …
Today, Brown Girls Out Loud is kicking off our Milk and Motherhood series. In the coming days and weeks, we will celebrate life and love but before we do, we will honor Korryn Gaines and acknowledge the mother she was not permitted to be. In her death, let's remember that her life was revolutionary and …
The month of August has been coined National Breastfeeding Awareness Month in the United States. The month is kicked off with World Breastfeeding Week, named by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action(WABA). The last has is known as Black Breastfeeding Week, celebrating Black nursing parents and bringing attention to health and access to resource disparities …
Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that. Eartha Kitt I'm noticing a theme wherein "old" is thrown around like some type of insult. I've been in several conversations about age and I recognize we have an unhealthy relationship with "getting old." Aging is a beautiful privilege and nothing we need …
Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you. -Misty Copeland Black girls have the first part down. Strong, beautiful, and fearless, we see them conquering the world daily. Whether it is academics, sports, STEM, in Hollywood, or the boardroom, Black girls …
All your faves are problematic. I know this makes it harder to love anyone. I know it makes it harder to support each other. It feels like we are constantly expecting for the other shoe to drop. For the problematic shit to hit the problematic fan. That's the fucked up, problematic world we live in. …
Brown girls, We love you. We know we never get the appreciation or credit we deserve. We are never permitted a full range of emotion or expression. We are hardly represented without a fight. WE SEE YOU BROWN GIRLS! LIVING OUT LOUD! YOU ARE BRILLIANT! We need to celebrate - this post is dedicated to centering, uplifting, and …
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