Centering, Uplifting & Celebrating Brown Girls
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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