Centering, Uplifting & Celebrating Brown Girls
“Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.” ― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams What is surviving if there is no healing and wholeness to be won? What are we surviving for if not joy? Often the road to healing finds us face to face with our sorrows almost constantly... Sorrow changes …
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 …
As the sun shines on all of my glory, my flaws don't look so bad at all. What was I so afraid of? - Jazmine Sullivan, Masterpiece (Mona Lisa) My eyes ain't used to these rays I'm feeling exposed, but I can't hide no more I can't hide As the sun shines on all of …
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Life, for a lot of people, can be a series of unfortunate events. It's seemingly, a stacked deck or roll of the dice. Where we are born, to whom, when, in what skin; These things determine a lot about our journey from birth to death. For example, trans-gender women have a life expectancy of 35 …
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place. -Zora Neale Hurston Her words are a warm glow of truth near some far off dark and vulnerable place inside myself. I am exposed. I have been in hiding. The world can be so damn ugly and unsafe. It is easy to forget, the one thing …
We have to love ourselves. I know that this is something that I forget all of the time. I often feel like I am not worthy of love, that respect is as much as I can ask for or demand. But as people always say, how can you love someone else if you don't love …
This is my first post for Brown Girls Out Loud (BrGOL). Asia and I have been toiling away to deliver amazing, uplifting, and authentic content. The process has been cathartic. Right now, every place I turn, I'm seeing brown girls devalued and diminished. I see erasure and my sisters making themselves smaller. Why? We are …
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