It’s a New Year and cuffing season is upon us all. It’s that wintery time of year where you want to cuddle under a new boo if you’re single, or under your bae if you are taken. It’s also vision board time, lose 10 pounds
If you aren’t trying to conceive right now, this one’s for you. Back in the Spring, I joined the club of the 45 % people who accidentally get pregnant every year in the US (almost 3 million). I would have had a Christmas baby, had
Not to sound cliché, but every person with a vulva has their own unique body parts. It’s easy to feel likeeverybody else must have a hair-free, smell-free, and tightly packaged WAP but that’s not the case.Today I want to talk about what’s “normal” when it
What is twerking? The rhythmic gyration, popping, rolling, whining of the hips can be found throughout history used in ceremonies, celebrations, recreation, and entertainment. I am an avid twerker. I used to pop my hips and tootsie roll in the 90s and early 2000s; and
Having a child changes your life completely. You and your family have to get used to a whole new way of living. In one day, you can experience the painful physical effects of childbirth, an emotional roller coaster of tears and joy, and bone-deep exhaustion.
In the United States, Black women’s bodies have been commodified, controlled, and surveilled for the benefit of others denying them sexual citizenship or control of one’s sex life. The denial of sexual citizenship impacts reproductive choices, approach to pleasure, and experiences of sexual objectification. Black feminist, womanist, and
When Megan Thee Stallion coined the term “Hot Girl Summer” in 2019, we had no idea what was coming. Since that summer of hot girl shenanigans, we’ve experienced a global pandemic, repeated killings of Black men by police, threats to our reproductive rights, and multiple
As one of over 25,000 African Americans living with HIV in Atlanta and as the Georgia State Lead for Positive Women’s Network – USA, a national advocacy organization of women living with HIV, I was alarmed to hear the spokesperson for the Fulton County Sheriff’s
Growing up in Chicago in the ’80s and ’90s, I went to school just down the street from Kenwood High School, where award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer R. Kelly notoriously preyed on young black girls. We all knew it was happening. When I was 17, at a