by Jordyne | Apr 25, 2016 | beyonce, feminism, Women
Lemonade season is among us, and it is time we dissect every detail- known or imagined- of Beyonce’s life, artistry, and politics. I won’t be doing that today– someone, somewhere, will do it far better. I just want to talk about the magnificence of...
by Jordyne | Jan 11, 2016 | Violence, Women
By now you’ve read several think pieces about Monique Pressley, the Black woman attorney, minister, and HBCU grad defending Bill Cosby and slaying members of the media left and right. She has her own firm and has already drawn comparison’s to our lord and...
by Jordyne | Jan 1, 2016 | feminism, race, Uncategorized, Violence, Women
With every post about the maniacal plot to bring Bill Cosby down, I cringe. I’m unsure if it is more disturbing that they are coming from men who Black women have stood on front lines for and prayed for, or from women who have mothered us or with whom we are...
by Jordyne | Dec 31, 2014 | Violence, Women
The good news is, Carlesha Freeland Gaither survived. The bad news is– we too often must. The thing about survival is- you just do it, with no thought to the fact that it’s being done. And those outside of you who get to live in the ways you must survive, know nothing...
by Jordyne | Feb 20, 2014 | feminism, Women
I spent the weekend in my now sparsely furnished living room drinking whiskey and chuckling. It was a really remarkable way to kick off Black history month because it was an ode to what’s really important about this month. When I studied for the Black History Brain...
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