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Who Do You Turn To, When Everyone Turn’s To You
The experience of Black women who are the oldest daughters can be unique and often comes with a mix of responsibilities, expectations, and cultural dynamics. Many seek mentorship and role models among older Black women to help guide them through personal and professional challenges. But what happens when you are not able to do that.…
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Strong Black Woman is NOT a Compliment
So many times, black women have are seen as the strength behind social injustice, family battles, and everything in between. And while I understand women fought for rights, but the fight was also for “Equal” rights. And as we can see from the world, we leave in that all that fighting didn’t favor black women…
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Child Birth
Sooooo, I had a baby!! LOL Pregnancy was hard on my body but I have no regrets. I was hoping to get the girl I’ve always dreamed of, but God had different plans and I can’t be mad at that. I am now a #BoyMom and I love it. After having time to think about…
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Date Yourself
We are often expected to figure out what it takes to love someone else before we truly learn to love ourselves. Then we go out into the world to live life and we struggle to be ourselves. It’s not until we have already been through the hurt and pain that we gain enough knowledge or…
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A Woman’s Break
A woman’s work is never done. We are natural born nurturers and 90% of the time we are raised to be caregivers and take care of the family not just the ones we create but the ones we come from. Never mind the goals and ambitions that we have for ourselves, because they don’t align…
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Sense and Sensuality
As a girl growing up I didn’t learn about womanhood. Sure I learned about the biology of a woman but that was it. Even as i became older and more mature I did not have adult conversations about who I was becoming as a woman. I didn’t learn how to apply make up or the…
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Sexual Freedom
In the height of Cardi and Meg song WAP, many people mostly men and sexually oppressed women (forgive them for they know not what they are missing) having been spewing hate on the ladies, even other artists. Initially I thought the issue was just the graphic nature of the song but clearly that can’t be…
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Do You Touch Your Flower?
Let’s talk self-pleasure (flicking the bean, fapping, finger banging, masturbation etc.) We all enjoy a little self-pleasure, or do we? Truth is there are lots of ladies who just don’t, rather it’s because its gross (to them), they don’t know how, its against their religion, or raised to believe it’s a man thing. Studies suggest…
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What is Femininity?
So recently I embarked on a self-exploration journey of femininity. In doing so I read some new books and did some googling. The first book I read was Pussy Prayers by Black Girl Bliss. I loved it. I learned to embrace myself, to love myself flaws and all, and to understand my womanhood. It really…