Surrender to the Shadows
"The mixture of light and darkness gives her silhouette an angelic appearance"
Punishment
Dissected, chopped and carved, like a butcher’s plaything / I am repeatedly punished everywhere I reside.
How I Learned To Love My Melanin Body
From a negative mindset around my melanin features to fully embracing my body and beauty after pregnancy…
The Butterfly on My Neck
At age thirteen, it had grown almost to the size of my fist. / I began to resent it.
5 Important Things Black Women Need to Hear Right Now
Five important truths and tips that are so important for my Black Queens to hear at a time like this…
The Cost of Having
Allowing the wrong person into the inner chambers of your heart is dangerous. Probably the most dangerous thing one can ever do.
"I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay."
— Tracee Ellis Ross