Articles

We’ve Been Here- The Problem With Erasing Black Women From Country and Rock Music 

#HipHopForever Is More Than a Hashtag to Me

All Hail Lil’ Kim, The Original Queen of Hip-Hop

What Happens When Hip-Hop Grows Up? ATCQ's 'We Got It From Here' Is The Nostalgic Catharsis We Needed To Heal 

This Is How Solange Knowles Beautifully Captures The Black Liberation Struggle In 'A Seat At The Table

Activism

Active Participation is the Cornerstone of Fighting for Justice (Blavity)

Is Twitter the underground railroad of activism? (Salon)

How anti-abortion extremists are exploiting #BlackLivesMatter to vilify African-American women (Open Democracy)

We Have Had to Defend Ourselves Against Online Threats (The New York Times)

Women/ Feminism

Love & Sex

Selected videos, articles, and podcast features

Music

Malcolm X Stood Up for Black Women When Few Others Would (ZORA)

Keep Harriet Tubman – and all women – off the $20 bill (The Washington Post)

Social Media Owes Its Cultural Compass to Black Women Online (The Washington Post)

Remembering Dorothy Pitman Hughes, an Icon of Black Feminism (InStyle)

Violence Against Women

Why Black Women Are Jumping to Bill Cosby's Defense--and Why They Should Stop (TIME)

When Gabby Petito disappeared, the world watched. Destini Smothers was ignored (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

‘Surviving R. Kelly’ and the Inherent Violence of Being a Black Woman (Out)

Why Black Women Struggle More With Domestic Violence (TIME)

Are Polyamorous Relationships the New Sexual Revolution?

I’m a Sexual Assault Survivor. Here’s My Advice for Building Relationships

Film & Television

This Black Film Festival Makes Room—and a Name—For Upcoming Artists (ZORA)

Netflix’s Comedy Sketch Show ‘Astronomy Club’ Soothes the Soul (Medium)

All Eyez On Me (film review)

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (film review)

Media

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