How Holding Your Peace Can Be Bad For Your Health
An article by Yamily Habib is making its rounds on the internet regarding the suppression of feelings and how this unhealthy coping mechanism can fuel autoimmune disorders among women of color. Now Habib didn’t pull this theory out of thin air. It is actually supported by research conducted by scientists at Stanford Medicine, plus many […]
Safe Spaces For Professional Women To Exhale
Dr. Carey Yazeed is excited to announce that she will begin hosting monthly virtual safe spaces for professional women to exhale about workplace issues. These spaces will allow participants an opportunity to discuss issues they are facing in the work place, while receiving feedback and support from their peers and Dr. Yazeed. Safe Space Information: […]
Black Women and Vulnerability: What Brene Brown Got Wrong
Photo from Front Office Sports. “When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid,” ~ Audre Lorde On Sunday, April 2nd, the LSU Women’s Basketball team won the NCAA National Championship against Iowa. Down in the bayou, we cheered and celebrated […]
Embracing Equity: Why Achieving Equity Has Been Difficult for Black Women in America
Photo by Nicholas Swatz. Today is International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity. We didn’t just start fighting for equity today, nor during the summer of 2020 when society decided that caring about minorities, women, gender identity and people they consider as ‘others’ became the morally right thing to do. No, this fight […]
Pretending To Be Strong Through International Women’s Day
Photo by Joshua Abner from Pexels. As I sit here and reflect on how much we still have to accomplish as Black women in terms of gender bias and equal pay on another International Women’s Day, a quote from Taraji P. Henson invades my thoughts, “Women, Black women in particular need to lay off of […]