Water Cooler Ally
“Can we have an honest conversation?” Have you ever met someone who constantly reminds you they are an ally? The word is included in their greeting, it is woven into all of their conversations, it’s listed in their LinkedIn headline, and you see it in their email signature. Ally, ally, ally. Since the world witnessed […]
Stop Stealing Black Women Intellectual Property
Image by athree23 from Pixabay. In December 2021 I wrote a think piece regarding Brene Brown and the dangers of courage culture as it pertains to Black and Brown people. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine the article would go viral, but less than a month after posting it over 30K people had […]
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 […]
The Dangers of Courage Culture and Why Brene Brown Isn’t For Black Folk
Photo by Anna Shvets from Pexels. The other day there was an interesting thread on Twitter with Dr. Jenn M. Jackson, a columnist at Teen Vogue, regarding her initial encounter with the writings of Brene Brown and her thoughts on how the author encourages white supremacy by telling white women to be courageous and vulnerable. […]