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 […]
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 […]
What Price Have I Paid? How Racism Impacts Black Women in The Workplace
Photo by Dziana Hasanbekava from Pexels A few days ago I facilitated a panel discussion on how toxic workspaces impact Black women. During the discussion the following question was presented, “what has microaggressions, racism, and sexism cost Black women?” It wasn’t a planned question, so up until that point, I had never stopped to think […]