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 […]
She-Devil: When Misogynistic Women Support Abusive Men in the Workplace
Photo by Thirdman. When the news first broke regarding the extramarital affair between Good Morning America hosts, TJ Holmes and Amy Robach, everyone brushed it off as, “they are two consenting adults and what they do outside of their marriages is none of our business,” that is until the allegations began to roll in regarding […]
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 […]