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For Colored Girls Who Chose Themselves Cuz Boundary Setting Made Them Realize They Were Enough

Lack of boundaries invites lack of respect -Anonymous There’s been a recent trend that we’ve been seeing amongst our young black queens; a sudden uptake in choosing to honor mental health above any public pressure to just ‘shut up and dribble’. Recently, the GOAT Simone Biles gracefully bowed out of the team Olympic finals and…
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You Are Your Best Thing

In the name of our Elder, Mother Toni Morrison. Do you look at yourself in the mirror and exclaim, “Girl, you are a boss ass bitch!!”? Do you ever find yourself attempting to use your knees like they are still under factory warranty? Maybe you enjoy doing hood rat things with your friends, or by…
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Friday Night Fish Fry, Passover Edition: Who Made the Potato Salad?

This Saturday evening begins the 8 day celebration of Passover. Passover is a major Jewish holiday that commemorates the Exodus of the Jews from slavery. The Exodus story is a familiar story; you know Moses, Rameses, the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, and let my people go! The holiday is a celebration of…
