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12 (or so) Questions I have After Talking to a Black Man About #SurvivingRKelly

12 (or so) Questions I have After Talking to a Black Man About #SurvivingRKelly

Feminism, Gender, In the News, Pop Culture, Race, Rape culture, Trigger warning

More specifically, these are questions I thought of after talking about the Lifetime documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly,” to a Black man who thinks protecting his 3 daughters is enough to stop a system of predatory behavior against Black girls and to counter his...
Cause of [Erica’s] Death

Cause of [Erica’s] Death

Black Lives Matter, In the News, Race, Social Justice, Trigger warning, Tyranny

Update, Dec. 30, 2017: Erica Garner died early Saturday, Dec. 30. A family spokesperson announced news of her passing via her official Twitter account. Erica Garner, 27, a well-known activist and daughter of the late Eric Garner, suffered brain damage following a...
For the Fairytale

For the Fairytale

#BlackChurchSex, Black Love, Gender, Love Single Life and Marriage, Pop Culture, Race, Religion Faith and Spirituality

Over the past week or so, as “For the D” and “For the P” challenges have overtaken attention spans, Christians have stepped in with remixes espousing what they would do “For the D [after a ring],” “For My Jesus,” “For My God,” and “For My Husband.” At least, Black...
Why Being Single Often Feels Like Punishment for Black Church Girls

Why Being Single Often Feels Like Punishment for Black Church Girls

Best Of, Black Love, Pleasure, Religion Faith and Spirituality, Sex

How is a church like prison and being incarcerated like belonging to a church? Both have a way of asking, “How do you plan to handle potentially lifelong, involuntary celibacy?”  Read more. ← On my bicycle, at the intersection of blackness and...

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