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Produce Receipts or Let Amanda Seales Be

If this is an exhaustive list of why Amanda Seales isn’t “likable”, then we’re all in trouble.

I think about sisterhood a lot, possibly to the point of overanalyzing how well Black women practice and promote it. I think bell hooks felt the same when she discussed how fragile sisterhood can be…

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Why Self-Publishing Your Own Book is Essential (Hint: It's Related to The Little Mermaid)

Since Juneteenth is coming up, we’ll discuss supporting Black women writers and how to publish your own book. We’ll also explain why recent blockbusters like The Little Mermaid with Halle Bailey prove we need more Black women writers in Hollywood and in the book publishing industry.

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Is the EEOC Doing Enough To Protect Black Women With ADHD?

ADHD, a neurological condition typically associated with boys and white men, affects approximately 2.8 percent of adults worldwide, and studies show women and girls are significantly underdiagnosed. Black women and girls are the least likely to receive a diagnosis or medical care. 

If women as a whole are labeled “unstable” when showing signs of ADHD, it’s imaginable that the most underserved neurominority—Black women—will experience worse backlash due to racial and gender bias.

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Black Women Are Leaving the United States in Record Numbers—Here’s Why

After barely getting out alive, there was no way I was continuing medical treatment in the United States.

I know too well why Black women feel unsafe in America. The most insignificant parts of any other woman’s week become nexus events forcing Black women into a corner, where we…

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