Ida B. Wells was a legendary Black American female journalist. Wells has been given a gift of sorts more than 80 years after her death that more or less solidifies her legacy. Supporters have raised $300,000 to build a monument for Wells. Final pledges rolled […]
Why is it that white women who wear cornrows are hailed as high fashion, while women of color are deemed “ghetto”? Model Salem Mitchell is fighting against the trend of white people being praised for their cultural appropriation. “Everything about what I look like is […]
The World Cup is a time of pride, energy, and often controversy. Instead of talking about the Men’s World Cup, which the US team did not qualify for, I want to focus on the women. The next Women’s World Cup is next year in France, […]
Katherine Johnson may be a familiar name, or it may not be. Either way, her contributions to the world of science will never be forgotten. Born in 1918 in West Virginia, Katherine G. Johnson stands today as an icon for women and people of color. […]
The issues surrounding both sex work and human trafficking are exceedingly difficult to discuss, and this often results in the conflation of the two. Because of a lack of distinction between the horror of sex trafficking and the consensual exchange of sex work, progress on […]
It was a monstrous task to create the African-inspired futuristic costumes in “Black Panther,” the highest-grossing superhero movie in U.S. history. Costume designer Ruth Carter led the noble charge like one of the movie’s bald, female warriors. The costumes had to be spellbinding but functional, […]