(ThyBlackMan.com) Black Patriarchy & Womanism… I was reflecting on two things: 1) Why I identify as Black feminist and womanist, 2) Angie Stone’s song “Brotha”. Womanism as defined by Alice Walker who coined the term can be found here: “A woman who loves other women, sexually and/or nonsexually. Appreciates and prefers women’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Here are a couple of titles that we as Black Women need to stop wearing like they are a badge of honor. 1. Baby Mama 2. Miss Independent 3. Jump off 4. Wifey 5. Bi** and the Baddest one at that! Baby Mama-Too many of us not only proudly wear ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I awoke for work last night I had a News Alert from the Washington Post. It was regarding a special report based upon a new National survey where Black women define themselves. Word. The email blast teased the five page article written by Krissah Thompson as revealing “how ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I think that is true, white women are much easier to get along with,” a long time friend said to me over lunch. “White women will stick with the man they love, they know how to hang in there while he builds. A black woman will pull the plug ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Healing starts when you create dialogue.”- Bill Duke at the Apollo premiere of Dark Girls1/13/12 On Friday, January 13, 2012, Dark Girls: The Movie premiered at the Apollo Theater in New York City. Here I offer a review of the film and its implications for its intended audience, women ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently saw a picture on facebook that had the following words: “If you wouldn’t make her a wife then don’t make her a mother.” I got the message, but to me this yet again another escape from accountability as women. “Make” Really? Make? My perspective is, “If he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) To be Black in the United States is and of itself a complex route in life to navigate. To be Black and female in the United States is not only complex, but it is a route in life much more rugged with uncut terrain. The road of Black Womanhood ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do we tattoo because we are seeking permanence? Do we tattoo because we are grappling for something that will adhere to solidarity and focus in our lives? Do we tattoo to be a part of an increasing community? Why are we quick to “mark up” our bodies so randomly? ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Thank you First Lady for staying true to yourself and remaining focused on your goals of health and fitness for both children and adults. You are a shining example of courage and the beauty that illuminates from you is a positive role model not only for black women, but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My sister and I recently sat down to watch a show that we enjoy quite often called Millionaire Matchmaker. The host of the show was setting up a session for a rich and distinguished black man and was in the process of considering black women who she thought would ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) She walks around with no direction/no protection/ You left Her after conception/looking for the love that You never gave Her/so with words it’s easy for men to sway Her/She gives up Her body so easily/so willfully/asking why didn’t He love me/Is it because I look like Her/Talk like Her/But ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Rape is the murder of the essence of a female.” I can certainly bear witness to that , because at the age of 15 a part of me was murdered. I remember the day it happened. The time, the weather, the season… the day I had no choice in ...