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27 February 2018
Black Love: It's Time to Tell it Like it Is
Are 'ride-or-die' relationships simply an excuse for the abuse of black women?
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Writing
26 February 2018
Kintsukuroi: A Lesson in Breaking
On healing after losing a child and finding beauty in the cracks of one's shattered self.
Culture
14 February 2018
How to Navigate Black Interethnic Dating
Four things to consider when dating another black person outside your specific cultural group.
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13 February 2018
Asexual Pansexual—On Performing Queerness Without Having Sex
How do we hold onto identity in a world full of expectations about what you do with your private parts.
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12 February 2018
How I Found Empowerment in Unspeakably Horrible Sex
Society expects women to be non-interfering bystanders during sex. I refuse to be quiet.
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05 February 2018
In the War Against My Sexuality, I Chose Truth Over Fear
Why I will not let the epidemic of homophobic violence in South Africa stop me from living openly as a queer womxn
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02 February 2018
Laura Nsafou Is the French Author Teaching Black Girls to Love Their Natural Hair
Her children's book, "Like A Million Black Butterflies," addresses race and bullying—rare topics you don't read often in French literature.
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