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Author: Amber Phillips

  • Echoing Ida

In Defense Of Mo’Nique: Likeability Shouldn’t Matter When We’re All Disenfranchised And Paid Less

Whether you work in the entertainment industry, as a domestic worker, or as a community grassroots organizer, most — if not all — Black women are being underpaid for doing the exact same work as their non-Black woman peers.

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Black Friendship, Black Love

Black girls building home together is a threat to white supremacy.

Tagged Black Futures Month
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11 Toni Morrison Quotes to Get You Excited About “God Help the Child”

Whether you need words to describe sisterhood, love, or even the intergenerational effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on the psychological health of Black folks, there is a Toni Morrison quote for that!

  • Echoing Ida

Banning ‘Bossy’ Won’t Help Black Women and Girls Seeking Justice

This campaign presents us with the opportunity to find an intersectional approach to developing leadership skills in girls and women.

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Love Thy Self Fiercely: How Self-Love Makes for Better Health Care

Two years ago, one of my close friends recommended that I read bell hooks’ All About Love, and it literally changed my life.

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Babe, I’m Pregnant…

Did someone on television say the word abortion?

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