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The chorus of voices demanding a boycott of Essence Magazine have grown since the announcement that the glossy hired Ellana Placasa, a Caucasian woman, as it’s new fashion director. Many, including some of the magazine’s own staff, consider this move a slap in the face of its Black readership. Some of its critics have [...]
“What I know now, after all these years trying to climb out of a hole, is that I am part of a long line of women, Black women especially, who believe we have no right to pain, rage, sadness, that to acknowledge them, let alone walk all the way [...] in honor of HAPPY BLACK GIRL DAY, a day to remember to be thankful and participate in a little self-appreciation, i’m re-upping a poem i wrote back in ’08. i thought this was apropos, no? every black girl needs a theme song. ii. Homage to My Hipsby Lucille Clifton these hips are big hips.they need space to move around in.they don’t fit into littlepetty places. these hipsare free hips.they don’t like to be held back.these hips have never been enslaved,they go where they want to go they do what they want to do. these hips are mighty hips.these hips [...]  |
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