black-women
Why We Need to Empower Black Girls to Take Control of Their Own Sex Lives
Girls of color face myriad barriers when it comes to getting information about their sexual health. Laesha Brown, the program coordinator for Get Smart B4 U Get Sexy, is working to change that.
Double Dutch Is Back and It Is Breathtaking
For the first time in more than three decades, double dutch has returned to New York City's Lincoln Center to celebrate women of color and expose a new generation to the art of turning ropes.
Why Black Women Are Speaking Out on Domestic Violence
When the media is silent, black women take to Twitter to tell their stories of domestic violence.
Why We Need to Focus on How Black Women Are Harmed by Police Violence
Two years after Sandra Bland's death, the specific impacts of police brutality on women of color remain understudied and underreported. With her forthcoming book, "Invisible No More," Andrea J. Ritchie is working to change that.
People Don't View Black Girls as Children, Even When They're as Young as Five
According to a new study, adults view black girls as less innocent and less needing of protection than their white peers.
Graphic, Fleshy Sculptures Confront the Abuse of Black Bodies
Doreen Garner's visceral sculptures interrogate the history of medical experimentation on Black Americans.
'The Gyallery' Celebrated the Unique Experiences of Black Womanhood
"Stories about Black women [are] not always told by us so... we wanted to put their work in the forefront and give them a space to show everyone how amazing they are."
Black Women’s Voices Are the Sound of Rock ’n’ Roll
Unending love and appreciation is the least we can offer pioneers like Big Mama Thornton and Tina Turner.
This Group of Black Women Is Taking Up Arms to Fight Racism and Misogyny
What radical black womanist politics organized around self-defense actually looks like, and why it matters.
'Can I Touch It?' The Implicit Bias Against Black Women's Natural Hair
Researchers from the Perception Institute developed the first-ever Hair Implicit Association Test to measure whether or not people are unconsciously biased against black women's hair. The results of their study were published today, offering a new set...
‘Insecure’ Is a Show About Unique and Unapologetically Black Women
Issa Rae's move to HBO opens up space for unapologetically black, unapologetically weird women everywhere.
Inside the Fight to Make a Revolutionary HIV Medication Widely Available
The controversial anti-HIV drug PrEP (or Truvada) is widely seen as a medicine for gay men. We speak to trans people, sex workers and black community leaders who believe that they need PrEP, too.