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Read the whole letter here. Also note: Carrie Fisher, her mother Debbie Reynolds, and Carolyn Miller-Cooper passed before my editor’s filing…
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I took myself to see Birth of a Nation earlier this week. (I told you I would.) Short review: well-acted…
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*Trigger warning* The week of August of 15, my news feed was filled with damning articles and opinions about Nate…
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How is a church like prison and being incarcerated like belonging to a church? Both have a way of asking,…
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“If a woman says she was raped, I believe her, because for all she has to go through, why would…
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My Writing-For-Freedom Summer has come to an end. I learned under instructors I would like to take back to…
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On Sunday, I thought I shared a link to my new podcast, but it turns out I didn’t. Click here…
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Today I begin a month-long series of summer workshops in essay and poetry that I hope will focus me for…
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A podcast featuring a 30-something black woman and her dad, talking about life. Click here to listen. (I hadn’t actually made…
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… there is nothing new under the sun. –Ecclesiastes 1:9 When I heard about 50 people at a gay nightclub…
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The morning after Muhammad Ali died, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the times he called himself “pretty.” A corner…
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Yellow became my favorite color several years ago because by wearing it, I could prove that my skin is not…
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I’ve been trying to process why Prince’s death feels so much worse to me than Michael Jackson’s or even Whitney…
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You may ask for freedom only if you live above reproach. That was the message to enslaved black people in…
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Last night, as I was wracking my brain to come up with an end-of-year post that was reflective, inspirational and…
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Since I see no reason to add to the thousands of think pieces EBONY magazine’s November cover story, “Cosby vs. Cliff,â€Â undoubtedly…
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When Cameo King sent me questions about feminism to help me prepare for this broadcast, I had to take a…
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For today’s Faith & Feminism Friday, I refer you to a conversation recorded over the summer when I was honored…
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In a past life, I slut-shamed my future husband. Except I can’t really call it slut-shaming, because the standards of…
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I came across the above quote last semester in my academic research but returned to it in June, when the…
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In my last column for NCR, I wrote about my somewhat surprising desire to find a church home in my…
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ME: I had a good life. My program wasn’t what I really wanted, and it was hard to do that…
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Similar to how priests who abused children were shifted from parish to parish but never disciplined. Systemic. https://t.co/87lcN7n0mN — Mariam…
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