I have been online since 1998, when I discovered a discussion board for Black women exploring natural hair styles after I grew up surrounded by Black women mostly relaxing or straightening their hair. That group of women were my lifeline when I moved to Maine in 2002 and didn’t have a single soul here to …
Last year, I made an announcement that changes were in the works for Black Girl in Maine Media. Namely, that after offering my writing free of charge since 2008, I was planning on putting the bulk of my work behind a paywall on Patreon. It is the direction that most writers and bloggers have taken, …
A few years back, when Biden was still a part of “the most diverse group of candidates” to ever run for the democratic presidential nomination, I wrote a piece about him right here on BGIM Media. It was a bit of a warning, I guess. The piece was a lot of facts and links to …