Ever since dipping my toe briefly in the “mommy blog” waters a few years back and realizing it just wasn’t for me…plus things like increasingly bright spotlights on me as I became one of the “official” Black voices in Maine…I’ve begun to shy away from writing about my kids. But things eventually circle back on you and intersect no matter …
For eight years, I have managed Black Girl in Maine the blog and related social media as a labor of love and as a one-woman operation (aside from the very rare and sporadic guest post) but in recent months it’s become clear that this site and the related social media has grown larger than my original vision. Thanks to a …
I am tired and ready to lay my burdens down, yet I know that rest is a luxury not afforded to women like me. Black women. Women like me as a collective are asked to do more, be more, to give our all and extra…knowing that rarely are we rewarded in ways that are common to our white peers. We …
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has not been having a good week. Then again, when one has reached the age of 70 without obtaining a filter, common sense or a shred of decency, and decides to run for the leader of the free world, the weeks might get a little rocky. After a week of horrific gaffes that has the …
If you have ever engaged in a conversation with another person, only to realize halfway through said conversation that you are not having the same conversation…well you know a little of what it is like to discuss racism in America in 2016. It has become increasingly clear to me that one of the reasons that we have not evolved nearly …
The first step in solving a problem is acknowledging that the problem exists. The internet has a racism problem; a very large racism problem. The internet has made being a racist easier than ever. From the comfort of your home, you can spew all manner of hate and if you choose, no one near you in online life will know …
To be Black is to be of the African diaspora yet it is so much more. To be Black in America is to share some universal truths, especially if one is African American or a descendant of enslaved Africans—but even that does not result in a shared reality for all. As a Black woman raised in the Midwest but currently …
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”– James Baldwin Change requires courage and after the events of the past week in the United States, it is abundantly clear that America needs to make some lifesaving changes for the sake of her future and citizens. We are standing on the precipice …
Oakland, Cleveland, Ferguson and so many other cities and towns and now, Baton Rouge. Another Black person dead under questionable circumstances involving the police. Another life taken too soon. Another family left to grieve. Another community wanting answers. Wanting justice and knowing it’s unlikely to come. We have been down this road many times before and the sad reality is …
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Happy Friday! It’s a gorgeous day up in my corner of the world and way too beautiful to be writing a blog post today. So I present you with the Friday Round-Up a list of blog posts this week from other bloggers that blew my mind. Perhaps if you need to kill some time or have a quiet moment you can check them out. http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/ Check out this cat, I have been a fan of his work forever. http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/ Good stuff here as well http://sweetersalt.com/ A Maine blogger who talks fashion and food…the best of both worlds http://paganchild-starmommy.blogspot.com/2011/03/keeping-focused.html A new blog that offers words of wisdom for all of us. http://mscleaver.com/ Another Mainer who for Lent is giving up pants, she is also a crafty gal If you have any links to good blogs, feel free to leave em. It’s my hope to make the Friday Round Up a regular feature at my new home specifically I would live to shine some light and love on smaller bloggers. It’s hard out here in this blogosphere with so many good blogs to choose from and so little time so let’s help everyone get a slice of the pie. I will be back on Monday, at that time I will unveil some ideas I have around monetizing things but You May Also Like: No related posts.
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This weight, this pain…a vent of sorts
When your day job is running the longest continuously running anti-racism organization in the country (we are a scrappy ‘lil org that gets by on passion and sweat) and you just so happen to inhabit a Black body while living in a very white state while the country is imploding racially…matters of race are never far from your mind. The …
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