New Black Woman

Note: I meant to blog about this late last month, but I forgot! As women of color, we all know how hard it is to even get our feet into the doors of journalism. Furthermore, once we get in and get settled into the world of bringing the news to the public, we know we [...]

I’m always mystified by some women out there who will go out of their way to prove they can take a joke — no matter how offensive and wrong — just so they can prove they aren’t the stereotypical uptight, serious feminists who can’t take a joke. Case in point, author Hanna Rosin wrote on [...]

I guess the folks in Florida are more than serious about making sure it’s precisely following the school-to-prison protocol. Kiera Wilmont, a 16-year-old student at Bartow High School in Florida, has charged with a felony and expelled from school after a science experiment she did resulted in an 8-ounce bottle cap to pop and produce [...]

No, I’m not really shocked; more like bemused… I’d fallen out of favor with Howard Kurtz years ago, so I wasn’t too surprised when I learned he actually didn’t do thorough research on Jason Collins’ announcement on Monday that he’s gay. But, I admit I was mortified and offended by Kurtz’s callous, heteorsexist, white male privileged [...]

Don’t we all just love these college-aged, usually white cis ultra-conservative males who feel the need to fully display their stupidity by declaring how edgy and anti-mainstream they are? Yeah, I don’t either. Anyway, some dude at the University of Arizona thought it would be cool to show up to an anti-rape rally earlier this [...]