The Vanity Fair cover images serve a healthy dose of Black life as many of us experience it, while also giving voice to Blackness that avoids traditional media depictions of tragedy, strife, poverty and violence. — Last week, Black Twitter went absolutely berserk over Vanity Fair’s recent cover story on LeBron James and his family. Social media users were not only in awe of the breathtaking photos in the feature but also of the representation of Black excellence that is not as common in mainstream media…

Right now, the women of Iran have taken to the streets in what can only be called the greatest display of bravery we’ve witnessed in recent years. The protests come on the heels of the state sanctioned murder of 22 year-old Mahsa Amini, a young woman, that was taken into…

Speaking of once-in-a-generation moments, let’s talk about Sheryl Lee Ralph winning an Emmy. — The Queen Is Dead. The first time I ever read those words, I was staring at the cover a 1986 album by the British rock band The Smiths. It took 36 years for those four words to become a real-life headline, and when they finally did, no-one I know was…

From violence to self-care — “You can become an unremarkable part of my day or act in a way that makes me remember you.” When I was a kid, I wanted to be unremarkable. I wanted to move through the world mostly unnoticed because to be noticed was to be bullied. To be noticed was…

And why we should all be talking about it. As I’ve been uncovering stories around Black maternal mortality (and, specifically the death of my grandmother following childbirth) for my next book, another reproductive health issue — uterine cancer — is getting more attention as it is impacting Black women disproportionately…

Let us all do like Dawn Staley and keep her story in the public — And just that quick, Brittney Griner has disappeared from the news cycle. Just like she vanished into Russia’s prison system. We cannot let this happen. Time to talk her up. Bring her up in people’s minds and in social media. There was a brief chatter last week when Dennis Rodman…

And a lot of memories — The first time I remember having a fancy dinner on my own was at the Grand Floridian while in the Disney College Program. It was my first Christmas away from home, and even though I would spend the actual holiday with my family, I wanted to gift myself something memorable…

There's no downside to learning how to express yourself better — A Black woman therapist set the internet ablaze when she suggested that Black men would benefit from expanding their emotional vocabulary on TikTok. The backlash was swift, as some users doxxed Shabree Rawls and cheered as she lost her job. While many Black men took offense to her advice, their…