25 Things You Don’t Know About MyBrownBaby’s Denene Millner—aka My Mom
You thought you knew Denene Millner? You have no idea. See what you find out when her daughter turns the blogging spotlight on her.
This Is Why I Keep Writing About Race and Racism
Maybe what I have failed to put a finer point on is that good-intentioned liberals do not understand what racism means.
Blue Ivy’s Natural Hair & the Right Of Black Girls To Be… Free
Maybe Blue Ivy's mama isn't being lazy, but deliberate. Maybe Blue gets to be what Bey can't: FREE.
Positive Discipline: How To Stop Your Kid From Hitting
Dear Mother Wit, My 2-year-old has been hitting me, her big sister, the kids out on the playground, pretty much everybody she comes in contact...
The Freedom to Reject Normal: Teaching Children—and Ourselves—To Color Outside the Lines
What happens when you tear down emotional walls, and decide to be 100 percent you—warts, flaws and all?
Finding Joy After A Stillbirth: mater mea’s Takiema Bunche-Smith On Parenting Through the Pain
Showing the beauty, complexity, strength and awesome of Black moms and our children with a celebration of Takiema Bunche-Smith, educator.
Breastfeeding At Graduation Pic Is Some Kinda Wonderful—And Exactly What Black Folk Need To See
Apparently, the earth is going to stop spinning on its rotational axis because this graduate posted a picture of herself breastfeeding at graduation.
Jockey Skimmies® Make My Big Booty Challenges Go Far Away—Plus, a #SkimmiesPromo Giveaway!
Carrying "alla this" is no easy feat. Especially when undergarments refuse to play nice. Enter: Jockey Skimmies!
WHEN WE BLACK PEOPLE SAY RACISM IS REAL, PLEASE BELIEVE US
It's not merely that racism is still rampant in America -- it's that your reaction to it matters.
On Race & Double Standards: Will Change Ever Come?
When racial double standards play themselves out on this mom's doorstep, she wonders if her daughter will ever see equal justice.
I Refuse to Remain in the Lower Case: the Argument For Capitalizing the “B” In ‘Black People’
W.E.B. Du Bois fought this very same fight almost 100 years ago, arguing that capitalization is an act of recognition and respect.
Teen Tennis Star Taylor Townsend Is Beautiful Just the Way She is, Even If She Doesn’t Fit Into a Pop Cultural Lens
Pro tennis player Taylor Townsend is never going to be white girl skinny. And the media needs to get on board with that.
What Black Educators Are Saying About the Effects of Race On Our Sons
Does a white teacher's inability and unwillingness to deal with their own racial biases lead to stressful interactions with black boys? Educators say yes—and then some.
Because Of Maya Angelou, I Can Be
I imagined her as my mother, my grandmother, and my great grandmother -- an ancestor supreme.
Lessons on Being Present, From God’s Greatest Gift to Me
Forget going about life on auto-pilot: watch your three-year-old to figure out how to live in the moment.
