MyBrownBaby MOM OF THE WEEK: Akilah S. Richards
I first met Akilah Richards, purveyor of the smokin’ hot site EXECUMAMA, at our African Dance Class. I didn’t know what I was doing, and...
Unschooling: Pretoria Girls High Protest Is Exhibit A For Why Our Kids Should Learn Differently
There's a connection between how uncomfortable adults are with children who are confident and the backlash the girls at Pretoria Girls High School faced for refusing to chemically-straighten their hair. Unschooler Akilah Richards breaks it down.
Ta-Nehisi Coates new book ‘Between the World and Me’ and Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
This week's MyBrownBaby fresh links include an excerpt of Ta-Nehisi Coates' new book, Between the World and Me, plus a new tribute album to Nina Simone.
Unschooling Black Children Without The Restrictions of School, Plus Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
Unschooling Black children is about liberation. This mom shows us how she does it, plus notes on the food stamp challenge, the color of autism advocacy, the trials of transracial adoptees and real talk for an 8-year-old who hears about rape on TV.
How She Got Free: Helping Black Women Be Successful—Without Losing Ourselves
By AKILAH RICHARDS How is it that, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, our percentage of business ownership as black women in...
Harmony: The Sustainable Alternative To Work/Life Balance
By Akilah S. Richards In “Balance Is For Yoga & Flamingoes,” part one of this two-part series on our struggles with work-life balance, I discussed...
Balance is for Yoga and Flamingos: Rethinking Work/Life Balance For Busy Moms
By Akilah S. Richards Far be it for me to dictate what a grown woman should believe—particularly as it relates to how she chooses to...
Fatherhood: Tray Chaney Of “The Wire” Celebrates Dedicated Black Dads In His New Video
I’ve made no bones about and no apologies for my unyielding support of black fathers who do the right thing by their children. Every second...
Honey Do: The Mommy Guilt Remedy
Welcome to episode six of Honey Do: the Web Series, the whip-smart, funny, straight, no-chaser set of videos meant to help our men get a little...
Honey Do: Keep It Tight, Aiight?
Welcome to episode five of Honey Do: the Web Series, the whip-smart, funny, straight, no-chaser set of videos meant to help our men get a little...
