The web series The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl has been getting a good deal of well-deserved attention as of late. It's funny,...
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Word Power: Rejecting Sexual Judgment and Victim Blame
The Slutwalks is a movement created to respond to voices and acts that devalue women based on their sexuality. They want to take back the...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
THE TALK BACK: Public Resistance to Objectifying Marketing
We've been focusing on " talking back " to media that demeans and misrepresents women. Here's a great post from the Ms. Ma...
Saturday, July 16, 2011
THE TALK BACK: Pretty Little Girls
This has been a pretty intense summer. Why? Because I’m focusing my energies on addressing how images are shaping my daughter’s life. M...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Woman to Woman: The Art of "Loving Critique"
There's an interesting video making its way through cyberspace. It features a young woman who expresses her strong opinions about Beyonc...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
THE TALK BACK: A Response
The campaign to assault the self-esteem of Black/African women and girls has been a long sought one. Fought on the terrain of the shapes and...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
THE TALK BACK: Black Women and Physical Beauty - Who's Defining Who?
This week, a great number of women around the country used their voices, Twitter accounts, Facebook profiles and emails to respond to a d...
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Comfortable Chains: A Call for Rihanna and Other Black Women to Break Out
As a psychologist and a Black woman, I acknowledge the commonly held perception that to be a Black woman means we have to be super stron...
Friday, March 18, 2011
The Psychology of a Big Butt: Vibe.com Interview with Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis
Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis, president of APA's Society for the Psychology of Women, was recently interviewed by Vibe.com , the web version o...
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Feeling Good Means Healing Good
So it's February and the weight loss advertisements are still flooding into my household. Like two days into the new year Bobby Flay...
Friday, February 25, 2011
Chicanas & The Lime Light
Comedian and actor George Lopez first caught my attention when I heard him in a stand up comedy show speaking in this ever so familiar...
Monday, January 3, 2011
Calling All Fem-Pop Bloggers!
Happy New Year! We're looking forward to year full of popular culture musings , interesting tales , and provoking discussions that lea...
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