If you ask activist and author Charlene Carruthers whom she hopes will read her new book, she’ll mention teenagers and…
Editor’s note: This story was written for an event where The Root was a media sponsor.
Long before social media liberated unadulterated images of black women’s beauty, there was Kamoinge.
Now, this is what we call pretty in pink: Perennial fave Yara Shahidi looks poised to take flight on the cover of…
If the future is female, what of the present? Former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and now Black-ish writer and Ms.…
Here’s a conversation we don’t want to miss: Black-ish actress and all-around brilliant bae Tracee Ellis Ross will…
Death by a thousand cuts. A thousand micro (and macro) aggressions, a thousand dismissals, a thousand violations, both…
The anger of black girls is potent. And given what we deal with, it’s sometimes masked. Or internalized and…
For Women’s History Month, Jezebel and The Root are partnering for JezeRoot, a series that focuses on women of color,…
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part interview about Brittney Cooper’s book Eloquent Rage.
Author, intellectual and educator Brittney Cooper is a Black Feminist; capital “B,” capital “F.” It’s a distinction so…
For Women’s History Month, Jezebel and The Root are partnering for JezeRoot, a series that focuses on women of color,…
Each year on March 8—including last Thursday—the world celebrates International Women’s Day. The holiday dates back to…
Symone Sanders loves a good rant—which is great, because we love a good rant from Symone Sanders. The political…
The first paragraph of Brittney Cooper’s Eloquent Rage lets us know she’s not playing with or scared of you…
Currently, I am navigating a depressive episode. While I have access to the resources (therapy, medicine, communal…
Sexual harassment got you down? Microaggressions become too much? Poverty a pain in the ass? Racism got you fucked up?
Angelina Diash is a black woman, a native-born Ukrainian patriot. She loves her country but hates the direction in…
Two months ago on a whim, I got my first tattoo. After an hour and a half, I emerged with a tiny Egyptian cross etched…
Paris is buggin’. Or at least its mayor is. She says she will ask the city to formally ban Paris’ first Afro-feminist…
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