| 单词 | Black woman |
| 例句 | Black women replaced them, accounting for 60 percent of all domestics in the 1940s, and dominated the field until other occupations began to open up to them. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Two Black women dressed in short skirts sat down where the Asians had sat. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I noticed that almost all of the fencers in the pictures I’d seen were white men, so a young Black woman who fenced, that would definitely make me an original. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Here is a Black woman, uneasy about her role in identifying a young Black man, who still had the courage to testify before you and to positively identify Mr. King. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrote this book because I wanted to chronicle my quest to challenge society’s limited perceptions of what a Muslim woman, a Black woman, or an athlete can be. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was those same two cops—the white dude and Black woman that had shined their light on us—who showed up at the bodega after Manny had called them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Black women held jobs in the Monroe Cotton Mill or as domestic servants. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Black women were armed; black women were dangerous and the less money they had the deadlier the weapon they chose. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunny’s moms had helped me pick it out because the poet was positive for Black women. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “A Black woman was selling incense in front of a store,” Daddy said. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Black women are even allowed to weigh more. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Even though I didn’t hang out with these girls on the weekends, we were a tight bunch of Black women who lived in the dorm together. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A single, Black woman in her early thirties, she came from Washington, DC, where she helped support her widowed brother and his children. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Duke had decided for us that all the Black women should have Black roommates and live on the same floor. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “She was the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Michigan, and she’s the reason I decided to pursue a career in astronomy,” Ayana said, fiddling with her braids. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The revolution is when Shirley Chisholm ran for president and the rest of the world tried to imagine a Black woman in the White House. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Black women were quoted a price, on average, of $1,195 above invoice. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Black women are different, you know, Clay,” Mr. Derby continued. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel comfortable defending myself because I didn’t want to perpetuate the stereotype of being an angry Black woman. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A saleswoman, who was a middle-aged Black woman, greets us, then hurries to the back when Anastasia gives her a green numbered ticket. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The Black woman in the South who raises sons, grandsons and nephews had her heartstrings tied to a hanging noose. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized I was in a unique position to transform the way society sees Muslim women and Black women in predominantly white sports, and the way we as ethnic and religious minorities see ourselves. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And let's be real clear: Black women are always at the front of movements, not just moments. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z "Their experiences reflected broader systemic issues in reproductive health that affect Black women — doctors do not listen to their Black patients," Jackson said. Treated as a "criminal mastermind”: Black Olympic athlete’s abortion derails her career 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z They started thinking about Black people, Black women, and sexual violence because they had an R. Kelly story to tell, or Russell Simmons story, or Bill Cosby story to tell, right? Me Too founder on her healing memoir and creating change: "All of us contribute to rape culture" 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z She decided to limit her writing sessions to a group of simpatico collaborators, and focus on topics close to her heart: her experience as a Black woman in country music, and in America. Nashville Didn’t Make Room for Mickey Guyton. So She Made Her Own. 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Her book, “What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking,” was published in 1881, and is the second-oldest known American cookbook by a Black woman. Food Scholar, Folk Singer, Blunt Speaker: The Many Lives of Leni Sorensen 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z A particularly effective spread depicts a Black woman leading another Black woman and a girl with braids through the dead of a blue-velvet night. The Pillars of African American History: Ibi Zoboi’s Kwanzaa Picture Book 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Black women in a white residential neighborhood, or playing golf? White spaces, white privilege and white fear: Negrophobia still contaminates America 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z After she retired because of injuries the next year, the company had no Black women at all until Fentroy joined. A Ballerina Who Adds to the ‘Palette of What’s Possible’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z That hip-hop music video show featured an astounding number of Black women entertainers and dancers wearing weaves. Black Women’s Hair and Horror Movies: What Could Go Wrong? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z The tweet is juxtaposed above a video of an older Black woman with a walker peacefully marching, which Meme 2020 sourced. Memers Have a New Campaign Aimed at Getting Trump Out of Office 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Directing and choreographing this revival, Brown becomes one of exceedingly few Black women ever to take both roles for a Broadway show. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z As our reviewer, Jamie Figueroa, noted, Jerkins excels in “conveying the life-giving and life-sustaining power of Black women’s bodies, and the blood relationships between them.” New in Paperback: ‘Caul Baby’ and ‘While Justice Sleeps’ 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z How did your perspectives as Black women shape the film? Bursting Into Dance: Gentlemen, Assume the Superhero Stance! 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z In depicting real Black women and girls, Ms. Walker said she was looking to redress the dominance of whiteness in both Western art history and mainstream British history. Black Artists Look Beyond ‘Protest Art’ at British Shows 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s the idea that Black women have to say things nicely, or they have to say things using standard English, or that they’re ignorant if they speak using African-American vernacular English. These Teen Girls Are Fighting for a More Just Future 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Three Black women in Arizona say they were racially profiled by a Cheesecake Factory manager after paying for their meal with a touchless QR code. Black women claim Cheesecake Factory manager racially profiled them following payment 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Dickinson is riveting as the lesser-known Giovanni, a poised young Black woman with a soft surface and a spine of steel. ‘Lessons in Survival: 1971’ Review: The Past Echoes in the Present 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Black women such as Abrams have long pushed national Democratic campaigns to invest in Georgia and other Southern states, laying the organizing groundwork to galvanize voters of color. For Black women, Stacey Abrams’s loss ‘feels like a punch in the gut’ 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z It’s worth remembering that it wasn’t that long ago that the title sequence of this show included as many Black women as could be found in the casts of four decades of “Saturday Night Live.” ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ Has the Most Exciting Comics (and the Silliest) 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Black women receive the fewest messages on OKCupid and the fewest “swipes right” on Tinder, and my inbox was no different. My search for Mr Woke: a dating diary 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Indignities like that constituted just some of the hidden labor of being, at the time, the only Black woman on a major country music label. Nashville Didn’t Make Room for Mickey Guyton. So She Made Her Own. 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The Center for Fiction awarded its First Novel Prize to Raven Leilani for “Luster,” the story of a young Black woman’s affair with a married, middle-aged white man. James McBride among those honored by Center for Fiction 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z When is the nation going to get past this obsession with the Black woman's hair? "Say 'no' nicely": Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z A white man in boxing trunks holds up a wad of playing cards and cash; a Black woman in silhouette, maybe pregnant, kneels crying before him; several onlookers point accusing fingers. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Hall calls her relationships with other Black women in the industry "a beautiful infrastructure of solidarity that didn't always exist because you were one for one." Tamron Hall, TV host and now mystery novelist, created a heroine to be "the reporter I wish I was" 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z The Black women before me couldn't have imagined that I'd work in the administration of the nation's first Black president. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Hill showcased the essence of what it means to be a young, vulnerable Black woman in America on her own terms. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" turns 25: A tribute to the album that refined hip-hop and feminism 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Derived from a podcast of the same name, this blend of essays and photography reflects on the private journeys and healing of Black women. Newly Published, From Musical Masterpieces to the End of Trump’s Presidency 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z In your research, did you find many examples of Black women spying for the Union? Dominique Morisseau Asks: ‘What Does Freedom Look Like Now?’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Ruffin: Most of the Black women I know take care of what is wrong, and no matter what their job is, they’re doing four people’s jobs. ‘Wildly silly,’ perceptive Amber Ruffin earns TV spotlight 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z This anthology does more than “bring Black women writers – and readers – to the forefront,” or write black women into “spaces that neglect or ignore us,” as Edim writes in her introduction. Review | Well-Read Black Girl’s Glory Edim continues to grow her empire — this time with a book 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Abarca-Mitchell was on that issue’s cover — the first Black woman to have that honor. Five Pioneering Black Ballerinas: ‘We Have to Have a Voice’ 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z You see this beautiful Black woman who was passed over because she was not as thin or as commercial as her friend who she grew up with. Alex Newell Finds Inspiration in Whitney Houston, Billy Porter and ‘Dreamgirls’ 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z She hoped this series, produced largely by Black women, will help foster a safer and more liberated environment for Black people. ‘The Hair Tales’: Stories of Black Women’s Hair and Self-Acceptance 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “There is no way on God’s green Earth that I would be able to deal with the coronavirus and the protests of George Floyd and just me being a Black woman, period, there’s no way.” You Know What Else Has Sold Well During the Pandemic? Weed Edibles 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Smith plans to hold the group’s first conference next June in Baltimore, with a mission of unifying Black women in hospitality. How High-End Restaurants Have Failed Black Female Chefs 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z “I wanted to write a story about a Black woman who fails a lot and is sort of grasping for human connection and making mistakes,” Leilani, now 29, said. Raven Leilani, a Flâneur Who Is Going Places 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Another gripping story also involves the theft of a car, this one stolen from an older Black woman. Two High-Powered Black Attorneys Confront a Justice System’s Flaws 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z You know, there is that super-popular Malcolm X quote: “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman.” These Teen Girls Are Fighting for a More Just Future 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Vos, a white woman, enters the bodies of a Black woman and a white man. Brandon Cronenberg Will Now Perform an Interview 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z In interviews and on her Facebook series “Red Table Talk,” she has chronicled her painful ordeal with alopecia, a condition that disproportionately affects Black women. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z A Black woman in a band of white men, Scaggs saw few other women of color on festival stages. One Musician’s Plan to Make the Concert Industry More Diverse 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z “Glory” is being published eight years after Bulawayo’s debut novel, “We Need New Names,” was released to critical acclaim, making her the first Black woman from Africa to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize. NoViolet Bulawayo Believes Freedom Begins With Imagination 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z After seeking a second opinion, I discovered I have fibroids — a condition that disproportionately affects Black women. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Black women continued to be questioned, degraded, and violated. One Year of #MeToo: The Legacy of Black Women’s Testimonies 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z The self-described handbook helps young, Black women navigate smashing the patriarchy through a lens of hip-hop music, pop culture and lived experiences. "Feminist AF" author on hip-hop & feminism today: "We're not playing nice anymore" 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Others clucked over the irony of Condé Nast both hiring and firing a young Black woman in its flailing attempts to align with a renewed push for diversity. Inside the Teen Vogue mess — which is really a Condé Nast mess 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z "It's so sad and disappointing that successful Black Women are being used to tarnish the image and legacy of successful Black Men even in death," Cosby offered, because Bill Cosby cares about successful Black women. Brace yourself for the Bill Cosby media redemption tour 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z "She made sure that everybody heard the opinion of an overweight Black woman. She made it a big deal. I owe her my career. I really truly do." What we learned from "The View" reunion, from the fight that started it all to Joy Behar's firing 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Sloan: So much has been done in the history of America to make Black women think that their hair is not worthy since it is not straight. "The house has never not been on fire": How two "Daily Show" correspondents made comedy for our pain 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z For Bailey, dealing with racism is part of her reality as a Black woman. Halle Bailey: ‘The Little Mermaid’ Star Connects With Her Inner Ariel 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z To what extent were you aware that being unflappable was almost required of you, as a Black woman testifying before an all-white male panel? Anita Hill Has Some Perspective to Offer 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z So, I have these two amazing Black women on my side where we are bringing in the old and the new, the then and the now, but it's collaborative. Photographer Devin Allen on why "we need a renaissance" now 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z “The word ‘iconic’ is overused in this industry, but Pam has been a true revolutionary regarding the depiction of Black women in Hollywood,” Mankiewicz said. Pam Grier covers ‘everything’ in a new podcast of her career 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z This is an issue about race, Paula is not a Black woman. "Aftershock" directors on how the anti-midwife campaign wrought the Black maternal mortality crisis 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z I would say Jackson had the patience of a saint, but it’s probably more accurate to say she had exactly the amount of patience required from all Black women on a daily basis. Perspective | Indelible in the hippocampus is Brett Kavanaugh 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Black women and white men who have been successful in hip-hop have found ways to embody those senses and make them their own. White Female Rappers Challenging Hip-Hop?s Masculine Ideal 2011-12-23T14:30:39Z She remains the most recent Black woman to win album of the year at the Grammys. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" turns 25: A tribute to the album that refined hip-hop and feminism 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z "I got angry. I told them, 'Now I'm angry, and I'm upset that I'm angry. I'm a Black woman who's been put on the spot in this country, and I don't get to be angry.'" "He made their lives miserable": How the showrunner of a popular courtroom drama finally got fired 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z The Oscars controversy came at the end of a week that included a different approach to defending a Black woman. Oscars slap sparks debate on the defense of Black women 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The soul and jazz singer Ledisi has recently starred as each of these iconic Black women on the big and small screens. Nina Simone Saved Ledisi’s Life. Now She’s Paying Tribute on an Album. 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z I always feel a certain amount of responsibility to represent us correctly, but I also know that I can’t be the voice of every Black woman, so I don’t try. Robin Thede Is on a Mission 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z In “The Cancer Journals,” she described talking with Black women trying to organize New Orleans’s first feminist book fair. A Timely Collection of Vital Writing by Audre Lorde 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z As a Black woman, I understand the differences between me, my personal life experiences, the things that are important to me versus a woman who is African, versus a woman who is Caribbean. ‘A Conflicted Cultural Force’: What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Only recently the super-heroism of Black women was celebrated far and wide, making a show like this a natural extension of the cultural zeitgeist. A Queen becomes "The Equalizer": What it means when Black women take on legacy superhero roles 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z It’s the sort of mind-melting mess that feels honest and utterly free in its messiness, even as the mess douses a conveniently speechless Black woman. ‘The Little Mermaid’ Review: The Renovations Are Only Skin Deep 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z While “One Way or Another” never had a formal release in the United States, it has surfaced periodically in film series, including one at BAM five years ago that was devoted to Black women’s cinema. A Feminist, Neorealist, Communist Film, and a Plain Great Movie 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Justice will never look like a balanced scale for Black women — there will always be a bittersweet tinge to it. Megan Thee Stallion's victory: A rare win in 50 years of hip-hop, violence and misogynoir 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z An earlier study at the University of Michigan revealed that Black women are almost twice as likely to experience infertility than white women, and half as likely to receive medical help for it. In ‘Master of None,’ Naomi Ackie Tells a Story ‘I’ve Never Really Seen’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z “We want these children to grow into healthy Black men and healthy Black women, and to change society to be a healthy place for them.” Fresno’s Freedom School is changing the narrative on farming for black youth 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Twigg argued that as long as Black women are fired for their hairstyles and Black children are required to cut their dreadlocks for wrestling matches, people of color will lack autonomy. ‘The Hair Tales’: Stories of Black Women’s Hair and Self-Acceptance 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Research shows that Black women with textured hair are often considered less professional. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z He added: “Shange’s free-form text was neither linear nor literal in its depiction of Black women struggling to claim their own voices from a society that had either ignored or actively silenced them.” Spring Date Set for Broadway Revival of ‘For Colored Girls’ 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z That was the first indicator that this is going to look very different for me as a Black woman. Living with less: Advice from the ‘Afrominimalist’ Christine Platt 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Her latest chapter comes in the new CBS series “The Equalizer” as the first Black woman to portray the role in the franchise. Queen Latifah ‘stoked’ to land post-Super Bowl slot for show 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z It follows Sydney, a Black woman in Brooklyn who decides to offer historical tours of her beloved, rapidly changing neighborhood after watching an uninformed guide gloss over its African-American roots. Why Alyssa Cole Put Romance Aside and Wrote a Thriller About Gentrification 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z “Black women set the standard for Oakland barbecue,” said Ms. Dicko-Everett, who worked at the original location of her family’s restaurant with her seven sisters. In West Oakland, Barbecue Is Back — With a Side of Fried Chicken 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z In the musical, Buni gets a song about the burdens Black women bear for their families and communities, but her character is thinly written, just bolstering Max’s story. The Past Pushes Back in 2 Shows With Contemporary Blackness in Mind 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z The series followed “nine opinionated Black women,” as Brandon-Croft puts it, as they navigated everyday life. A Trailblazing Black Cartoonist’s Work: ‘It’s Unapologetic, and It’s the Truth’ 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z There are Black women who’ve made music that changed my life that have never received a review in any magazines. The Vitality of Black Criticism 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “To see so many people and specifically Black women, see how I stood up for myself — it made them feel like I stood up for them.” Baby Tate Turns Hate Into Positivity 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z I don’t get my politics from critical theories, I get them from my own lived experience as a woman, as a Black woman, as a Muslim, Black woman. Writing About a Past Injustice Helped Her See What Has and Hasn’t Changed 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z She began her career as a health journalist at the bible of Black women’s bougie ambitions, Essence magazine. The Roots of Black Pain in America 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Rihanna added: “We started this company on a Black woman’s back.” Rihanna wants to cheer up a troubled world with fashion show 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z A sharp and riotous sendup of Eurocentric beauty standards, “If Pretty Hurts” is punctuated with fourth-wall-breaking monologues and draws on Sampson’s personal experience to interrogate the body-image pressures faced by Black women. For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her ‘Black Power Household’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z When a reporter asked about the genre’s popularity among Black women on Twitter, hundreds replied. These Black women are obsessed with Korean TV dramas. Here’s why. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The only other Black woman to win in this category, the Los Angeles music critic and cultural historian Lynell George, sees this gender imbalance as one involving legibility in the arts-writing profession more broadly. Thulani Davis and the Secret History of Women Writing Album Liner Notes 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Four decades ago, the historian Deborah Gray White described this dimension of Black women’s historiography as “mining the forgotten.” As Her Music Is Reconsidered, a Composer Turns 135. Again. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Your marches are full of empty promises and until you take action that dignifies and respects Black women, I have no choice but to ignore you. Monuments to Black lives have no value without justice and meaningful change 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z “Pioneer,” a bronze sculpture by Tschabalala Self, celebrates “our foremothers, the many Indigenous and Black women who have allowed America to develop,” Self said. Desert X Finds Roots in the Region 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Find the Black woman in the room and go talk to her. Will Smith's new "Bel-Air" Aunt Viv on reboot fears: "I really didn't want to let the culture down" 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Black women also face employment disparities, earning less than Black men and White men and women. Why Black Women Struggle More With Domestic Violence 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z “The question arises in my mind, Mary, do you ever really read the work of Black women?” she wrote. A Timely Collection of Vital Writing by Audre Lorde 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z How did the gentlelady representing California, the most senior Black woman in the House, become a social media darling for millennials and beyond? Review | ‘Reclaiming Her Time’ is a Maxine Waters biography with as much panache as its subject 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Her role in the project is noteworthy in itself: Black women make up less than 1 percent of licensed architects in the United States. The story behind the design of the African American history museum 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Here, people say made-up terms with grave conviction yet are incredulous that a Black woman like Palace has made it to the Venice Biennale. ‘The African Desperate’ Review: Double Speak 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Black women have always led movements from the back, but now the overdue acknowledgment, credit and visibility has caught up. The Blue Flame of ‘Hotlanta’ 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z I really reject the notion that Black women can't be vulnerable, fragile. Will Smith's new "Bel-Air" Aunt Viv on reboot fears: "I really didn't want to let the culture down" 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z "Tamron is at the highest level. We are Black women in a white, male-dominated industry who don't have the pedigree of Yale or Harvard, yet we are still rising," Ryan said. Tamron Hall, TV host and now mystery novelist, created a heroine to be "the reporter I wish I was" 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z A Black woman returns to her North Carolina hometown to attend her best friend’s plantation wedding and is forced to confront the haunted, oppressive history of the land that she left behind. Newly Published, From Octogenarian Marathoners to a Haunted Southern Plantation Wedding 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z As writer Nadirah said on Twitter, "People just don't like seeing Black women win 'too much.'" How Harry Styles' Grammys speech made Beyoncé's Album of the Year loss worse 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z “He wouldn’t be telling me to shut up, in my opinion, if I wasn’t a young woman,” Ms. Sanders said, “and if I wasn’t a young Black woman.” Symone Sanders Bet on Biden, and Herself 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z "It's never safe for a Black woman in America!" Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z By doing so, she inserted Black women into art history and claimed the leisure and implied freedom of the water as her own. The Many Styles of Emma Amos, and Her Drive to Get Free 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z While researching the Portland Art Museum’s archives, I recently discovered that the collection lacks a single work by a Black woman who made her artistic life and career in the Portland region. Black Artists Find Ways to Make Their Voices Heard in Portland 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z The unequal scrutiny given to Black women athletes means that Biles has had to become the face of excellence while simultaneously enduring criticism for it. Our endless demands on Simone Biles 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z They weren’t used to single Black women there, either. 'I got so sunburnt, I was like a piece of chorizo': comedians on their holidays from hell 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Black Girl Magic is a term that gets thrown around a lot when it comes to talking about Black women. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z In fact, just existing as a Black woman in America gets more exhausting by the second. Does this smart watch come with an app to deal with casual racism? 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z They decided to call every Black woman artist they knew in the city and invite them to gather. The World Catches Up With Dindga McCannon 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Because I didn’t know any Black women in country music. Black, Female and Carving Out Their Own Path in Country Music 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z For Yhap, the moment is not just historic: Jackson’s career models all that can be possible for young Black women, said Yhap. Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Leigh’s October convening in Venice, “Loophole of Retreat,” aims to bring together hundreds of Black women from every continent, including O’Grady. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z She wasn't questioning my belief as much as voicing her doubt that a marriage between a white man and a Black woman could work, let alone be happy. Where's the love, "You People"? The frustration of Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill's interracial rom-com 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z On one side of the bridge: Black women and men, walking with expressions of anguish, anger and grim determination. 50 works by beloved Seattle artist Jacob Lawrence on view in expansive exhibit at Greg Kucera Gallery 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Many of them are Black women leaders and visionaries working for justice. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z All of these groups, apart from I Will Not Be Quiet, are led by Black women. Allies have had their “great white awakening.” But who will guide them? 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Because many Black-owned hair care companies started with a mission to help Black women, philanthropy is often a part of their mission. Black Women Make Waves in Hair Care 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z When a young Black woman is only briefly shown lamenting the death of two of her brothers who died while in police custody? ‘Life in a Day 2020’ Review: A Video Diary of a Difficult Year 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z And of course, Black women and other women of color are significantly more vulnerable than white women. Meghan McCain isn’t the champion of pregnant people her book claims she is 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z “I want a Black woman for president,” she writes, and if you say that's preposterous, you evidently did not see that the preposterous just happened. Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Democrats' failure and our future 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z That trajectory led her to Juilliard, where Brooks and Kalukango remember the frustrations of being the only Black women in their acting classes, with few Black instructors. Joaquina Kalukango Isn’t Afraid to Speak Up Anymore 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z “In the art of dance and the art of tap in particular, Black women have almost never had a position of leadership, proper recognition or proper compensation,” Arnold said. Bursting Into Dance: Gentlemen, Assume the Superhero Stance! 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Yet for young Black women who earn the title, the honor is connected to a holiday that marks the emancipation of their ancestors. What Does It Mean to Be Crowned ‘Miss Juneteenth’? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z For white chicks in afro wigs Topics: , Black women, , Hair, , , So there’s this crazy white chick running around New York wearing an Afro wig to tweak her perspective and experience life differently. For white chicks in afro wigs 2012-10-19T23:30:00Z What happened to Jackson is terrible, meaningful to her fans and familiar to Black women. The injustice done to Janet Jackson isn't only in the past – new film "Malfunction" also falls short 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Her personal experience as a Black woman in the opera field led to her most recent book, “Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement,” which examined African American and Black South African participation in opera. Seattle Opera may have the country’s only opera scholar in residence, helping make the art form more diverse and relevant 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z “I think it says that you have to believe in the power of your own community, because this would not have happened if not for Black women staying the course,” Burke said. In R. Kelly verdict, Black women see long-overdue justice 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The first Black woman to win both the Nebula and Hugo awards, Butler was the first science fiction writer to be awarded a MacArthur genius grant. Why did it take so long to adapt Octavia Butler? 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z In both cases, Black women were punished for failure to engage in the level of obedience and obeisance expected of them, despite the minor nature of the offenses they were stopped for. The violent policing of Black motherhood: How and why cops target mothers of color 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z As a Black woman who’s enjoyed a great deal of success, what does her book, “Shedding the Coping Persona,” mean to you? ‘Antebellum’ and the Horrors of History That Persist Today 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z One might argue that this is not expressly a story about Black women, but about science in general. 5 films to watch that proclaim Black Women's Lives Matter too 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z “I’ve been backed my entire life by very, very strong Black women,” he said. Dancing to ‘Billie Jean’ Led Him to ‘MJ.’ Now He’s a Tony Contender. 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z And that denial is something Black women face every day, she said. Invalidations of Meghan’s claims of racism hurt Black women 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z It’s also placed guardrails around the denigration of Black women and other people of color for their genetically endowed physical traits. Black Can Be Even More Beautiful 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z “Black women have done sensational work and the performances have been there throughout history. We always have to work so much harder,” Day told the Los Angeles Times. This is a landmark year for diversity at the Oscars. Why did it take nearly a century? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z An ambitious, young Black editorial assistant at a Manhattan publishing house is thrilled when her company hires another Black woman, until she becomes increasingly distrustful and weary of her new co-worker. New in Paperback: ‘Gay Bar’ and ‘Afterparties’ 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Do you think people are more receptive to Black women as superheroes? The Women of ‘Wakanda Forever’ 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Robinson also is familiar with being a Black woman in the White-dominated design and restoration market, and she acknowledges that Jamie will encounter challenges as she works to change the narrative. How one Black family is making inroads in the largely White world of historic home renovation 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z “Let’s make sure she hears us,” said Sabriya Williams, co-founder of She Will Rise, a campaign aiming to help propel a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z “I’ve loved Black women since I was young, so it doesn’t feel foreign to me,” said Harlow, who often casts Black women as romantic interests in his videos. Jack Harlow Knows What He Wants. And Where He Stands. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The need to present as a “strong Black woman” initially kept Henson from facing her own traumas. Why Taraji P. Henson is trying to shed light on the mental health crisis among Black youth 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z She talks about agency as a young Black woman in this field, about not being asked what she thinks in discussions, while watching her white counterparts be asked what they think. The Many Layers of Lorna Simpson 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Whitney also understands my desire to present Black women with great muscularity onstage. The Creators of ‘On Sugarland’ Build a Site of Mourning and Repair 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z It includes two portraits from a series the painter Armisey Smith is making of Black women giving the side-eye, blood in their eyes — a mood for the moment. Newark Artists, Thriving Amid Crisis and Catharsis 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z But, for the most part, many of the women designers, especially the Black women designers, have been forgotten. The Multi-Layered Movie of American Fashion 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z As an activist and Black woman, I simply cannot ignore this calling. Unapologetic Black women are taking back our power 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z “I mean, I think it is absurd in general what Black women have to deal with,” she said. ‘Driven by the Potential for Joy’: Comedies Are the Thing This Spring 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Black women specifically, who are already at greater risk of postpartum depression, are also at higher risk for childbirth complications, premature birth, and death during and after childbirth. Perspective | The pandemic’s mental health impact is dangerous for new moms. Especially black moms. 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z “For Black women, ratification of the 19th Amendment was not a guarantee of the vote, but it was a clarifying moment,” she says. ‘Vanguard’ Spotlights the Black Women Who Fought for the Vote 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Because she didn’t know we were going to be Black women. Bursting Into Dance: Gentlemen, Assume the Superhero Stance! 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Racism and sexism are two of the biggest obstacles that Black women in America face. Why Black Women Struggle More With Domestic Violence 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Black women felt uncomfortable in the workplace well before the pandemic, of course. Many Black women felt relieved to work from home, free from microaggressions. Now they’re told to come back. 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z Yes, there is her experience as a migrant woman, but there is the solitude of a Black woman in a primarily white society. "Saint Omer" examines the darkest maternity taboos and the "language of the accused" 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z That is what it is like to be in her body and to be in a lot of Black women's bodies. Will Smith's new "Bel-Air" Aunt Viv on reboot fears: "I really didn't want to let the culture down" 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Her collages, sculptures and videos examine the exploitation, resilience and grandeur of Black women, as social, spiritual and mythic beings. Wangechi Mutu: An Imagined World Made Possible 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Will it challenge families and communities to allow Black women and girls to connect openly with each other around their whole lives, including their non-strong realities? The power of Black Girl Humor: When comedy and #BlackGirlMagic converge 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z As she was washing her hands one day, a Black woman she’d never seen emerged from a stall. Her Book Doesn’t Go Easy on Publishing. Publishers Ate It Up. 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z “Black women being recruited to work as mathematicians at NASA’s southern installation defies what we think we know about American history.” Hidden Figures Calculates the Sum of a Story Untold 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Black women also need to be written with respect; they have to be presented as natural, worthy heroes who deserve to wear the cowl or cape or tux in question. The new 007 is a black woman – don't make her a Bond girl 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z “I was like, I want to dance with Audrey, because I wanted it to be another Black woman,” Key said. Lesbians in Ballet: ‘Has Anyone Like Me Ever Walked These Halls?’ 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z It's a Venn diagram of oppression, where gender and race collide and Black women fall through the cracks. "WandaVision" gave us the MCU's first superpowered Black woman, which is long overdue yet not enough 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Bree’s new school is named after the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in swimming, and its swim team is the underdog battling a threatened pool closure and a snooty rival school’s team. Water Dance 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Created and hosted by the theater producer Ellis Haizlip, and produced by a Black women–led crew, “Soul!” mixed high and low culture with an avant-garde eclecticism. ‘Mr. Soul!’ Review: Televising the Revolution, With Great Songs 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z In revisiting her own discomfort, Jefferson expounds on the relationship between Black women and sweat, labor and glamour. Margo Jefferson’s New Memoir Experiments With the Form in Startling Ways 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Bleak headlines at the time, noting that high-achieving Black women were less likely to marry and that marriage among Black people was in decline, left her fearful of her prospects for a lasting relationship. ‘Black Love’ Keeps It Simple: Honesty, Not Antics 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z He even effectively draws connections between Williams and both Rihanna and painter Faith Ringgold, writing about topics like the struggle to reshape beauty norms and create a new identity for successful modern Black women. Review | Serena Williams is more than a tennis player. ‘Seeing Serena’ offers a prismatic view of her impact. 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The book was about a young, Black woman’s unexpected pregnancy. Her Novel Was Pulled for Plagiarism. Her Explanation Was, Too. 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z In Megan's instance, the term "woman of color" is not enough to cover the aggressions levied on Black women by other "women of color." I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z I was the only Black woman studying art history at the Courtauld. A Conversation With the Women Who Curate New York’s Museums 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z I never thought about the pressure that the phrase puts on Black women, forcing them to go above and beyond in an unrealistic way –– until I read Shayla Lawson. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z "Black women have always worked and feminism dismisses our contribution." Katori Hall: 'I've had two hours sleep!' 2010-03-23T21:30:00Z I get messages from not only Black women but women, period, feeling encouraged — and men! Mickey Guyton on Her Grammy Nominations: ‘I Was Right’ 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Through his career, Rock has demonstrated a penchant for belittling and mischaracterizing Black women, from his ex-wife to female romantic partners in general. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z It would take another decade for a Black woman to make it to the Miss America top 5. The competition for Miss America 1984 was business as usual — until everyone got a look at Vanessa Williams 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z After the coronavirus sent millions of employees home, many Black women experienced a workday free of the micro- and macroaggressions that followed them at their predominantly White workplaces. Many Black women felt relieved to work from home, free from microaggressions. Now they’re told to come back. 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z My mom told me that early in her career, positions like secretary were the only jobs available for Black women. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z “Red Pill” begins with a frenzied scene of cult violence, with faceless women dressed in red brutalizing a pregnant Black woman. ‘Red Pill’ Review: The Horror of a Weekend of Racism and Extremism 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z In other words, on a technical and cultural level, Biles, a young Black woman, is being punished and subjected to undeniably racist and sexist double standards for her greatness. Simone Biles' historic Yurchenko double pike is being punished 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Charlotte, too, evinces a weird awkwardness as she cultivates a new friendship with the glamorous Lisa Todd Wexley, a wealthy, stylish Black woman she meets through her daughters’ private school. Middle Age Doesn’t Happen ‘Just Like That’ 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z For instance, the "Master of None" interpretation involves two Black women. "Scenes from a Marriage" boss Hagai Levi on empowering the wife to leave: "I have to fight for her" 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z So I interviewed 30 Black women from various cities in South Africa and the mid-Atlantic U.S. and asked them about Baartman. Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z “It’s not a secret that right now, people are waking up to the importance of the value of Black women across industries,” continues Charles. Melanie Charles knows the impact Black women have had on jazz 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The significance of a trio of Black women leading a creative department on a big-budget movie has not been lost on Arnold, Bernstine-Mitchell and Nichols, all of whom are making their choreographic feature film debuts. Bursting Into Dance: Gentlemen, Assume the Superhero Stance! 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z And it was just the first of many held by and for Black women throughout the week. Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z I'm a huge fan of "Xena," and I also appreciated the fact that it was a Black woman who taught Xena her signature acupressure "touch" that disables her victims. Enough already with the white warrior woman worship 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Spiritual beliefs and negative views about mental health services also factor into why many Black women remain with abusive partners. Why Black Women Struggle More With Domestic Violence 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Why is the very fact of her humanity as a Black woman making white conservatives so enraged so fast? W. Kamau Bell on Kamala Harris, Black conservatives & why he's happy Herman Cain is ghost-tweeting 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Yes, I, a Black woman, am using country music to get over to pop music, because Beyoncé doesn’t exist. Black, Female and Carving Out Their Own Path in Country Music 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Referred to in Tipton-Martin's book, "the Jemima Code" focuses on the descriptions of and codes surrounding Black women who lived and worked in the plantation South, especially the caricature of Aunt Jemima. Behind the Aunt Jemima rebrand is a story of Antebellum romanticization — and concerns about erasure 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z She recalled watching a performance on YouTube: “I do remember being like, ‘This is a Black woman from St. Kitts. Joan Armatrading Is Still Searching for the Perfect Song 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z That Chris Rock would point to a Black woman’s hair for a joke left me breathless, and I wasn’t alone. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Gillespie pointed to the long slate “of Black women who were running for very high-profile state offices.” For Black women, Stacey Abrams’s loss ‘feels like a punch in the gut’ 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z It’s an interracial love story that takes place in 1918 South Carolina, and we find Black people — especially Black women — of different means and situations. Hitting the Right Notes When Setting History to Song 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Walker and many other Black women who were trailblazers. Latina Girls Dreaming 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z It meant that a woman of color, a Black woman, could become a judge — I didn’t know any other Black female judges coming up. Ketanji Brown Jackson on being a ‘first’ and why she loves ‘Survivor’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The reason I bring that up is that, we're more likely to see a Black woman dating a white man on TV shows these days or vice versa, Black man with white woman. Ava DuVernay talks to Salon about her revolutionary — but not political — series "Cherish the Day" 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z How has your perspective as a Black woman impacted your approach to his material? LaTanya Richardson Jackson on Directing ‘The Piano Lesson’ (and Her Husband) 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Black women spend close to $23 billion a year on clothes, according to TargetMarkets.com. On the Runway Blog: An Uptick, but Enough? 2011-09-23T22:03:56Z Terrell was the first Black woman in the United States appointed to the school board of a major city, the District of Columbia. Women’s Hall of Fame honors Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z That it did at all, they say, is also due to the efforts of Black women, unwilling to be forgotten. In R. Kelly verdict, Black women see long-overdue justice 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z And it's not just the Black woman's hair. "Say 'no' nicely": Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Created by the writer, director and producer Hal Kanter, the show was a novelty for its day: Black women, when they were seen at all in series television, had long been relegated to marginal roles. Diahann Carroll, Actress Who Broke Barriers With ‘Julia,’ Dies at 84 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z And it's specific to her empowerment as a Black woman. The power of jumpsuits on "Claws" 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Last month, she featured in a documentary series paying tribute to Black women singers who paved the way for other artists. Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares dies at 91 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z There is a long lineage of cookbooks featuring recipes created or perfected by Black women and captured on paper by white women, who sometimes didn’t mention the cooks at all. A Cook Who Never Used a Cookbook Now Has Her Own 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z He used it to explain that playing Richard Williams, the father of Venus and Serena Williams, had awakened in him an understanding of himself as a protector and defender — of women, of Black women. The Slap Wasn’t the Only Astonishing Thing About the Oscars 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z We can appreciate Black women existing as the humanized versions of themselves instead of this uber-strong, uber-elevated, nonhuman version that is unreal. Lashana Lynch Challenges the ‘Strong Black Woman’ Cliché, Softly 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z In Harris’s powerful, genre-bending debut novel, the lone Black woman at a New York City publishing company is surprised by the arrival of a new colleague. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z I wanted it to be healing process not only for Ty and Shinese, but for Black women and Black girls and the community. How "A Love Song for Latasha" disrupts and decolonizes documentary filmmaking about Black trauma 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her to the Southern District of New York, making her the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge. ‘Civil Rights Queen,’ the Story of a Brave and Brilliant Trailblazer 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z To conceal her involvement and make the paperwork look legitimate, Ms. Hutsona doctored a copy of her passport, Photoshopping her name and pasting a photograph of a Black woman over her own. A Cautionary Tale for Nearly Everyone 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z She watched a fellow Black woman swear her oath on Justice Thurgood Marshall’s Bible. The last day of Donald 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Another scene shows Glenda raging at one of the live interviews conducted with Dahmer as a neighbor, a fellow Black woman, watches. Ryan Murphy's "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" is an example of the brand undermining the mission 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z PC: So for me, one as a Black woman, it amazes me every single day. Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole on creating a Black-owned, plant-based empire 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Instead, the reason to watch it is to see how Underwood and Welteroth handle their colleague's freak-out in order to understand why this clip angers Black women in ways that are specific and distinct. Sharon Osbourne's meltdown defense of Piers Morgan was a live lesson in misogynoir 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z With ticket sales of $144 million, Robinson became the first Black woman director to draw at least $100 million at the box office. ‘Pariah’ at 10: When Black Lesbian Characters Had the Spotlight 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z She shared similar unease from her perspective as a Black woman. Why we should stop using acronyms like BIPOC 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z And while television shows get stuck in development all the time, it's funny how this one show centering on Black women is the one show that isn't currently being made. The missed opportunity of an all-Black women "American Horror Story" season 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z I was talking about a Black woman in the U.K. who worked as a transport worker and a white dude said to her, “I’ve got Covid,” and then spat on her. Mona Chalabi’s Week: Rewatching ‘Succession’ and Cooking ‘Disgusting’ Meals 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z The slow burn of romance provides an enviable balm against Hollywood’s hypersexualization of Black women for some fans. These Black women are obsessed with Korean TV dramas. Here’s why. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z As a Black woman of Latin American descent, she said she had never truly felt accepted in Chicago; people there routinely asked why she spoke Spanish, the language she’d learned at home. Four Rising Theater Stars to Watch This Spring 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Reading between the lines, this tacitly asks whether white audiences would show up to see a film about African warriors, set on the continent and featuring dark-skinned Black women. The promotion for "Bros" was botched. But its ordinary rom-com trappings may also be to blame 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “Her willingness to share her story was inspiring to me as a Black woman,” King said. Tina Turner Left Her Abusive Marriage, So They Could Too 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z A billboard of a Black woman whose smile is more like a grimace bids, “Welcome! Kentucky Fried Chicken.” What You Didn’t Know About Barkley L. Hendricks 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Because the Black women in my family had such limited opportunities and experienced racism, my mom raised me to be the most ambitious, strong, confident, questioning Black girl. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Black women were rarely granted the honorific Miss or Mrs., but were addressed by their first name, or simply as “gal” or “auntie” or worse. Isabel Wilkerson on Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and the Great Migration 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z In many ways, her testimony, which became a watershed moment for survivors and women in politics, was able to happen because of the Black woman who had come before her: Anita Hill. Anita Hill's seismic testimony and its reckoning 30 years later: "She was in no woman's land" 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z From Semenya to Biles, they and other Black women athletes face the same, intertwined racism and misogyny. Simone Biles' historic Yurchenko double pike is being punished 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Two strangers, a White man and a Black woman, meet in a bar and have quite a night. Review | The best books to beat this year’s special brand of Valentine’s Day blues 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z I was really happy to work with Black women, in particular Gabourey Sidibe, who was such a light as the best friend of Veronica. ‘Antebellum’ and the Horrors of History That Persist Today 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z “As Black women our crowns are so special to us,” Bailey said. Halle Bailey: ‘The Little Mermaid’ Star Connects With Her Inner Ariel 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Glenda, you see, is a Black woman living in a low-income community populated by other Black folks, along with Latinos and Asians. Ryan Murphy's "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" is an example of the brand undermining the mission 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Olsson noted that Gurnah’s tone is “disillusioned and often austere,” but “he is a compassionate observer of the human predicament,” particularly in his portraits of young orphaned people and Black women. Nobel Prize in literature awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z There was also a familiar set of obstacles, she and others suggested, considering Abrams’s identity as a Black woman. For Black women, Stacey Abrams’s loss ‘feels like a punch in the gut’ 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z You’ve been recognized as a groundbreaking dancer with regard to race, but also challenging norms of visibility for dark-skinned Black women in the arts. A Pioneering Black Ballerina’s Life Story Comes to the Stage 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Skye, a 38-year-old Black woman who owns a successful travel company, wakes up hung over in a bed-and-breakfast in West Philadelphia, her hometown. Life Gets Hectic Fast for a Heroine and Her Newfound 12-Year-Old 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z My hope is that by showing the quality of work that we do, people won’t be so scared to hire Black women in their rooms. Robin Thede Is on a Mission 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z That year, the festival honored Maria Firmina dos Reis, considered Brazil’s first Black woman novelist. Brazil’s Lula Promised ‘More Books in Place of Guns.’ Can He Deliver? 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z I think what the world gets wrong is that the anger of Black women isn’t valid — and it is. These Teen Girls Are Fighting for a More Just Future 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z There are a number of recent and forthcoming books by Black women — among them Maureen Mahon, Danyel Smith and Clover Hope — that elucidate the central role that Black women artists have played in American music. In ‘Liner Notes for the Revolution,’ a History of American Music With Black Women at Its Center 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Even if I wasn't a Black woman, I would say that Black women are the Earth mothers of Earth. From "Black-ish" to "I Love That For You," Jenifer Lewis keeps going: "I'm one of the lucky ones" 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z In September 2018, for example, Black women covered a majority of top titles. At Top Magazines, Black Representation Remains a Work in Progress 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But this representation created the vulgar basis that Black women are the help and can only be depicted to service white people. Remember her? Why your favorite Black female characters are being "summarily dismissed" 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z When Hazel, another Black woman, joins the company, Nella is optimistic: Now she might have a confidante and friend in a hostile office. 15 New Books Coming in June 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z It was about Black women being out and being praised for the things that they do. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z I researched Black women doing jazz from that time period, and then I just super heightened it. Putting ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ in Motion 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z They're going to call you an angry Black woman, so you better be careful how you show up. "Say 'no' nicely": Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z He’s concerned that desperation will lead Black women to seek unsafe abortions. Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The insult added an extra layer of hurt, especially because Black women can be harsh on ourselves about hair, amid social pressures and Eurocentric beauty standards that we’ve internalized, often to an extreme degree. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Two Black women were hired as curators to great fanfare in 2016. Has the Detroit Institute of Arts Lost Touch With Its Home Town? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Lee has also fought for more Black talent during photo shoots: people who understand how to light, apply makeup and style the hair of Black women. At Top Magazines, Black Representation Remains a Work in Progress 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z As a Black woman, she broke barriers and widened the conventional ideal of beauty at the time by appearing on the cover of American Vogue in 1974. Beverly Johnson returns to a changed catwalk 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z What pregnancy would do to her body in a country in which Black women’s maternal mortality rate is more than three times higher than it is for White women. Perspective | Kamala Harris knows things no vice president has ever known 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The debut monograph by the first Black woman to shoot a Vogue cover reflects the photographer’s roots in Nigeria, Jamaica and South East London. Newly Published, From Afro-Atlantic Histories to GameStop 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z “It was Black women who decided, ‘We are not going to let this fall on deaf ears.’ In R. Kelly verdict, Black women see long-overdue justice 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Played with savvy charm by Lauren London, the budding costume designer furiously calls out Jonah Hill’s unhappy broker and fledgling podcaster for his assumption that she, a Black woman, is his rideshare pickup. ‘You People’ Review: Guess Who’s Going to Roscoe’s 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “Run the World,” however, is less a direct successor to “Living Single” than part of the continuing evolution of how women, and Black women in particular, are portrayed on television. ‘Run the World’ Is an Ode to ‘Enviable Friendships’ and Black Harlem 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Black women who are public figures are favorite targets in this day and age. How the media at large failed Gayle King 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Black people exist in the world of this film only as a sheriff's deputy, an employee pumping gas in New Jersey, and a Black woman rehab administrator Vance bullies into admitting his mom. Don't just laugh at "Hillbilly Elegy" — its damaging myths still need to be countered 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Ms. Fumudoh simply does not want to be the lone carrier of the tension that she faces as a Black woman. Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’ 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s 1915 California, and Adelaide, a young Black woman, flees for Montana after her parents die, hoping to become a homesteader. 14 Books Coming in March 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z “Even when Black women are in the spotlight, they’re rarely getting the kind of critical attention that they deserve.” On Spotify, an Arranged Marriage Between Music and Podcasts 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The Lorraine Hansberry Initiative was designed to honor Hansberry, who was the first Black woman to have a show produced on Broadway. Lorraine Hansberry Statue to Be Unveiled in Times Square 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Black women have spoken up about this recently but in Campbell's career heyday, she had few shields from the tabloids' mudslinging. When it comes to providing insight, Apple's "The Super Models" only goes skin deep 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z “It’s the story of a Black woman in 1920s Georgia who discovers that the KKK is actually composed of demons,” she said. Stacey Abrams Contains Multitudes 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z For example, I often wear t-shirts featuring quotes and photos of and about Black women and Black justice. Does this smart watch come with an app to deal with casual racism? 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z I think that Black women are from the future. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z It's a pivotal moment in the hearings and her own life, and captured how devastating and seismic those hearings were for Black women in particular. Anita Hill's seismic testimony and its reckoning 30 years later: "She was in no woman's land" 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z “Jones has written an elegant and expansive history of Black women who sought to build political power where they could,” noted our critic, Jennifer Szalai. New in Paperback: ‘Mantel Pieces’ and ‘Borges and Me’ 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Throughout her career, she has often been the only Black woman in the room. What if There Were One Less Thing to Worry About Online? 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z “The informal tagline is: 4 people of color, 4 coloring outside of the lines,” and, as a nod to Black women and Black culture, “4c hair.” With 4 Color Books, Bryant Terry Looks to Color Outside the Lines 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z It's drenched in a certain vile irony for which only soft boy misogyny can be the explanation, the kind of misogyny that aids and abets literal violence against Black women. Drake, it's time to give up the soft boy gimmick: Why the rapper's lover boy persona is a sham 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Mitch is aghast and defensive because he never intentionally meant to single out Black women. "The Morning Show” and making sense of Mitch and Alex's wild ride in Italy 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Our social systems are often built to kick Black women and then designed to kick us again when we're down. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z It stings that for Black women the aftermath of justice and victory will still leave an indelible scar of trauma. Megan Thee Stallion's victory: A rare win in 50 years of hip-hop, violence and misogynoir 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z As Black women we’ve always been a part of history in every sector, but these achievements have been overlooked. In ‘Small Axe,’ Letitia Wright Plays a Real-Life Black Panther 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Since it’s hard to separate our image from our hair, poking fun at a Black hair style is an easy way to get a laugh while devaluing Black women. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z What she embodies truly reflects the endless potential of Black women. Our endless demands on Simone Biles 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z But also, I think what's so powerful about that essay, is we talk about slavery through Black women. "Justice requires repair": Nikole Hannah-Jones on why Hulu's "1619 Project" is essential viewing 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z And so for Black women, we've been denied anger as a legitimate emotion. "Say 'no' nicely": Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z She became the first Black woman to win the Booker Prize. Douglas Stuart Wins Booker Prize for ‘Shuggie Bain’ 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Murray was also the first Black woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest. Pauli Murray Should Be a Household Name. A New Film Shows Why. 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The International Swimming Federation's refusal to allow swim caps that support natural hair is the latest example of how Black women are excluded from and punished in the workplace. Recent Olympic rulings show dehumanization of Black women in sports 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z “Both years, I was the only Black woman on campus, besides administration and janitorial,” she said. A Utopian Art School in Michigan Looks Back and Ahead 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z I am reminded of a moment in Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, involving an accomplished Black woman who was not the nominee but a member of the committee. Perspective | Ketanji Brown Jackson did define ‘woman’ at her confirmation hearing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Let's talk a bit about how the character of Nile shaped up in "The Old Guard," and this question comes from the perspective of a Black woman who grew up reading comics. "The Old Guard": Gina Prince-Bythewood on superhero diversity, that ending & sequel possibilities 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z When the costume designer Ruth Carter won her second Oscar, for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” she didn’t realize she had become the first Black woman to win two Academy Awards. Inside the Governor’s Ball 2023 Oscars Party 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z They offer insights not just into Douglass, Dr. Blight said, but also into his 44-year marriage to Anna Murray, a free Black woman who helped him escape from slavery in 1838. Frederick Douglass, Seen Up Close 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z It wasn't until 2017 that the company started expanding Black women from supporting to lead roles, with 2018 being the first year a significant number of features starred Black actresses. Hallmark Channel to finally add LGBTQ+ characters and stories to holiday features 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Black women’s empowerment through self-discovery is a potent subject throughout her work, and without compromising her vision she has achieved mainstream success. Review | SZA turns self-doubt into sublime sounds at Fillmore 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Last Grammys you became the first Black woman nominated for best solo country performance and played “Black Like Me” on the show. Mickey Guyton on Her Grammy Nominations: ‘I Was Right’ 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z When she moved to Boston, she didn’t realize that she would be the only Black woman, or that it had been so long since the last one. A Ballerina Who Adds to the ‘Palette of What’s Possible’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z I signed up for a lesson through Vail Ski & Snowboard School and was coincidentally joined by six other Black women skiing for the first time. ‘Magic’ on the Slopes: In Vail, 2,000 Black Skiers Celebrate a Milestone 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z “The central idea of Simone Leigh’s work is the experiences and histories of Black women,” she said. Simone Leigh is first Black woman selected to represent the U.S. at Venice Biennale 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Her letter to Mr. Edge and the alliance came in June, days after the chef Tunde Wey asked Mr. Edge to step down and cede his position to a Black woman. Its Leader Under Fire, a Southern Food Group Vows to Examine Racism 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z “Black women are at the bottom of the desire chain, of the dating totem pole; we’re not the trophies,” she says. Issa Rae: 'So much of the media presents blackness as fierce and flawless. I’m not' 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z “These are stories about the interior lives of Black women,” Nina Lorez Collins told me. A Writer’s One-Act Plays Debut, Continuing Her Resurrection 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z A landmark for its cultural contributions to the film landscape, it not only shows Black men as heroes on the big screen, marketed en masse across the world, but also Black women. "WandaVision" gave us the MCU's first superpowered Black woman, which is long overdue yet not enough 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z He later came to learn that many Black women felt otherwise. Bidding Farewell to His Theatrical Flock 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Each happens to be Black, and these strangers are giving Neve the willies, even though she is a light-skinned Black woman herself. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z She was a Black woman and the best of us. ‘How We Weep for Our Beloved’: Writers and Thinkers Remember Toni Morrison 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z For more than a decade, Whitney White, a.k.a. @naptural85, has posted hair tutorials on YouTube for Black women, like herself, with natural, coily hair. Black Women Make Waves in Hair Care 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z I mean, look at his track record above — it's all Black women at the center of his thinly veiled disrespect. Drake, it's time to give up the soft boy gimmick: Why the rapper's lover boy persona is a sham 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Because some of them had never had to interact with a Black woman as an authority figure. Anita Hill Has Some Perspective to Offer 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z As one of the first Black women in a major television role, Nichols understood the importance of opening doors for minorities and women in entertainment. The story behind "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols’ iconic interracial kiss 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z Included in the Feral File exhibition are images from her “Blonde Braids Studies,” which explore the limitations of Midjourney’s algorithm to produce images of Black women with natural blond hair. Black Artists Say A.I. Shows Bias, With Algorithms Erasing Their History 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z But athletes, and especially Black women athletes like McNeal, are held to an entirely different standard. Treated as a "criminal mastermind”: Black Olympic athlete’s abortion derails her career 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Black women are erased, ignored, and taken advantage of in more ways than I can mention for the sake of time and space. I shaved my legs like I found love: Notes on body hair, Inauguration Day and a new day rising 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z Ms. Nichols, one of the first Black women to have a leading role on a network television series, died at age 89 from heart failure. Ashes of Nichelle Nichols Are Set for Journey to Deep Space 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z It’s as if, she said, “there’s nothing sacred about a Black woman’s body.” In R. Kelly verdict, Black women see long-overdue justice 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z It was time for them to carry “a weekly comic strip featuring Black women and created by a Black woman.” A Trailblazing Black Cartoonist’s Work: ‘It’s Unapologetic, and It’s the Truth’ 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z When you are a Black woman, you are always a Black woman. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Lynch would be the first Black woman to play a 00 agent in the six decades of James Bond movies. Lashana Lynch on making history as 007 in ‘No Time to Die’ 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z As Jackson responded to questions from U.S. senators on Tuesday, watch parties were also a safe space to give unfiltered commentary on the proceedings, Black women said, and to cheer on Jackson’s responses. Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z In one sense, the entire Oscars to-do, and its flurry of embarrassment and apologies, could have been avoided by choosing not to drag a Black woman down by her hair. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z In one passage Jane shares the memory of working as a typist next to “an older, somewhat overweight Black woman.” Yvonne Rainer, a Giant of Choreography, Makes Her Last Dance 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z But "Queen Cleopatra" merits both approaches, along with pinpointing the business reasons we're seeing another take on her tale instead a different great Black woman's profile. The question isn't why cast a Black Cleopatra but rather why not profile another African queen? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z This may explain why Black women today are conflicted when they think about Baartman. Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Black women already have it doubly hard in the movie industry, between the overwhelming male domination and the #OscarsSoWhite diversity problem. When it comes to interracial romances, the movies need to catch up 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Q: The film also follows Felicia Ellis, a Black woman in Oklahoma who gives birth in a birthing center. Black maternal mortality may worsen post-Roe. This doc shows the effects. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z “Should I, the Black woman, just get on with the program of accommodating white men, their lives, their lies, their lines?” she asks. Review: A Poet’s Urgent Questions Fuel ‘November’ 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z “She has a different set of disadvantages and, actually, even a different set of attacks that can be levied against her because she’s a Black woman.” For Black women, Stacey Abrams’s loss ‘feels like a punch in the gut’ 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Even though Betty is the highest evolution of jazz, she was still a full Black woman.” Melanie Charles knows the impact Black women have had on jazz 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z In “Aftershock,” a new documentary now streaming on Hulu that spotlights the Black maternal mortality crisis in America, Felicia Ellis, a pregnant Black woman in Oklahoma, makes a chilling analogy as she prepares for childbirth. Black maternal mortality may worsen post-Roe. This doc shows the effects. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z But that time period was also when her husband encouraged her to write directly about her experiences as a Black woman, to embrace the things that set her apart rather than shy away from them. Nashville Didn’t Make Room for Mickey Guyton. So She Made Her Own. 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Only about 40 percent of Black women even try to breastfeed. The strange and lonely transformation of first-time mothers in the pandemic 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z And for Black women, it’s an even bigger problem: Black women are almost three times as likely to experience death as a result of DV/IPV than White women. Why Black Women Struggle More With Domestic Violence 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Fumudoh’s wink is aimed more at Black women who feel awkward and uncomfortable all the time simply because they are navigating the world. Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’ 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z And although Black women are statistically less inclined to be diagnosed with a hearing impairment than white women, I still find myself in a group with Whoopi Goldberg and Halle Berry. I have a hard time hearing men talk — literally 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z But I do want white people to respect the table I built as a Black woman, and to talk to the family and friends around theirs about how to actively dismantle racism and white supremacy. Does this smart watch come with an app to deal with casual racism? 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Naomi Osaka is proof of what can happen when you show up as an unapologetic and authentic Black woman — and take a big risk along the way. Unapologetic Black women are taking back our power 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z How, as a woman, as a Black woman, you claim your seat at the highest table. Kamala Harris in a White Suit, Dressing for History 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z The artist presented her work “Brick House,” a 16-foot-tall bronze of a Black woman with cornrows and a dome-shaped torso that combines the forms of a skirt and a clay house. Sonia Boyce Wins Top Prize at Venice Biennale 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z One is an upcoming mural on Tribune Tower by Wolfe-Goldsmith that depicts the Black woman as goddess. What is the fate of BLM protest art? 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Black women are 80% more likely to change their natural hair to meet social norms at work, according to a 2019 study by the Dove personal care division of the Unilever USA company. EXPLAINER: Alopecia ‘strips people of their identity’ 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z When it comes to trying to get venues to book Black women, “it’s always like, ‘Well, OK, we’ll have ’em open,’ or ‘Oh, we have this much left,’” she explained. Black Artists Pioneered Electronic Music. This Festival Celebrates Them. 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z It’s incomprehensible that a Black comic would reach for it in such a high-profile setting as the Oscars — especially a man so closely associated with a film about Black women’s hair struggles. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z As a Black woman, Ms. Gomes says she is regularly expected to tell a certain story with her art and to follow what others think Black art should be. Fabrics With Powerful Stories to Tell 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Carter made history as the first Black woman to win an Oscar for costume design in 2019; she had received earlier nominations for Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” and Steven Spielberg’s “Amistad.” Ruth E. Carter Becomes First Black Woman to Win Two Oscars 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z For the past seven years, she has experimented with A.I.’s ability to realistically depict Black women, smiling and crying, using a variety of word prompts. Black Artists Say A.I. Shows Bias, With Algorithms Erasing Their History 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z She points to a few factors that have made it difficult, including being a high-achieving Black woman with a well-paying job, which has intimidated some men. The Women Who Are Giving Dating Apps the Summer Off 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z She treats Rama, one of the only other Black women in the courtroom, as a confidante and a substitute daughter, to whom she can brag about Laurence’s erudition and elegance. ‘Saint Omer’ Review: The Trials of Motherhood 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z As Black women, “we were either not even considered or hypersexualized.” These Black women are obsessed with Korean TV dramas. Here’s why. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Black women would save the party; Black women would save us all. Perspective | The fantasy of repudiating Trumpism is dead 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z "Don't pause it and put, 'He hates Black women,'" Charlamagne pleads, which is followed by the frame freezing and the unfurling of a banner that reads, "Charlamagne Hates Black Women." Tell Will Smith: "Ziwe" will recoup your reputation in her Barbie dream house interrogation chamber 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z So much about popular culture delivered through Black women hits the mainstream differently than it does, say, for me as a Black woman and in the context of my experience. Danai Gurira plays "Richard III" for PBS: "This is ancient text running through a contemporary body" 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z The central metaphor — that Black women are literally falling apart — is assiduously explored, but the issues that might give it heft are left, like Angela and Odessa, buried in the sand. Review: In ‘sandblasted,’ Seizing the Day. Also the Nose. 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z “How that feels as a Black woman from the South, I don’t think I can ever really explain it to anyone,” she says. On their third day at work, congressional freshmen went through disorientation 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Even more so for Black women like Max. Let me be something every minute: How "A League of Their Own" mirrors "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z To center a story about the draft riots around a Black woman is fresh, and powerful. Hitting the Right Notes When Setting History to Song 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Black women especially have long dealt with stereotypes that they are too muscular, too athletic. What Is a Ballet Body? 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z And in executive suites, the standards have been slower to evolve as Black women worried that they would be deemed less professional if they didn’t straighten their hair. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z She is Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, whose novel, “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois,” focuses on a young Black woman who tracks her family’s history to a Georgia town where her ancestors were enslaved. National Book Awards Announces Its 2021 Nominees 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Nothing like a hollering Black woman that will make you move. Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes on Hosting the Oscars 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The world is constantly being reminded that Black women need protecting, a message that is frequently disregarded by people like Rock. Will Smith slapping Chris Rock made the 94th Academy Awards one to remember — for the wrong reasons 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Black women and other women of color receive attention and credit for getting out the vote in their communities and are hailed as saviors when their work pays off, but white women have the numbers. "The Good Fight" differentiates between who has the luxury of tuning out our political troubles 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Near the end of the show, two white women sing over what sounds like an R&B track, a genre typically associated with Black women. The Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s Soul, in One Show 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z But for this narrator, an unnamed Black woman, simple tasks become infinitely more difficult because of her race. Review | Jocelyn Nicole Johnson’s ‘My Monticello’ explores America’s racist past — and present — with grace 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z I didn't die from a health care system that fails Black women. Unapologetic Black women are taking back our power 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z "It would fail to encapsulate how I probably wouldn't have a career without Nichelle's devotion to making room for strong-willed, intelligent, opinionated, graceful Black women in entertainment." Nichelle Nichols completed her "Star Trek" mission so that I'd never know a world without Lt. Uhura 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z People need to understand how Black women were brought to this country and what they were expected to do. "Say 'no' nicely": Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z The image seems to point to the light-years of time and space contained within a Black woman’s existence, while also suggesting that these are erased within the one-dimensional medium of a pinup. The Many Layers of Lorna Simpson 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Other series and films built around Black women superheroes like Regina King in "Watchmen" or Kiki Layne in "The Old Guard" have been embraced and celebrated by critics and the broader culture. A Queen becomes "The Equalizer": What it means when Black women take on legacy superhero roles 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z According to Pew Research Center, 64 percent of eligible Black women and 54 percent of eligible Black men voted in 2016. Trump and Biden are both courting the votes of Black men. Will it make a difference? 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Well, I want to be very clear that Black women are doing what we need to do. "Say 'no' nicely": Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Many explorations of their legacy neglect the Grimkes’ Black relatives, however, and Greenidge gives a particular focus to the Black women in the family. 15 Books Coming in November 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Once the photographer’s cameras and lights were packed up, Thede sat down to talk about her dedication to helping Black women level up and the adorable obsession that helps keep her grounded. Robin Thede Is on a Mission 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Additionally, pregnancy and motherhood served as a tool of punishment for Black women. The violent policing of Black motherhood: How and why cops target mothers of color 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Black women, feminists, especially, have been having this conversation online at “I believe you you/ it’s not your fault” – publishing stories about this for a while. Bill Cosby and the power of #TheEmptyChair: “It would be hard to be the same person after reading that many rape accounts” 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z This role takes on a different significance by having Richard III and his most famous lines delivered by you, a Black woman who so many people recognize. Danai Gurira plays "Richard III" for PBS: "This is ancient text running through a contemporary body" 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z It is the Black woman, it's our physical appearance, it's how we present, it's our hair. "Say 'no' nicely": Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z My grandmother was in a Black women’s club movement. An architect of critical race theory: ‘We cannot allow all of the lessons from the civil rights movement forward to be packed up and put away for storage’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Finally, I understood the power of living on a Black woman's prayer. Before Jan. 6, I knew violence was coming. I know how far men like Trump will go to win 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z By that point, the African American Policy Forum had already coined the Twitter hashtag #SayHerName to call attention to police violence targeting Black women. Lifting the Cone of Silence From Black Composers 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Even in our greatest moments, Black women are still treated as the afterthought. "WandaVision" gave us the MCU's first superpowered Black woman, which is long overdue yet not enough 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z What was it like to edit a book about a Black woman who existed during a time of intense racial strife during another time of intense racial strife and solitude? J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian had two identities. It took two authors to tell her story. 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z For instance, the eugenics movement sanctioned doctors who unwittingly sterilized Black women during the early 20th century. "They got Daddy": Reckoning with my grandfather's kidnapping, racial terror and our family's trauma 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Black people, Black families, and Black women, especially, never mark the path to the future. A tale of two magazine covers: The Kardashians, the Lowes & America’s racist double standards 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The piece, slated for 2023, tells the true story of an enslaved Black woman who was part of a spy ring in Richmond during the Civil War. With MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, this 70-year-old choreographer has big plans for the future 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Performed by Kara Young, it channeled Robinson’s anger and exhaustion at the erasure of Black women’s humanity and the expectation of their heroism. Instant Artifacts of a Disconnected Time (and Lots of Hugh Dancy) 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z During 2020, a year of racial reckoning, Black women made an impact, both as visible leaders and as a powerful force at the polls. December paperback releases: 7 books to read now 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Pancho, who is mixed race, founded Ballet Black in 2001, soon after writing a dissertation on the paucity of Black women in British ballet. In London, Massed Human Misery and Communal Revelations 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z As a Black woman in America, I am disrespected far too often and disregarded every day — like we throw away trash, without any thought. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z It also marked her as an easier target for Fox News' Tucker Carlson, a man following the right wing media's tradition of going after Black women. Tiffany Cross was too real for MSNBC 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Those are the only three Black women to ever receive an Album of the Year Grammy. How Harry Styles' Grammys speech made Beyoncé's Album of the Year loss worse 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Martin did hands-on work with such productions as Jocelyn Bioh’s “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play,” which had an artistic team of all Black women. Taking Over Victory Gardens to Make a ‘Theater for All’ 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z My Grandma Alice was a darker-skinned, svelte, stern but loving Black woman of West Indian descent. Why I'm sheltering my kids for as long as I can 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z I think once people started hiring Black women to write on shows, they realized we won’t just take care of the things you asked us to hand in. ‘Wildly silly,’ perceptive Amber Ruffin earns TV spotlight 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z What do you think the significance is of playing the role as a Black woman? She Gave Up a Lot to Play Othello 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z “Vivian did a great job in touching on the emotions wrapped up in that specific experience, which translates across the board for any Black American, and Black women specifically.” Inspired by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, a new play ponders race, gender and inclusion 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z And I really do think that women's leadership is extremely important, especially for Black women. "We do have power": "Queens of Resistance" books profile the politicians who inspire us most – women 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z And that we still think that Black women are hurting our children through our wombs. "Justice requires repair": Nikole Hannah-Jones on why Hulu's "1619 Project" is essential viewing 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z It won the best new play Olivier Award, making Hall the first Black woman to win the honor. Tonywatch: Playwright Katori Hall ‘reaching for humanity’ 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z So I grew up not seeing Black women get to have awkward moments, normal sexual moments. ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ Pursues an Awkward Education 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Guyton recently became the first solo Black woman to be nominated in a country category at the Grammy Awards with her single “Black Like Me.” Country Star Morgan Wallen Rebuked by Music Business After Using Racial Slur 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z I think people are slowly realizing that is Black women behavior, and then once you put some money behind it, whoa, baby, we’ll do all the work. ‘Wildly silly,’ perceptive Amber Ruffin earns TV spotlight 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z As Black women, we’re often expected to be the higher person. These Teen Girls Are Fighting for a More Just Future 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z When Toni Morrison encountered Jones’s work in the 1970s, she said, “No novel about any Black woman could ever be the same after this.” 19 New Books Coming in September 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Do you think it’s fair to say that a survey of your work is also a survey of things Black women do to their hair? Alison Saar on Transforming Outrage Into Art 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z According to a study published in Lancet in April, miscarriage rates are 43 percent higher for Black women than for white women. In ‘Master of None,’ Naomi Ackie Tells a Story ‘I’ve Never Really Seen’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z “I’m glad that I’ve been able to form relationships with Black students and Black women who share similar values as me and who understand where I’m coming from,” Ethridge said. A Black dance team arrived at a majority-White college. Some got worried. 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Shining a light on disenfranchisement, police brutality and other issues is important to Rothwell as a Black woman in the world. Natasha Rothwell is ready to be the lead of her own rom-com 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z In both cases the officers later tried to argue that both Black women — both seated in their cars, unarmed — posed a threat to their safety. The violent policing of Black motherhood: How and why cops target mothers of color 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z I think particularly when it comes to Black women and femmes, there's this level of ownership that people think that they have. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Rather than centering on a white man, this new show spotlights a Black woman. ‘In Treatment’ Is Back. How Does That Make You Feel? 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z “As a Black woman traveling alone, my travel research must always take this into account,” said Marquita Harris, a journalist who participated in Airbnb’s Live Anywhere initiative last year. So You Want to Work Remotely: A Guide 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “I’ve had relationships with Black women. So it would feel strange to me if it wasn’t the case a little bit,” he added. Jack Harlow Knows What He Wants. And Where He Stands. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z But the result each time was the same: Black women were expected to smile and take the stab. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z So we do have to support our Black women. "There is no revolution without art": Kendrick Sampson on activism & his new film "Miss Juneteenth" 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z No major studio had ever adapted an action movie based on a chapter from African history, let alone one starring dark-skinned Black women. With "African Queens: Njinga" a previously overlooked history spectacularly springs into action 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Just like that, the centrality of Black women to the classical tradition is no longer just a rumor. In "Rumors," Lizzo and Cardi B pull from the ancient Greeks, putting a new twist on an old tradition 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Fairy tales might teach us stories of whimsy, designed to mold single Black women into roles of grateful service before they’ve ever seen the world. Beyond Cool, She Was Fly. Her Confidence Gave Me Wings. 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z It allows her, for example, to highlight at once in a single work the reductive ways in which pop culture and the media depict Black women, and their true beauty and multiplicity. The Many Layers of Lorna Simpson 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The tweet also prompted other Black women to proudly share snaps of their own cropped cuts. Florida news anchor praised for rocking short natural hair on air 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Given pervasive racial bias in the criminal justice system, it makes sense that Black women, like Walker, have imagined accountability outside of the courtroom. Can an Abuser Make Amends? ‘The Color Purple’ Points the Way 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Black women took centre stage again in the 1990s with movies such as Set It Off, How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale, all precursors to Girls Trip. Have Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time got black feminism all wrong? 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Biden also gifted Reid with the confirmation that four Black women were among the list of candidates being vetted to be his pick for Vice President. Cheers to a solid launch for MSNBC's "The ReidOut" – but from here on out, it's time to get tougher 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z She said she hoped that singing about her personal experiences would let her connect with other Black women in the museum’s lobby. Brooklyn Museum Celebrates 25 Years of First Saturdays 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Q: The film also delves into the history of how doctors have systemically mistreated Black women in the American health-care system. Black maternal mortality may worsen post-Roe. This doc shows the effects. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Black women are now the most educated group in the United States, according to reports by the National Center for Education Statistics. Black women are now the most educated group in the United States 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z What unpaid maternity leave and paid day care would do to her financial stability in a country where Black women are paid an average of 63 percent of what White men are paid. Perspective | Kamala Harris knows things no vice president has ever known 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Black women come in so many shapes, sizes and skin tones. John Mayer is still gross 2012-06-06T18:50:00Z On the nearby steps, I saw an older Black woman kneeling and crying. Perspective | The enduring moments of 2021, as told by Post reporters Moreover, according to the 2019 version of the study, "80% of Black women said they believed they had to alter their natural hair to gain acceptance in the office." Deciphering cosmic cornrows in "Obi-Wan Kenobi": Why natural hairstyles belong in the future-past 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z This was not an #Aretha tribute but a monologue on how another iconic Black woman is being reduced to how she helped a white woman. Madonna slammed for paying tribute to Aretha Franklin with long story about herself 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z In Evelyn, who talks about pregnancy and at one point sheds tears of blood, I found allusions to the phenomenon of bleeding Virgin Mary statues and the higher pregnancy mortality rates for Black women. ‘On Sugarland’ Review: A Nameless War, and Too Many Wounds to Count 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z But ever since, Waldstreicher said, it has mostly been Black women who “kept her memory alive.” A Fresh Look at a Pioneering Black Voice of Revolutionary America 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Ramsey was asked to direct the episode, which features a young Black woman helping out in a soup line, joining protests and registering new voters. ‘We the People’ Updates the Sound of Schoolhouse Rock With Rap and R&B 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Janelle, as a Black woman who viscerally recognizes that ancestral link, what was it like for you to immerse yourself in Eden’s setting? ‘Antebellum’ and the Horrors of History That Persist Today 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Oddly enough, Rock also has a history of talking about Black women's hair. Chris Rock's history of Jada Pinkett Smith jokes, hair commentary and disability 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z On Instagram, the Womanist Reader shares poems and excerpts from texts by Black women, alongside historical images and videos that give their words a fuller and more intimate context. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z They're adding their own twist to what's called the classical tradition, a style rooted in the aesthetics of ancient Greece and Rome, and they're only the most recent Black women artists to do so. In "Rumors," Lizzo and Cardi B pull from the ancient Greeks, putting a new twist on an old tradition 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z When the Chicago Symphony Orchestra premiered the Price in 1933, it was the first work by a Black woman to be played by a major orchestra. Review: Without a Note of Beethoven, an Orchestra Shines 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z When Maren Morris included several of us in her CMAs acceptance speech, I just started tagging other Black women in country music. Black, Female and Carving Out Their Own Path in Country Music 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Today, behavior like Smith’s slap at the Oscars is more likely to be condemned as a consequence of an unchecked ego than to be cheered as a righteous defense of a Black woman, Eversley said. Oscars slap sparks debate on the defense of Black women 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “A Black woman having a baby is like a Black man at a traffic stop with the police,” Ellis says. Black maternal mortality may worsen post-Roe. This doc shows the effects. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z In the film, in a scene that lasts just seconds, a Black woman returns a foul ball with force and accuracy, a nod to the league’s segregation. In ‘A League of Their Own,’ Abbi Jacobson Makes the Team 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The racial wealth divide in America is growing at a dangerous rate, and is on track to leave Black women with zero wealth by 2053. A feminist reckoning for six Beyoncé songs 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z As the chief executive of Xerox, Burns was the first Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company. New & Noteworthy, From Slave Traders to the Savoy Hotel 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z This triumphant debut novel follows a young Black woman figuring out how to live with joy in the modern American South. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z In other words, Purlie’s strategy hinges on Cotchipee’s inability to differentiate one Black woman from another, and in so doing, the play uses comedy to expose racism as absurd, arbitrary and detrimental to Black life. ‘Purlie Victorious’: Ossie Davis’s ‘Gospel to Humanity’ Returns to Broadway 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z In fact, among white men in the South, being able to take Black women against their will and assault them was seen as a right and a privilege of race and class. 5 films to watch that proclaim Black Women's Lives Matter too 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z I went out knowing that she is a Black woman in a health care system that continuously fails and kills us. White allies, stop asking me if I'm OK. Black people are not OK 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Sadly, this was not uncommon, Tubbs reminds us: “The effects of slavery . . . the constant control of Black women’s bodies through sexual violence, was universal, far after emancipation.” Review | ‘The Three Mothers’ honors the women who made Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z She repeatedly stressed her neutrality as a judge, but Jackson also acknowledged the impact she could have on women and girls, particularly Black women. Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z He chose a Black woman as his running mate, which should have helped with some voters, and probably did, but probably backfired with others. Perspective | We still don’t know much about this election — except that the media and pollsters blew it again 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Elsewhere in the documentary, Campbell said, "It was hard to be an outspoken Black woman and I definitely got the cane for it, many times." The 12 biggest bombshells from Apple’s “The Super Models” docuseries 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Like many others, Ms. Wilmot, who worked at Le Coucou, says she is no longer interested in working in fine dining, because “that world wasn’t built for Black women.” How High-End Restaurants Have Failed Black Female Chefs 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z At the turn of the 20th century, however, Black women started reclaiming classical deities of beauty, such as Venus. In "Rumors," Lizzo and Cardi B pull from the ancient Greeks, putting a new twist on an old tradition 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Jemier Jenkins, one of a few Black women to play her, on the aftermath: “I was very actively trying to release, release, release.” It Takes More Than the Kindness of Strangers 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Everyone needs to be seen in all ways, and this isn't just an issue that plagues Black women, but other women of color as well. "WandaVision" gave us the MCU's first superpowered Black woman, which is long overdue yet not enough 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Lucy, who stands nine feet tall, wears her hair in Bantu knots to convey that “Black women are stigmatized for wearing their hair in natural coils,” Browder said. The statue of a doctor who experimented on enslaved women still stands in Alabama. But now there’s also a monument to his victims. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z This is the plight of many Black women who work to foster change not only themselves but for future generations. Kamala Harris names herself and seeks redemption, empowering so many of us to do the same 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z I can reason that, in casting a Black woman for the role of Elizabeth, changing the form of cancer from melanoma would be a reasonable consideration. Amazon's "Modern Love" got my cancer story wrong – and I'm so angry this keeps happening 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z “Many Black women,” she writes, “paved the way for cooks like me to find a career that could support my family and give me the chance to do something I’m good at.” A Cook Who Never Used a Cookbook Now Has Her Own 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z “We’re part of this Black women’s sisterhood, and we were there to uplift another sister.” Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z “Black women are occupying spaces that we didn’t before, and celebrating ourselves unapologetically,” Beverly Bond, the organization’s founder, said in a telephone interview. Black Girls Rock! Holds Up an Unapologetic Mirror 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The outcome also, some said, reaffirmed a message about the racial and gender gaps that persist for Black women. For Black women, Stacey Abrams’s loss ‘feels like a punch in the gut’ 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z It’s just that what is resounding for me is that this Black woman’s life is gone and we are really chill about it.” Melanie Charles knows the impact Black women have had on jazz 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Black women leaders include one of the longer serving female directors, Thelma Golden of the Studio Museum in Harlem, and Brooke A. Minto, recently appointed to run the Columbus Museum of Art. Increasingly, Women Are Running the World’s Great Museums 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z She has to take on a whole slew of them which, for a Black woman, is one of those twists that feels absolutely typical. "Westworld" and the fluency of a god 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z “I’ve done a lot in my career where I’ve been the Black woman who steps into a white role,” she said. For Two Broadway Stars, a Love Story Blossoms in a Honky-Tonk Bar 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The musical “Wicked” is sponsoring the Broadway Advocacy Coalition’s “artivism” fellowship, which plans an inaugural class of Black women artist-activists focused on systemic racism and criminal justice reform. At Theaters, Push for Racial Equity Leads to Resignations and Restructuring 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Were she to be accepted into America's elite hero squad, that would make her the first Black woman to earn that honor. "Gen V" is bloody and raunchy enough to live up to the expectations set by "The Boys" 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The world is really hard right now, it has been especially hard over the pandemic and it's always been hard if you're a Black woman. "Feminist AF" author on hip-hop & feminism today: "We're not playing nice anymore" 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Here, once again, we see how Black women athletes are not just discouraged, but punished and excluded for their greatness, where nearly all other athletes are encouraged and celebrated. Recent Olympic rulings show dehumanization of Black women in sports 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Don't "all lives matter" me as a Black woman. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z In addition to the Monday morning rally, Black women’s groups across the country have organized virtual and in-person watch parties to commune and help soak in the moment. Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z One of the projects that I did with another artist, she is a Black woman who runs her own apothecary company, was we decided to think about the Black woman's smell. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Black women are enthralled, moved to tears, and motivated to unpack baggage and trauma, dead set on seeking support within the sisterhood because of “Lemonade.” bell hooks vs. Beyoncé: What this feminist scholarly critique gets wrong about “Lemonade” and liberation 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z In her posts, Field said that the comic was being criticized not because his remarks are offensive but for the harm they do to the trans community, especially Black women. Chappelle special draws critics, boosters to Netflix walkout 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z “I talked with someone in the audience,” Gordon said, “and she told me she didn’t realize how much she needed that affirmation as a Black woman.” For These Classical Musicians, It’s Always Been About Racial Equity 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z She embodies the poise Black women wear as armor in a world conditioned to harm them while also showing her vulnerability. "Zola" transforms the greatest stripper saga ever tweeted into a masterful, can't-miss odyssey 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z You end up with these messages that get explicitly communicated, where you have people saying Black women, Latinas, poor women are just being irresponsible. The gendered burden to "Just Get on the Pill": "That is not reproductive freedom. It's the opposite" 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “Black women feel like they have to support black men,” she said. Russell Simmons Documentary Premieres Amid Controversy 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z In the world of “First Noelle,” all the authors are Black and have written best-selling work, and Noe’s boss, a Black woman, is a titan in the publishing industry. ‘The First Noelle’ Review: All I Want for Christmas Is My Ex 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z One day she encounters a stylish, barefooted stranger carrying herself unlike any Black woman she’s ever known. After 22 Years, Gayl Jones Returns 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Before 2019, she said, the only magazine where she consistently worked with an all-Black crew on a cover shoot was Essence, the Black women’s magazine. At Top Magazines, Black Representation Remains a Work in Progress 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z These facts helped provide a basis for Rhimes to create the kind of Charlotte she envisioned — a young Black woman who could be as empowered as any character she might create. Here’s What to Know About ‘Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story’ 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “Tyson showed the world that the Black woman is more than a moment. We are legends, myths in our own right.” Cicely Tyson paved way for Black actors to follow footsteps 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z She was the first Black woman to win the prize for fiction. Alice Walker Has ‘No Regrets’ 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Hold up,” reinforcing the power of the exchange between two Black women. 2021’s notable moments on TV: Capitol riot, ‘Rust,’ Shatner 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z With its humor, the sketch unmasks the strength Black women are raised to perform and exposes emotional needs that a number of viewers poignantly recognize as familiar and real. The power of Black Girl Humor: When comedy and #BlackGirlMagic converge 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z “Black women should get to decide how we are going to be represented in the public realm, not politicians.” San Francisco Reinstates Winning Design for Maya Angelou Monument 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Seeing Black women in Iris van Herpen gowns — there are not many images like that out there. The Next Great Image Makers 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z She stars as Celie, a young Black woman in the midcentury rural South who must cope with racism, cruelty, sexism and worse, yet manages to find her true self, and the joy within. Stream These 7 Movies and Shows Before They Leave Netflix This Month 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z When she and I first started working on a project, we were like, "Oh, what is a Black woman smell?" "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z And I didn't mind it because I was representing middle-aged Black women who, yes, bring that sass and brings that straight shooter, honest. From "Black-ish" to "I Love That For You," Jenifer Lewis keeps going: "I'm one of the lucky ones" 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Black women led early movements for voting rights and have organized some of the most successful campaigns for civil rights. These Teen Girls Are Fighting for a More Just Future 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z If you were a Black woman, if you waited around for somebody to acknowledge your power, it was never going to happen. Viola Davis and Company on ‘Ma Rainey’ and Chadwick Boseman’s Last Bow 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z “You see,” she continued, “that’s one of the great impacts that the show had because it told the Black woman’s story. She told it like it was.” ‘Told It Like It Was’: Ntozake Shange’s Tales of Black Womanhood 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z We spoke about how, as Black women, we are not allowed the grace to be "messy" physically, emotionally, or career-wise. How the Black community finds beauty in the messiness of gardening 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z But because Black women are not even allowed that choice due to societal circumstances and oppression out of our control, that in itself is part of the problem. Unapologetic Black women are taking back our power 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Taken as a whole, the project honors the voices of Black women not just by broadcasting their images but, more important, by engaging with their ideas. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z She also became the first Black woman to win in that category. 2021 Emmy Winners: Complete List 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z That trouble was set off by a royal aide when she repeatedly asked a Black woman born in Britain, who had been invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace, “Where are you from?” ‘The Crown’ Could Have Damaged Charles. Becoming King Has Helped. 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Boyce is the first Black woman to represent Britain at the Venice event. Sonia Boyce Wins Top Prize at Venice Biennale 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z The book includes hilarious anecdotes about growing up in West Philadelphia, being a Black woman, dating and life after internet fame. Quinta Brunson’s Viral Fame Knows No Bounds 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z So, I hope that Megan gets true justice and that we believe Black women the first time. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z As white America shows signs of starting to understand the economic disparities and injustice endured by Black Americans, it is vital they also recognize the specific and historic challenges and burdens Black women contend with. 5 films to watch that proclaim Black Women's Lives Matter too 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Hunter sums it up like this: “Black women in general marry less than other races but darker-skinned black women marry men of lower social status than the lightest-skinned black women.” Dark-skinned black girls don't get married 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z I remember what it felt like when I was a Columbia student 30 years ago, how isolated I felt as a Black woman. How Can Blackness Construct America? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z And, on Sept. 10, the artist Holly Bass will debut an eight-hour solo dance performance, “American Woman,” which portrays the underrecognized contributions of Black women’s labor in American society. How a Smithsonian Museum Stopped Being About the ‘Wealthy, Pale and Male’ 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z It was Black women who decided, ‘If nobody else is going to care, we’re going to care for Black women and girls in our community.'” In R. Kelly verdict, Black women see long-overdue justice 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z No Black woman had ever performed this reliably with this much elegance and surety. Cicely Tyson Kept It Together So We Didn’t Fall Apart 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z And this is true for women across the board, but it's really true for women of color, especially for Black women. Will Smith's new "Bel-Air" Aunt Viv on reboot fears: "I really didn't want to let the culture down" 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Rhimes said her vision of Charlotte was driven by her desire to offer viewers new images of powerful, autonomous Black women onscreen. Here’s What to Know About ‘Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story’ 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z It’s part of the reason she dreams of starring in a rom-com, so that audiences can see a curvy Black woman be the center of her own story — without those qualities being plot points. Natasha Rothwell is ready to be the lead of her own rom-com 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Another, a young Black woman, explains her reaction to the queen's death by saying, "It's like, I care, but I don't." "Last Week Tonight" slams the monarchy in a way that may change how we see "The Crown" 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z By 1828, she became the first Black woman to win a case against a former slave owner. Black history through the years: 10 famous figures in the US 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Ditto for segments uplifting the contributions Black women directors and producers have made to cinema as a whole. "They've Gotta Have Us" could have made history, if it weren't missing so much of it 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z I want them to say, "Well, looks like we need an unapologetic Black woman. We need an unapologetic Spanish woman. We need to find a Jewish one. How about Arabic?" Chef Toya Boudy’s “Cooking for the Culture” is a celebration of Blackness through place and plates 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z At Wellesley, likewise, she was one of three Black women in a class of nearly 500. Lorraine O’Grady, Still Cutting Into the Culture 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z The spaces that I was in — being a Black woman, being young — I just knew that I didn’t want to continue those toxic cycles of treating people poorly. Songwriter or Star? The-Dream, Muni Long and Two Paths to the Grammys. 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z “Once the system can generate a really high-fidelity image of a Black woman crying or smiling, can we rest?” Black Artists Say A.I. Shows Bias, With Algorithms Erasing Their History 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z She remains the most recent Black woman to win album of the year at the Grammys. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" turns 25: A tribute to the album that refined hip-hop and feminism 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z All the while they demand the audience see Black women in public with the same clarity that we see ourselves in private. A Writer’s One-Act Plays Debut, Continuing Her Resurrection 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z "Even if I wasn't a Black woman, I would say that Black women are the Earth mothers of Earth. " From "Black-ish" to "I Love That For You," Jenifer Lewis keeps going: "I'm one of the lucky ones" 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Many Black women have coily, Type 4 hair, which refers to a numeric system created to assess the texture of hair. Black Women Make Waves in Hair Care 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z "I said, Black women, we tend to change our hair frequently," Tucker told the publication. The 9 biggest grievances in Ray Fisher's interview about Joss Whedon's "Justice League" misconduct 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z It would honor historically significant Black women like the investigative journalist Ida B. Wells and the educator and abolitionist Sarah J. Garnet. The Art Design for Abolitionist Place in Brooklyn Moves Forward 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z But whether she uses the term “African American woman” or “Black woman,” machine distortions that mangle facial features and hair textures occur at high rates. Black Artists Say A.I. Shows Bias, With Algorithms Erasing Their History 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z When Black women are under attack or shouting for folks to recognize, respect and support us, "women of color" can marginalize us, too. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z So the book really challenges the ideas we have about what happens for Black women in particular and low-income women, when they experience an unwanted pregnancy. The gendered burden to "Just Get on the Pill": "That is not reproductive freedom. It's the opposite" 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “I am just a Black woman who is an artist in 2020 during one of the biggest civil rights fights of a generation.” Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’ 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z For a Black woman to become principal dancer at an American ballet company remains a rare feat. A Ballerina Who Adds to the ‘Palette of What’s Possible’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Have Black women felt as free to be trash? Phoebe Robinson Is Trash, and She’s Fine With It 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z “They almost never think of two Black women. Yet these are two Black women who are having to navigate the war that brings forth the founding.” A Fresh Look at a Pioneering Black Voice of Revolutionary America 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z A couple of years later, Okparanta was living in Lewisburg, a small town in Pennsylvania, where she often felt out of place as a Black woman and an African immigrant. A Crop of New Novels About Race and Racism Finds Freedom in Satire 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Black women bear the burden of invisibility politics, being the mule, but never being acknowledged. Beyoncé’s radical invitation: In “Lemonade,” a blueprint for black women working through pain 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z There is a greater culture of distrust toward Black women and Black women athletes about their bodies, Jackson says, especially where pregnancy is concerned. Treated as a "criminal mastermind”: Black Olympic athlete’s abortion derails her career 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Shining a light on that and saying that there are young women being taken, especially young Black women are being grabbed up and used for this. Iman Shumpert has an athlete’s mindset in acting: “I fell in love with that fight or flight feeling" 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z To some, hooks had grown “detached from the hearts and minds of Black women,” as a writer for Ebony put it. The Wide-Angle Vision, and Legacy, of bell hooks 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Especially doubled for Black women, it's as if we can't have any purpose beyond distinctly Black stories, as if these are the only spaces we can and do exist in. "WandaVision" gave us the MCU's first superpowered Black woman, which is long overdue yet not enough 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z There is this Black woman who goes against every stereotype. "Saint Omer" examines the darkest maternity taboos and the "language of the accused" 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Some felt as if the public was being harsher on Oprah, a Black woman, than they were on, say, Mark Burnett, a White man who similarly provided Trump with a platform for “The Apprentice.” An underwhelming end to Oprah’s Dr. Oz drama 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z It’s hard to understand how he could help bring that gem of a film to life and yet take a swipe at a Black woman’s hair. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Nyshell Lawrence, a new bookseller in Lansing, Mich., had the idea to open a bookshop five years ago, after she visited a local store and found they carried very few titles by Black women. Some Surprising Good News: Bookstores Are Booming and Becoming More Diverse 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z I think Black women have largely been ignored in the moment of time in which they do things. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z After one audition, she recalled, a man told her that while she was clearly talented, she — a Black woman — would be too difficult to sell to audiences. For These Classical Musicians, It’s Always Been About Racial Equity 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The United States is the most dangerous industrialized country to give birth, with Black women dying at three times the rate of white women. ‘History Is Everything’: Making a Film About Black Maternal Mortality 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z In the same article, Sylvia Obell wrote: "Being a proud fat Black woman isn't just a form of activism, it's who she is." Lizzo listened and changed an ableist lyric. Will it be enough for white critics? 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z What "The Handmaid's Tale" doesn't reflect is the reality of which people disproportionally affected by anti-abortion and anti-reproductive health legislation: poor women, Latinx and Black women, queer folks and women trapped in abusive situations. No, we're not living "The Handmaid's Tale" – it's worse, and a show highlighting how was passed over 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Black women, however, may clock Stefani for what she is the moment she opens her mouth and spews a thick blaccent that doubles as the distant clacking of trouble's heels, strutting straight in Zola's direction. "Zola" is a cautionary tale about Black women befriending white women 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest court. Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z “I remember having an argument with a director once, saying, ‘A Black woman would never say this about herself.’ LaChanze, a Tony Nominee, Is Casting Herself in New Roles 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z “Nice to see you again,” she told the crowd on Sunday, and thanked the academy for recognizing the supernatural skills that every Black woman has, not just in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Best and Worst Moments From the 2023 Oscars 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Danielle said it's about intersectionality; she doesn't want to be a Black woman teaching solely white women how to be better allies, she wants to help people from every community be stronger allies. Allies have had their “great white awakening.” But who will guide them? 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Her central request, Benton said, was that “we now have time to really add some Black women to the central nervous system of the creative team.” ‘The Gilded Age’ Explores a Rarely Seen Chapter of Black History 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Peering through a glass window flickering with reflections, her camera settles on the face of an older Black woman, only partly visible behind a seat. ‘We (Nous)’ Review: This Is Us 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Alopecia, and hair loss in general, disproportionally impacts Black women. Chris Rock's history of Jada Pinkett Smith jokes, hair commentary and disability 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z There’s reason to be optimistic about the trajectory of Black women thanks to the investiture of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Perspective | Down on 2023? We get it. But here are some things that might improve. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Diop is the first Black woman to direct a film France has submitted for Oscar consideration. For the Documentarian Alice Diop, Only Fiction Could Do Justice to a Tragedy 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Irene and Clare are both light-skinned Black women who have made different choices about how to live their lives, but when they reconnect, they are both prompted to reckon with who, exactly, they are. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z This happens to us as Black women all the time. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Black women are the last people to be considered. In a New Show, Carrie Mae Weems Finds Monuments, on TV 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z For so long I had wanted to read great Black women authors, but had put it off. Thank you to that white man down in Florida: Lessons learned from reading a banned book 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “But I’m a really big advocate that Black women deserve luxury.” Yes, You Do Deserve a Little Treat 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z “I am a Black woman, so I know what we want,” Ms. White said. Black Women Make Waves in Hair Care 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z One was a series of monologues by Amber Ruffin, on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” about her history of devastating interactions, as a Black woman, with the police. This Is Theater in 2020. Will It Last? Should It? 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z What are ways that stereotypes and tropes about strong Black women or women of color have actually been harmful? "Feminist AF" author on hip-hop & feminism today: "We're not playing nice anymore" 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z It's also interesting that this book is written and I wrote a book about Black women and the invisibility of Black women and how much we need to be protected. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z They are correct, in a country that stigmatizes Black women's bodies and looks and voices and hair – the comedian was punching down. Will Smith and the function of a slap – what it means for comedy and comedians 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Black liveness, Black women and Black spirituality arrive at the center of the classical music table. Lifting the Cone of Silence From Black Composers 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z A study of Black women found that stress from frequent racist encounters was associated with chronic low-grade inflammation. ‘Long overdue’: lawmakers declare racism a public health emergency 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z In a phone interview, Riché J. Daniel Barnes, a University of Florida professor of anthropology and African American studies, said as there was no problem with Black women’s hair in pre-colonial Africa. ‘The Hair Tales’: Stories of Black Women’s Hair and Self-Acceptance 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z She is the second Black woman in history to moderate a presidential debate after former ABC News anchor Carole Simpson, who was in charge of refereeing the 1992 debate between George H.W. Stars of the final presidential debate: Biden laughing at Trump's BS and the invisible mute button 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Jackson, who was confirmed Thursday by the Senate in a 53-to-47 vote, is not the first prominent Black woman to wear a natural hairstyle. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z She’s a professor and a math department chair with a doctorate, and yet, she said, “it makes no difference to the world when I’m a Black woman walking down the street.” ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z “There is no groundswell from privileged people with enormous social capital to get behind Black women. There never has been.” The Oscars’ Andrea Riseborough Controversy, Thoroughly Explained 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z "That archetype celebrates this strength and resilience of Black women, how they're able to navigate a society that is violent toward them, and still show up in a brilliant, excellent, joyful way," Carter said. Treated as a "criminal mastermind”: Black Olympic athlete’s abortion derails her career 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z The book is in part a response to the absence of Black women’s perspective in this genre. Give Phoebe Robinson the Title She Deserves: Boss 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Here, Mrs. is showing paintings by the Los Angeles artist Hana Ward — her first appearance in New York —- of Black women in rich, warm settings. Still Independent, and Still Exceptional 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z When traversing the country to speak or preach, Black women often faced impositions on their freedom to move. ‘Vanguard’ Spotlights the Black Women Who Fought for the Vote 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Dorn, for certain, gives us a resonant portrait of a Black woman who’s had to learn persistence because the world has always underestimated her. Review | Albert Einstein and Marian Anderson were good friends. But a new play at Ford’s Theatre only scratches the surface. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z And Whoopi Goldberg received a Golden Globe for her role as Celie, a young Black woman in early 1900s Georgia who suffered decades of abuse — first from her father and then from her husband, Albert. What’s on TV Today: ‘The Weight of Gold’ and ‘The Hater’ 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z This is a Black woman whose psyche is incredibly deep and dense, and she carries a private, social, political story that is extreme complexity. "Saint Omer" examines the darkest maternity taboos and the "language of the accused" 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z This movie builds its fright night around the oppression Black women face in the form of discrimination against their natural hair. ‘Bad Hair’ Review: That Weave Is Killer 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Or, in other words, they're punished and policed for being human, failing to be the archetype of the "strong Black woman." Treated as a "criminal mastermind”: Black Olympic athlete’s abortion derails her career 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Consider that "The Woman King" features dark-skinned Black women in the respected role of elite warriors, an image not seen onscreen en masse in . . . ever. "The Woman King" poses the conundrum of making a great action movie about exceptional killers 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Her work is full of can-do optimism and abstract buzzwords, painting a future of long-overdue individual and collective victory for Black women like her. ‘Antebellum’ Review: Look Away, Dixie Land 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z The museum believes she is the first Black woman to chair a board of a major art museum, besides ethnic art museums, in the U.S., though it doesn’t have definitive data on that. Constance Rice, SAM’s new board chair, believed to be first Black woman chair of a major U.S. art museum 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The first Black woman to headline the U.S. US artist Leigh recasts colonial imagery at Venice Biennale 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z They knew the consequences of the women’s suffragist movement, when White suffragists rejected Black women in 1920. Review | ‘The Three Mothers’ honors the women who made Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Hurston’s tale symbolizes the enduring social struggles Black women have faced living in what feminist critic bell hooks has termed white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. A must-read list: The enduring contributions of African American women writers 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z She was the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, for “Topdog/Underdog,” and she recently penned the screenplay for the film “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” In ‘Genius: Aretha,’ Respecting the Mind, Not Just the Soul 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z She became the first Black woman to be elected district attorney in California history, the first woman to be California's attorney general, first South Asian American senator. Kamala Harris names herself and seeks redemption, empowering so many of us to do the same 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z “Black women were just starting to break into the field.” Music Mogul Russell Simmons Is Accused of Rape by 3 Women 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Further breaking this down, Black men are seen in these shows as victims 12 percent of the time, with crimes against Black women coming in dead last in terms of frequency, at nine percent. Are crime shows slowing justice reform? Here's the insidious storytelling bias miseducating viewers 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z And if Breonna Taylor and so many other Black women's stories are any indication, I could also have been deemed invisible. White allies, stop asking me if I'm OK. Black people are not OK 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Mistress Marley invited her to join Black Domme Sorority, a collective she started to help Black women navigate the world of financial domination. She Gets Paid Just to Humiliate Her Fans 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Black women are less likely to die of breast cancer today than they were 25 years ago. Why is breast cancer becoming deadlier for black women? 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z “For me as a Black woman to be able to relate to this white man, that’s magic,” said Lynch. Daniel Craig on bidding Bond goodbye in ‘No Time to Die’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z And I hope that more Black women will listen to their calling, too. Unapologetic Black women are taking back our power 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z But using a Black woman's pain as an excuse for enacting violence against another person in any situation, let alone at the Oscars, is dishonest. Will Smith slapping Chris Rock made the 94th Academy Awards one to remember — for the wrong reasons 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Those are my considerations: Is it fun to play and am I doing a service to Black women? Aunjanue Ellis Leans Into a Supporting Role and Turns It Into a Talker 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Belonging to the fictional Black woman whose home we are visiting, it makes the rupture between what was and what was denied to its real life inhabitants more stark and stunning. Afrofuturist Room at the Met Redresses a Racial Trauma 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z As the new artistic director of Hubbard Street, a widely respected contemporary troupe founded by Broadway dancer Lou Conte, she is one of very few Black women heading traditionally White-led dance organizations. Perspective | Black women are finally shattering the glass ceiling in dance 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Alisa, a Black woman; her white husband, Abram; and their daughters soon come under scrutiny by bureaucrats, bringing a tragic end to the life they knew. 8 Books Coming in December 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Smith's actions do nothing to protect the Williams family, his wife, his co-stars or other Black women. Will Smith slapping Chris Rock made the 94th Academy Awards one to remember — for the wrong reasons 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z "The police represent a larger system … they're enforcing these people's values, right?" he says, citing high maternal mortality rates among Black women as a statistical example. Frontline's "Policing the Police 2020" shows Newark's troubled police force slouching towards reform 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z It was the first time a Black woman had her name on a pair of Vans. Skater Beatrice Domond Makes a Splash 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Glynda Carr, chief executive of Higher Heights, an organization dedicated to supporting Black women in politics, described this as a “culture shift moment.” Americans are still figuring out how to talk about multiracial identity. Kamala Harris’s nomination is a perfect example. 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z On graduation day, in 2016, she posted a photo of herself and captioned it: “The little girl from Gunhill projects is now an educated Black woman.” Al Gore is near the end of his quest to save the Earth. Nina Barrett just got started. 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z It was a very strong and historic statement in support on behalf of Black women for Anita Hill. Anita Hill's seismic testimony and its reckoning 30 years later: "She was in no woman's land" 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Betsey, at 12 feet, is pregnant, signifying that Black women are more likely to die of complications from childbirth than White women, and referencing other health disparities. The statue of a doctor who experimented on enslaved women still stands in Alabama. But now there’s also a monument to his victims. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The notion that the challenges faced by Black women in romance and marriage constitute an issue of “civil rights” might grate at first. Dissecting Black Love, White Tears and Racialized Sexual Panic 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Neoliberalism is thinking the singular event of a Black woman marrying into a family whose power and traditions are rooted in white supremacy, would somehow usher in a post-racist society. As Harry and Meghan welcome a second child, they aren’t the only victims of monarchial racism 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z On the day I visited McCannon at home, a large, unfinished canvas dealing with the reality of being an old Black woman lay flat on a table in her living room. The World Catches Up With Dindga McCannon 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Black women look to strong female figures for motivation. “Oh, girl, get up. You got this”: Why the “strong black woman” stereotype is an albatross 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z It’s as if neither stage has a place for these Black women beyond their roles as outside observers and truth-tellers. In Two London Plays, Being Black Means Looking From the Outside In 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z That includes people in rural communities that aren't getting adequate investment and, in her example, Black women whose high maternal mortality rates aren't being addressed. Our problems aren't just with Karens, but a nation of Meghan McCains 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z Being a woman, number one, and then being a Black woman, she was already marginalized. Instant Artifacts of a Disconnected Time (and Lots of Hugh Dancy) 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The flip side is that this still remains a story told from Joyce's perspective, shining lesser light on the struggles Tina faces as a Black woman in this mostly white, straight world. Saved from extinction, "Minx" is back with an even richer and more complicated second season 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z These interests stoke a core concern of her art practice: Black female subjectivity — the sense of self of Black women in the world, their histories, their work, their inner lives. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z "Can we focus on the fact that this happened here, and these Black women were heard and they made history and they fought no matter what they were up against?" "It took hell to get there": The legacy of "Surviving R. Kelly" bringing down a predator 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Benbow, the theologian and essayist, argued that the publisher of “Bad and Boujee” should go beyond simply pulling the book and use this moment to extend more opportunities to Black women. White author’s book about Black feminism pulled after outcry 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z People criticized Swift for seemingly claiming to be a supporter of Black women and the feminist cause . . . but only if or when it served her. How Ice Spice became music's new It Girl seemingly overnight 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Black women in particular are largely erased from the American historical trajectory — marginalized, at best. Review | ‘The Three Mothers’ honors the women who made Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z “There was scholarship on Black women,” she explained, “but not on how we become Black women.” Picturing Black Childhood: An Artist’s Journey 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Because my whole inner circle loves Black women, and are constantly around Black women.” Jack Harlow Knows What He Wants. And Where He Stands. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z And as a Black woman, there's been no other Black woman to hold that position as chair. "We do have power": "Queens of Resistance" books profile the politicians who inspire us most – women 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z When another young Black woman is hired in a similar role, Nella hopes the two will bond. Her Book Doesn’t Go Easy on Publishing. Publishers Ate It Up. 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Allison’s power rings differently in the body of a Black woman. When Blackness Is a Superpower 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z In the case of the Hunger Strikers for Breonna, they were protesting a political system that diminishes the personhood of Black individuals, especially Black women. No justice, no feast: How hunger strikers are keeping the protest over Breonna Taylor's death alive 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z A Black woman, she overcomes the treacherous waters of the music scene with relative ease, and setbacks seem to glide off her. ‘New York, New York’ Review: The Big Apple, Without Bite 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z In 1959, Black women won local crowns for the first time, in Sacramento and at Indiana University. The competition for Miss America 1984 was business as usual — until everyone got a look at Vanessa Williams 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Though the disconnect widened as #BlackoutTuesday exploded Tuesday morning, the campaign was launched by two Black women under the banner #TheShowMustBePaused. Seattle musicians want more justice in industry, not just #BlackoutTuesday hashtag 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z There seemed to be no appreciation of Meghan’s unique struggle as an American Black woman wedded into a lineage whose ancestors preferred to marry their cousins rather than disrupt the bloodline. Perspective | Meghan Markle and Her Majesty’s Human Resources Department 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z In other words, she is intentionally flat, a feature that Aduba’s nuanced performance leans into with wit and grit, making Clyde a rarity for a Black woman actress: an antihero. What Three Broadway Shows Tell Us About Racial Progress 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z In researching that play, Simpson, 35, read up on health issues pertaining to Black women — disproportionately high maternal mortality rates in particular. ‘Driven by the Potential for Joy’: Comedies Are the Thing This Spring 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Black women are seen as being more impervious to pain, but now they are being slotted into situations where they are not being administered medical aid properly. "Riot Baby" author on his novel of black superpowers: "I don't want justice. I want vengeance" 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z The distinction is that those characters were originally conceived as Black women, much like Blackbird and Lightning in The CW's "Black Lightning." A Queen becomes "The Equalizer": What it means when Black women take on legacy superhero roles 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z But the negative reviews of the film were directed not to the film itself, but to me, personally, as a Black woman quoting Marguerite Duras. "Saint Omer" examines the darkest maternity taboos and the "language of the accused" 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z “The identity of the Black woman,” Ms. Rosales said, “tells a bigger story of creation and human evolution.” How Three Artists Are Exploring Mythology and Race 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z “For Black women, this has been really a proving moment for their political strength, in carrying Joe Biden to the Democratic nomination through the primary,” she said. Abby Phillip Is Next-Gen CNN 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z I don’t fit the country standard, not just being a Black woman, but I got red hair, I wear jumpsuits. Black, Female and Carving Out Their Own Path in Country Music 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z It's something that I couldn't have ever planned, and I'm glad that they are led by Black women – "Miss Juneteenth" and "Insecure." "There is no revolution without art": Kendrick Sampson on activism & his new film "Miss Juneteenth" 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Monáe said she was intrigued by the opportunity to “center Black women, who carry the burden of deconstructing systemic racism and white supremacy every single day.” ‘Antebellum’ and the Horrors of History That Persist Today 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Occasionally “Vanguard” slips into the kind of sweeping register that invited Jones’s skepticism, with refrains about Black women working to “serve all humanity,” or reaching for “cures for what ailed all humanity.” ‘Vanguard’ Spotlights the Black Women Who Fought for the Vote 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z The Black women who wrote to me, meanwhile, were exhausted and often worried. Perspective | The fantasy of repudiating Trumpism is dead 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z But the claim is not just on her own behalf: After she was awarded the Venice commission, some 500 Black women in the arts gathered on a Zoom call to celebrate. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Culturally specific topics like wash day, touch-ups and the myriad hairstyles that Black women wear are highlighted in dance and song, evoking warm memories of the beauty salon. In Films and on TV, a New Openness to Natural Black Hairstyles 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z She’d had traumatic experiences giving birth to her four children, but didn’t realize that the problems were widespread and disproportionately affecting Black women. ‘Aftershock’ puts human face to maternal health crisis in US 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z And it’s loneliness that drives Julian to cling to Ida, a painter and the first Black woman he’s dated. Bearing ‘The Weight’ of Feeling Alone 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z “I’m not interested in articulating or taking on grief for the larger society, as a Black woman,” she said. Tiona Nekkia McClodden Is Not Running Away 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z “The pies we distribute today honor generations of Black women who worked hard to provide soulful meals to their families, using minimal ingredients and with limited financial means,” Harmon concluded. Minnesota woman bakes 'sacred' Sweet Potato Comfort Pies for mourning community: 'Remember to eat, pray and love' 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Black women are reclaiming their romantic lives and telling their own stories. My streaming gem: why you should watch Always a Bridesmaid 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Mamo’s quilts used the same patchwork style as those associated with Gee’s Bend, an Alabama hamlet that has achieved prominence for colorful quilts made by Black women and their ancestors. ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Black women fight, Bird says, because they have no one to fight for them, unlike women with proximity to white, patriarchal power. “Oh, girl, get up. You got this”: Why the “strong black woman” stereotype is an albatross 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Several years ago, Brewer had supported creating a monument in the park to honor suffragists, a project that drew criticism for lacking Black women. Decades After the Central Park Jogger Attack, a City Marks Its Mistake 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z It isn't enough to describe the unique experiences of Black women. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z But the impact of her testimony on Black women goes beyond that, and it was really important for us to foreground that in this podcast. Anita Hill's seismic testimony and its reckoning 30 years later: "She was in no woman's land" 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z An exquisite portrait miniature of Rose Prentice, a domestic worker in her Sunday best, painted around 1837, joins the constellation of proud, self-possessed Black women to have served as muse to the artist Mickalene Thomas. A Portrait Miniature Was Muse to Mickalene Thomas 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The album is highly personal, tapping into an underground ocean of buried anger and pain Black women have been swallowing for centuries. Is Netflix's "Bo Burnham: Inside" our lockdown "Lemonade"? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Tyson desired to get away from the negative portrayals of Black women with the hopes of highlighting them with powerful prestige. Cicely Tyson paved way for Black actors to follow footsteps 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z The supposedly race and gender-neutral policies and requirements of athletes carry specific harm for Black women and their mental health. Treated as a "criminal mastermind”: Black Olympic athlete’s abortion derails her career 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z It’s not like there were many plays by Black women, with an all-Black female ensemble, having sustained runs on Broadway. ‘Told It Like It Was’: Ntozake Shange’s Tales of Black Womanhood 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z As with countless other areas of American culture, the contributions of Black women in jazz have been underappreciated for decades. Melanie Charles knows the impact Black women have had on jazz 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The jubilant crowd, many of them Black women, had rallied to support the federal judge’s historic nomination. Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z As the legend goes, someone saw a Black woman pushing her baby in a carriage down their street, and there went the neighborhood. Scare goes the neighborhood in Amazon's "Them," where trauma porn collides with our visceral reality 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z The language is an excuse, as is attributing her passion, drive and success to "attitude," a coded word ascribed to Black women and girls. On "Cheer," Jada Wooten is a role model, despite the narrative of "too much"-ness spun around her 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Jones is the level-headed figure in a vast land of fools; she's also playing to the trope of the Black woman savior utilized in the first "Borat" and touted in this election cycle. "Borat 2" makes an America slathered in misogyny and disinformation reckon with itself 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Mills, a retired state government supervisor who in 2016 became the first Black woman to serve on the borough council in Pennington, a town next to Hopewell, took an optimistic view. Uncovering Lost Black History, Stone by Stone 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z I always say, if you take care of Black women's problems, you take care of everybody's problem — even the white men problems are taken care of. Will Smith's new "Bel-Air" Aunt Viv on reboot fears: "I really didn't want to let the culture down" 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z In the piece titled, “Why I Speak Up For Black Women,” the hip-hop star writes that “Black women are still constantly disrespected and disregarded in so many areas of life.” Megan Thee Stallion pens op-ed; Lanez in court over shooting 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Many people around the world were electrified by the voice and words of a 22-year-old Black woman in a bright yellow coat whose poem helped usher in the Biden administration on Jan. 20. 10 books to read in March 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z In the tense clip, the passenger, who is a Black woman, gets into an argument with another passenger whom she refers to as “White privilege.” Spirit passenger escorted off plane after racial, anti-mask rant: 'I am a queen from California' 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z As Black women, it is complicated for us to manifest love and being loved and being in relationships,” Charles continues. Melanie Charles knows the impact Black women have had on jazz 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z She watched Black women walk out of the salon a bit healed, if not armed with a veneer of self-esteem and several bags of Kanekalon braided into their hair. Ami Colé Fills a Void In Black Beauty Products 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z There's so much conversation in the film about the medical industry practices surrounding gynecology and obstetrics – and how it has been removed from traditional midwifery, and how Black women have been decoupled from that process. "Aftershock" directors on how the anti-midwife campaign wrought the Black maternal mortality crisis 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Even when the clothes and accessories on display have been created by and for African and Black women. We Wore What? Centuries of Global Fashion as a System of Power 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Before the test kitchen’s opening, some of the most important Black women in American food journalism had created the food coverage in Ebony, including Ms. DeKnight, who became the magazine’s first food editor in 1946. The Ebony Test Kitchen, Where Black Cuisine Was Celebrated, Is Reborn 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Do you think that attention has helped widen lanes for Black women on other shows? Robin Thede Is on a Mission 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Now consider that "The Woman King" features dark-skinned Black women in the respected role of elite warriors, an image not seen onscreen en masse in . . . ever. "The Woman King" poses the conundrum of making a great action movie about exceptional killers 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z I was very excited to create a role for two elder Black women who had a lot of meat inside of their stories and got to be very engaged and activated inside of the tale. The Creators of ‘On Sugarland’ Build a Site of Mourning and Repair 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The women are their own greatest weapons, and among everything else it addresses, “The Woman King” is about strong, dynamic Black women, their souls, minds and bodies. ‘The Woman King’ Review: She Slays 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z “I was struck by this idea of Black women as voters and Black women as organizers are being the moral compass of America.” How a Smithsonian Museum Stopped Being About the ‘Wealthy, Pale and Male’ 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z "But Black women in particular? They know what s**t is. Genuinely," he continued. Who comes after Trevor Noah to host "The Daily Show"? The answer may be among these stars 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z This may sound silly to some, but being a Black woman stuck in government systems means that we're dead last on the list to get simple things like corrections done. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Wade would be a “hollow victory” if it isn’t paired with more resources for young mothers to address the financial and health risks faced by Black women, he says. Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The children actually supposed that the white girl would grow up to be the Black woman, so deep-seated was their sense of language as marking identity. The Biases We Hold Against the Way People Speak 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Last year, a bronze monument to Betty Campbell, the first Black woman to become a head teacher in Wales, was unveiled in Cardiff. In the U.K., Public Art Shifts Toward Black Experiences 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “White women get paid more than Black women, Black women get paid more than Asian women, Asian women get paid more than Latina women,” Rodriguez said at the time. Gina Rodriguez breaks down while defending herself against anti-black accusations 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Dariana Fleming, 26, remembers how important it was to her to see Cinderella played by a Black woman as a child. In the new ‘Little Mermaid,’ Black girls and moms see themselves 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z It’s much needed because it shows young Black women where we’ve been, where we are and where we need to go, and how we need to continue to grow and develop. In ‘Small Axe,’ Letitia Wright Plays a Real-Life Black Panther 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Adler believes that had partly to do with the resistance of radio to a Black woman singing rock. The Unstoppable Merry Clayton 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z The relatively unknown Abernathy, who died in 2010, was a Chicago artist, graphic designer and activist who, the label notes, is thought to be the first Black woman to design a jazz album cover. Duro Olowu Excavates Pattern at the Cooper Hewitt 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The path to freedom and happiness was narrower still for Black women. My Choice Isn’t Marriage or Loneliness 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z “Protecting Black women absolutely includes how we engage in our relationships, both intimate and platonic,” Agnew said. Oscars slap sparks debate on the defense of Black women 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Joseph said Goldberg was seeing the issue of race through the lens of a Black woman in America and the lens lacked historical knowledge of what the Holocaust was actually about. Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z And for any dark-skinned Black woman in a land of seemingly infinite gradations of race and hue, those dangers are many, omnipresent. After 22 Years, Gayl Jones Returns 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Black women are three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as white women, and in some U.S. cities the MMR among Black women is higher than in some sub-Saharan African countries. Inequality is killing American women 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s 1877 in Tupelo, Miss., and Bella is a young Black woman guilty of nothing but embarrassing a rich white predator. 8 Things to Do This Fourth of July Weekend 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Not just because it was viral and I couldn't get my arms around it, but also I'm a Black woman, right? Me Too founder on her healing memoir and creating change: "All of us contribute to rape culture" 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z I’m the only Black woman who’s ever created a sketch show for American television. Robin Thede Is on a Mission 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Black women who usually go public with their abuse are typically met with the same vitriolic response from the public. Megan Thee Stallion's victory: A rare win in 50 years of hip-hop, violence and misogynoir 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Lee: One thing I'll add to that is, the last thing that I want is for Black women to be afraid to give birth. "Aftershock" directors on how the anti-midwife campaign wrought the Black maternal mortality crisis 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z “I really wanted a Black woman in that role,” Nasr says. Samira Nasr, a fashion first at Harper’s Bazaar: ‘I just want to bring more people with me to the party’ 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z It was my first breakup, but as a Black woman, I was not new to heartache; this pain felt familiar. Trying to Feel Love-Worthy (While Working for a Dating App) 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z As a teenager, he defied his family by inviting Black musicians to their home and in his 20s he dated a Black woman, Joyce Alexander, whom he married in 1959. George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “As a Black woman, I can totally embody the connection between the American slave experience and the mythological sort of slavery experience for Passover,” she said. ‘Blackness Deserves a Seat at the Seder’ 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z “I wanted to show her as a beautiful Black woman.” Behind 3 Champions’ Smithsonian Portraits 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z “When people see me as a Black woman leader,” she said, “they are assuming that my being Black and a woman influence my leadership style.” She Wants to Kill the Girl Boss 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z However, Hippolyta's jaunt into Baker's life reveals the full realm of possibilities available to Black women outside of America. Kamala Harris names herself and seeks redemption, empowering so many of us to do the same 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z “Black women were disrupting American beauty culture. We were starting to wear our hair natural as a political statement of acceptance and self-love.” “Oh, girl, get up. You got this”: Why the “strong black woman” stereotype is an albatross 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z I knew that Black women were avid readers because I was surrounded by them. ‘A Conflicted Cultural Force’: What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Our therapist is a well-lived and accomplished Black woman, and one of the most sought after therapists in the South. After years of long-distance dating, we bought a house together. Then COVID hit home 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z In “Madonna With Child,” the wave protectively encircles the figures of a casually dressed Black woman holding a sleeping baby, acting as a kind of decorative border or a baroque frame. Oasa DuVerney’s Black Power Wave 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z And perhaps those breakups and the reputation homicide weren't specific to race, but man oh man, are there a lot of essays by Black women who tell stories similar to mine. "Zola" is a cautionary tale about Black women befriending white women 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Who knew there were Black women from Alaska in Baltimore that wanted to date street guys like us? Sorry, but forced apologies are the worst. Why can't we quit this insincere ritual? 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z She was a ready-made star, but she was also a Black woman in Jim Crow Hollywood, when the industry wasn’t yet soft-pedaling its racism. The Glory of Nina Mae McKinney, an Early Black Star in White Hollywood 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z But as others pointed out, the fact that you are in this body – a Black woman being surrounded by white relatives – on stage, that sense of his otherness is symbolizes right there. Danai Gurira plays "Richard III" for PBS: "This is ancient text running through a contemporary body" 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z “My purpose right now is to speak power into these Black women like myself, like Sylvia, and do the work,” Ms. Scott said. Black Friendship, Broadcasted 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z But the real loss is the movie’s portrayal of Black women’s hair as a commodity and competition for which they are willing to die or kill. Black Women’s Hair and Horror Movies: What Could Go Wrong? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z “Not only would Black women put Joe Biden in the White House,” Ms. Phillip said on air, predicting the finish, “but they would also put a Black woman in the White House as well.” Abby Phillip Is Next-Gen CNN 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z In McCammond, they found not only a journalist gaining notice for her work, but also a young Black woman with the stylish good looks of many Condé editors. Inside the Teen Vogue mess — which is really a Condé Nast mess 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z “I have had conversations a couple of times where a white male director tells me, a 50-year-old Black woman, how a 50-year-old Black woman would speak, and I would have to acquiesce,” she said. Broadway Is Brimming With Black Playwrights. But for How Long? 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z I wanted to show Black women in their full humanity. ‘P-Valley’: How Katori Hall Made a Progressive Show About Strippers 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The accusations of being unclean and the "nappy wig" comment are real classics among those that white girls use to paint Black women as unattractive, undesirable wrecks. "Zola" is a cautionary tale about Black women befriending white women 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z I recently sent a note to colleagues about the "Black woman tax" we are charged, like being asked to clean up problems at work including things that are not directly my job. Unapologetic Black women are taking back our power 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z While wearing a black-and-white ensemble, the rapper delivered a message calling for Black women’s protection. ‘Saturday Night Live’ goes political in 46th season opener 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z A tickled viewer demonstrates that “we connected at a human level … and that is the biggest gift I can give to people, especially for Black women, because we just don’t have it,” Thede said. ‘Black Lady Sketch Show’ creator relishes Emmy nod firsts 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Her 1982 book, “The Color Purple” — an epistolary novel addressed largely to God, which focused on the experience of poor Black women in the American South — was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Alice Walker Has ‘No Regrets’ 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Her victory was also historic: It was only the second time a Black woman won the award. ‘Succession’ Wins Top Drama at Emmys 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z His tragedy becomes the catalyst for an overdue reckoning between two lifelong friends, a Black woman named Riley and a white woman named Jen, who are divided by his murder. When Friends Find Themselves on Opposite Sides of a Tragedy 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z But Jackson’s hair “communicates that Black women’s professional success and wearing natural hairstyles need not be mutually exclusive,” she says. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z She’s also used her platform in the past year to speak about violence against Black women. He said, she said: AP writers predict 2021 Grammy winners 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z It's a system that makes it 42% more likely for a Black woman to die of breast cancer than a white woman who also has breast cancer. "It's not a enough to indict individuals; we have to indict systems": Author Wes Moore on racism 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z But for many observers, protecting Black women from verbal insults stops short of physical assault. Oscars slap sparks debate on the defense of Black women 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z About 15 biographies Wade has written have been deleted, including one on Clarice Phelps, a nuclear chemist who is recognized as the first Black woman to be involved with the discovery of a chemical element. She’s made 1,750 Wikipedia bios for female scientists who haven’t gotten their due 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z “Black women were considered hypersexualized beings, and that trickled down to girls.” Lonnae O’Neal: A black girl, a white guy and an inexplicable tweet 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z If you use women of color as a way to not say Black women, or if you identify as a woman of color and you're silent about Black women, ask yourself why. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z “My mother-in-law survived the ’60s as a Black woman,” she said. Despite Everything, People Still Have Weddings at ‘Plantation’ Sites 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Readers should stay on their toes while glued to the pages of Harris’s smart and sardonic exploration of Black women trying to advance in New York’s publishing world. 10 books to read in June 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z She really gets us as Black women because she is one. On ‘Heaux Tales,’ Jazmine Sullivan lets the stories unfold 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The daughter of a seamstress and a carpenter, Clarke sees playing Caroline as “a chance to honor all maids, all women, all single mothers, all Black women trying to make their way through this life.” For Sharon D Clarke, a ‘Big Sing’ and a Big Broadway Moment 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z “Especially girls who look like me. You don’t often see work by Black women on a grand scale.” March Madness Brings Vibrant Art and Energy to Indianapolis 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Nikki then speaks up about her experiences being discriminated against as a young Black woman, illustrating her point with a story about a sticker-selling contest. Barbie takes stand against racism in latest vlog 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z "She was an intelligent, young, vital, beautiful Black woman that took the job," Harris said. Behind the Aunt Jemima rebrand is a story of Antebellum romanticization — and concerns about erasure 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Regardless of the reason, Rob's transformation into Louise is revealed as a last-minute bombshell, one that completely disregards the lived experiences of a Black woman and mother that were lost in the transition. The bonkers twist in Netflix's "Behind Here Eyes" is an unresolved mess of problematic narratives 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z "It's really weird because we've been working on this show for three and a half years now, and I wake up every day as a Black woman," she said. Should a horror anthology like "Lovecraft Country" be expected to speak to any particular moment? 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z The Jemima Code, referred to in Tipton-Martin's book, focuses on the descriptions of and codes surrounding Black women who lived and worked in the plantation South, especially the caricature of Aunt Jemima. What's in a name? Shedding racist images and branding is just the start of breaking the Jemima Code 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The increase in Pinterest inspiration for Black women’s hair helped too, she said. What happened to perm box girls? They’re wearing their natural hair. 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Harris is now in the process of learning Ailey’s celebrated “Cry,” a solo that’s something of a rite of passage for women in the company, dedicated to “all Black women everywhere — especially our mothers.” An Ailey Dancer’s Career Blooms, at the Company and Beyond 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z I've asked many Black women if America is more racist or more sexist, and I get different answers, depending on which industries they work in. What it means to raise a Black girl in white America 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z As the series shifted its point-of-view, it also took a deep dive into issues like miscarriages and infertility, which Black women disproportionately experience. In ‘Master of None,’ Naomi Ackie Tells a Story ‘I’ve Never Really Seen’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Being a Black woman, she says she’s always pushed for more recognition for artists of color, something she plans to continue with the podcast. Seattle arts luminaries Marcie Sillman and Vivian Phillips’ new podcast advocates for art, by and for everyone 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z In my interviews, Black women revealed how they felt about Baartman's story, how they compared her to their own body image and what her legacy represents. Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated that Nikema Williams was the first Black woman to represent Georgia in Congress. On their third day at work, congressional freshmen went through disorientation 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Many Black women can trace their stories of self-acceptance by following the timeline of their hair journey. ‘The Hair Tales’: Stories of Black Women’s Hair and Self-Acceptance 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “And even a Black son because … this is not just a victory for Black women. It’s a victory for everybody.” For these parents, Jackson’s confirmation belongs to their daughters 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “I’ve been making the same show for five years,” she said, adding, “I insulate myself with a crew of 110 Black women and we all support each other.” Robin Thede Is on a Mission 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Radha seeks an alternative outlet in hip-hop, adopting the moniker RadhamMUSPrime as she spits raw, funny, intricate rhymes about the realities of being a Black woman facing middle age in 21st-century New York City. ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’ Review: Rapper’s Delight 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The soprano late last month made her Broadway debut as Christine in “The Phantom of the Opera,” becoming the first Black woman in the role in the show’s 33-year history in New York. Emilie Kouatchou makes ‘Phantom’ history on Broadway 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s most likely the first Broadway play to shine a spotlight on Black women’s hair, and what it takes to style it. When the Wig Is a Character: Backstage at Jocelyn Bioh’s New Play 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z But for me, it’s just been important to talk about the things that I want to talk about, and that does include being a Black woman. Black, Female and Carving Out Their Own Path in Country Music 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z One white man helped crush this Black woman's reputation and another launched off of her pain. The injustice done to Janet Jackson isn't only in the past – new film "Malfunction" also falls short 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Conscious of — and often feeling isolated by — the dearth of Black women leading in the dance world, Kelela makes music she wants everyone to move to, but for certain groups to really feel. How the R&B Innovator Kelela Unlocked a New Level 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The jury said Dangarembga, who is the first Black woman to win the prize, is “not just one of her country’s most important artists but also a widely audible voice of Africa in contemporary literature.” Zimbabwe’s Tsitsi Dangarembga wins prestigious German prize 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z There’s also a long history of presenting Black women in a hypersexualized way that you must have had to contend with. ‘P-Valley’: How Katori Hall Made a Progressive Show About Strippers 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z But to me, it's just another example of Black women trying to stake their own claim to the beauty, joy and power of this tradition. In "Rumors," Lizzo and Cardi B pull from the ancient Greeks, putting a new twist on an old tradition 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z “Black women are not a monolith, and we all have very different experiences,” Ms. Lee said. We’re Going to Need More Gabrielle Union 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z A part of Lifetime’s Emmy Award-winning public affairs campaign, “Stop Violence Against Women,” the movie “Black Girl Missing” highlights how missing Black women are handled by the police and the media. What’s on TV This Week: ‘True Lies’ and ‘Black Girl Missing’ 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z It hadn’t been easy convincing “an elderly Black woman in America” that the government was working in her interest, he said. Can Jill Biden help move the needle on vaccination rates? 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z “I was incredibly proud as a Black woman when I read that essay.” How the 1619 Project took over 2020 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “Yeah, Justice Jackson made history as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, and the first person to make people cheer for the Supreme Court in the past two weeks.” Stephen Colbert Reflects on This Year in the Supreme Court 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z She portrays deities and royalty figures in various scenarios working to raise Black communal consciousness and empower Black women. How Three Artists Are Exploring Mythology and Race 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z McDaniels was the first Black woman to win an Oscar for this role. Remember her? Why your favorite Black female characters are being "summarily dismissed" 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z “Passing” reminds us of the need for movies to get us past the surface — of skin and sight — and revel in the worlds that Black women create for themselves beyond the gaze of others. The Real Surprise of ‘Passing’: A Focus on Black Women’s Inner Lives 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z “Breonna Taylor!” the director of “A Soldier’s Play,” Kenny Leon, shouted three times in an acceptance speech as he invoked the name of a Black woman killed by Louisville police. Tony Awards 2021: ‘Moulin Rouge’ wins best musical, and ‘The Inheritance’ snags best play 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Do you feel a sense of surprise or pride for inspiring so many Black women? A Pioneering Black Ballerina’s Life Story Comes to the Stage 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Rather than focusing on oppression, the play explores Black women’s agency and the different forms that liberation can take from one era to the next. Dominique Morisseau Asks: ‘What Does Freedom Look Like Now?’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z My friends and crushes openly told me that they didn’t date Black women, confessing this stinging truth as easily as if they were stating a preference for pizza. Trying to Feel Love-Worthy (While Working for a Dating App) 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z One of the few Black women to follow her as a principal dancer in a major company, Misty Copeland of American Ballet Theater has credited her as an inspiration. A Pioneering Black Ballerina’s Life Story Comes to the Stage 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z His portrait of Ms. Davis was not Mr. Calmese’s first attempt at reclamation on behalf of Black women. The Black Photographer Making History at Vanity Fair 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z “I laughed out loud and also groaned,” said Zakiya Dalila Harris, who drew on her own experience as a Black woman working in publishing for her novel, “The Other Black Girl.” She Wrote a Blistering Satire About Publishing. The Publishing Industry Loves It. 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z With their Best Director nominations, the Academy proved they don't want to listen to women talking or recognize women working, not the Black women of "The Woman King" nor "Till." With 2023 Oscar nominations, women are forced to take a big step backward 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z I wish justice was as simple as someone doing the crime and the time but it's not — especially when the victims of the abuse are Black women. Megan Thee Stallion's victory: A rare win in 50 years of hip-hop, violence and misogynoir 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Truth, a Black woman who escaped slavery and went on to campaign for abolition as well as women’s rights, was a late addition. Central Park monument is first to honor nonfictional women 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z “Getting into Korean culture was a way for me to see a different world and become more educated about different cultures as a Black woman.” These Black women are obsessed with Korean TV dramas. Here’s why. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z With “The Old Guard,” she became the first Black woman to direct a big comic-book movie. Viewing Party! Let’s All Watch ‘Love & Basketball’ 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z If she wins, she would be the first Black woman to get that award. Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo could score big at Grammys 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z An enslaved Black woman finds Icon’s ship, and he adapts his appearance, including the color of his skin, to fit in. A Black Superman? It’s Happened, and Could Again. 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z As much as Hollywood is changing, the way it tells the story of Black women’s musicality still lags behind. Why Is It So Hard to Show Black Women’s Musical Genius Onscreen? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Not Black women as wives, children or distressed damsels but as warriors, spies and geniuses. "WandaVision" gave us the MCU's first superpowered Black woman, which is long overdue yet not enough 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z “When Black women’s hair features as the butt of jokes, the very real and myriad forms of multiple marginalization against Black women is erased and even justified,” Joseph noted. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Lorraine Hansberry made history with it in 1959, when she became the first Black woman with a play produced on Broadway. What’s on TV This Week: ‘9to5: The Story of a Movement’ and ‘The Equalizer’ 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z The tales navigate a framework of stark realism, embossed with flecks of treasured or upsetting memory, illuminating the experience of a Black woman growing up in a nation of maddening inequality. Review | Online festival highlights the powerful plays of undersung dramatist Adrienne Kennedy 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z “It’s nice that, ‘OK, here’s a Black woman that’s actually from this city who gets an opportunity to take up space at First Saturdays,’” she said. Brooklyn Museum Celebrates 25 Years of First Saturdays 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z In one chapter of your book, you and your co-authors address the burden of being expected to be resilient all the time as Black women. "Feminist AF" author on hip-hop & feminism today: "We're not playing nice anymore" 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z R&B was never dead, but it did need some revitalization and like many things, Black women — Sullivan, H.E.R. and many of their contemporaries — came to save it. AP’s top albums of 2021: ‘Sour,’ ‘Donda,’ H.E.R. and Eilish 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z In turn, Black women have long utilized their kinky textures as a form of survival and resistance. ‘The Hair Tales’: Stories of Black Women’s Hair and Self-Acceptance 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Finally, she thought, here was another Black woman who milked cows, cooked on a wood stove and understood the seasonal beauty of farm life. Food Scholar, Folk Singer, Blunt Speaker: The Many Lives of Leni Sorensen 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Dana Canedy, the first Black woman to serve as publisher of Simon & Schuster’s flagship imprint, left her position after two years, the company said on Tuesday. Dana Canedy, Publisher of Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint, Has Left the Job 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z In the 1700s, Louisiana’s governor signed what was known as the tignon law requiring Black women to wrap their heads in scarves so they could be more easily identified as enslaved people. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Cookbook author Klancy Miller just published the first issue of For the Culture, a quarterly focused on Black women in food, funded through an Indiegogo campaign. The power of self-publishing in food media 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z My grandmother and other Black women in our family had little choice but to work for years cooking and cleaning for white families in Virginia. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z “In graduate school, the only Black woman; when I was a postdoc here, I was the only Black woman.” Dragonflies, Beetles, Cicadas — What’s Not to Love? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Franklin, about three generations of Black women, including a teenager who yearns to dance. Shauneille Perry Ryder, Pioneering Theater Director, Dies at 92 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z The Black women's hair segment was one that hit just in a way that I haven't seen in a long time. "The house has never not been on fire": How two "Daily Show" correspondents made comedy for our pain 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z But the Black women are still side characters. "WandaVision" gave us the MCU's first superpowered Black woman, which is long overdue yet not enough 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z In the potent “About Her. Me.,” a meditation on moving through the world as a bald, dark-skinned Black woman, she imbues each twist of the hand or scuff of the foot with a quiet vigilance. Review: In ‘An Evening of Hope,’ a Veteran Dancer Gets Personal 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Two older Black women with whom I worked wondered why I would dare leave the system I had been able to navigate so well. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z And I became the first Black woman to do a collaboration with Fender. H.E.R. Still Finds Inspiration in Prince and ‘Martin’ 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z All Black women from my neighborhood dressed up and went to church on Easter, New Year's Eve and Mother's Day. On Father's Day, Black dads and the fragility of our fortune 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z The reasons Black women suffer disproportionately from abuse are complex. Why Black Women Struggle More With Domestic Violence 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z “On these painted landscapes, I printed in gold paint statements made by Black women, dating from slavery times until the present,” Ms. Ringgold wrote in an email. In Dishes and Dolls, a Foundation of Feminist Art 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z “Don’t underestimate how invisible a middle-aged Black woman is,” she said. A ‘Hamilton’ Star Discovers Lunatic Comedy With ‘Girls5eva’ 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z And 2022 is far from the first year featuring multiple instances through which scapegoating Black women provided an entry point to attacking other marginalized people. From Lizzo to Megan Thee Stallion, 2022 was the year of survival for Black women in the public eye 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Mapes, who is one of only a few Black womxn in olive oil production, faces many market, economic, and sociocultural barriers to success in business, which is not an uncommon experience among Black women entrepreneurs. How this community-driven olive oil company is changing the status quo 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Her death sparked renewed attention to police violence against Black women. Jennifer Packer: Painting as an Exercise in Tenderness 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z At first she assumes a nice girl persona to avoid being painted as another aggressive, unapproachable Black woman. "Dear White People" visits the "Big Brother" Cookout via a pointed parody of reality show racism 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z “What happened to me on an individual level was part of a much larger crisis that most profoundly affects Black women,” Eiselt said. ‘Aftershock’ puts human face to maternal health crisis in US 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z It was the other Black women in the community who were working with her who got her to the next level. "We do have power": "Queens of Resistance" books profile the politicians who inspire us most – women 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z She became the first science fiction author to be granted a MacArthur fellowship, and the first Black woman to win Hugo and Nebula awards. The Essential Octavia Butler 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z “A Lot of Nothing” touches on microaggressions, colorism, class, gentrification, fertility, veganism and the sexual fantasies of a biracial Black woman who is this movie’s update on the tragic mulatto trope. ‘A Lot of Nothing’ Review: The Cop Next Door 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Nasr’s initial impulse was to hire a Black photographer to shoot this Black woman. Samira Nasr, a fashion first at Harper’s Bazaar: ‘I just want to bring more people with me to the party’ 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Not to mention “a refusal on the part of Black women to fit into European beauty ideals.” What’s the Big Deal About a Woman Being Bald? 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Ida B. Wells, a Black woman journalist who was born into slavery, documented the horrifying practice of Black lynchings in the late 1890s. The dangerous spectacle of racist violence viral videos: Who are those images for? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The Black woman is not considered to be at home in the society we built. "It's America's genre": Thandiwe Newton defends her land in "God's Country," a modern-day western 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z “Twenty years ago, a Black woman directing a movie about the fight genre?” she said. Oscars Rewind: For Halle Berry, a Bittersweet Breakthrough 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z “People kept saying Black women are saving America,” Ms. Bass, 50, said in a phone interview. How a Smithsonian Museum Stopped Being About the ‘Wealthy, Pale and Male’ 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z "As the Wicked Watch" gives a real glimpse of what successful Black women journalists must have endured to obtain and maintain their positions. Tamron Hall, TV host and now mystery novelist, created a heroine to be "the reporter I wish I was" 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z There’s been at least one occasion where the role of Black women in the British Black Power movement has been minimized in onscreen portrayals. In ‘Small Axe,’ Letitia Wright Plays a Real-Life Black Panther 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z She’d been raised by her grandmother and had heard stories of separate drinking fountains and doors, of Black women dead in alleyways from trying to end unwanted pregnancies. At New York’s Pride weekend, a noticeable cloud from the Supreme Court 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Most of all, Ndolo said, she hopes Abrams knows that Black women are proud of her: “I hope she doesn’t feel like she failed us.” For Black women, Stacey Abrams’s loss ‘feels like a punch in the gut’ 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The sisterhood presented on the show is contextualized in the diverse but specific experiences of Black women. ‘Run the World’ Is an Ode to ‘Enviable Friendships’ and Black Harlem 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z There is nothing on offer like “Luster” — the story of a Black woman who is neither heroic nor unduly tragic. In ‘Luster,’ a Young Woman Moves in With Her Lover — and His Family 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Despite being set in a time when a Black queen supposedly elevates the status of people of color, Black women fare conspicuously poorly in the show. 5 ways to fix "Bridgerton" next season to transform this guilty pleasure into guilt-free escapism 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z We thought it was really interesting to show it through a different lens of this Black woman who was also fighting to save her neighborhood. "Sometimes you burn the lasagna": "Lessons in Chemistry" creator Lee Eisenberg talks cooking good TV 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z After all, how stable can race possibly be if you can step onto a rooftop as a white woman and leave as a Black woman? The Performance of Racial Passing 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Two assistant curators, both Black women, who were hired for the contemporary art department in 2016 as part of an effort to expand diversity, left within two years. Complaint Faults Museum Director for Hanging His In-Law’s El Greco 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Their experiences tell stories about Black women's bodies in other ways too. From Lizzo to Megan Thee Stallion, 2022 was the year of survival for Black women in the public eye 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z I’m very proud that the film focuses and is led by Black women. Angela Bassett nearly missed the announcement of her own nomination. 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z This novel imagines the life of one of those soldiers, Richard Etheridge, the son of a Black woman who was enslaved by his father. 12 New Books Coming in February 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” draws its comedy from this world — a world familiar to many Black women audience members like me. When a Seat in the Theater Means a Seat in the Salon 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z It stings that for Black women the aftermath of justice and victory will still leave an indelible scar of trauma. Megan Thee Stallion's victory: A rare win in 50 years of hip-hop, violence and misogynoir 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z I, along with almost every other Black woman of childbearing age I knew, read the piece and talked about it constantly. The Roots of Black Pain in America 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Black women’s bodies in service to other black women, moving through trauma, love, hate, degradation and maturation accompanied by a corresponding soundtrack is not mere commodity. bell hooks vs. Beyoncé: What this feminist scholarly critique gets wrong about “Lemonade” and liberation 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z “You’re inspiring this next generation of Black women to sustain themselves outside of corporate America,” said Ms. Donaldson, who died from breast cancer in November after being interviewed for this article. Black Women Make Waves in Hair Care 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Lindsey recalled several experiences on sets when showrunners wanted a Black woman to wake up in bed with her hair out. In Films and on TV, a New Openness to Natural Black Hairstyles 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z And that was before we all knew that they treat Black women a certain way and they were sending me home the second time. Chef Toya Boudy’s “Cooking for the Culture” is a celebration of Blackness through place and plates 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Malcolm X’s voice was heard saying, “The most disrespected, unprotected, neglected person in America is the Black woman,” as those same words appeared on the screens. Jim Carrey Plays Joe Biden in ‘S.N.L.’ Season Premiere 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z In their view, Lizzo's main crime was and is being a fat, dark-skinned Black woman who doesn't fit their prescribed picture of health and attractiveness. Can fans accept the new reality of Lizzo? 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z She finds racism against Black women to be the biggest obstacle in her life and wants to contribute toward positive change and healing. Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’ 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Foster, for example, is a Black woman who characterizes the cottagecore fandom as overwhelmingly White. Cottagecore, cluttercore, goblincore — deep down, it’s about who we think we are 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “It’s such a wonderful time to be … a Black woman with a Black daughter,” she said. For these parents, Jackson’s confirmation belongs to their daughters 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z I’m from the South, and one of the great travesties is the erasure of Black women who were so central in the freedom rights movement. Aunjanue Ellis Leans Into a Supporting Role and Turns It Into a Talker 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z “Even in historical drama, it was necessary for me to really portray the strength and the elegance of these Black women,” Rhimes said. Here’s What to Know About ‘Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story’ 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Hulu's new documentary "Aftershock" is devoted to examining the obscene disparity in maternal mortality rates that Black women face, but its climax centers on a smooth, problem-free delivery at a birthing center. "Aftershock" directors on how the anti-midwife campaign wrought the Black maternal mortality crisis 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z There's this narrator throughout that's definitely a Black woman and it's a fun voice. "We do have power": "Queens of Resistance" books profile the politicians who inspire us most – women 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z American Crafts apologized and removed the post, adding that it would soon add more Black women to its team. Scrapbooking Isn’t Just for White People 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z She felt that she understood the importance of catering to Black women, because she grew up watching the effects of that care. Ami Colé Fills a Void In Black Beauty Products 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z One of Broadway’s biggest landlords said Thursday that it would rename a theater after the performer and activist Lena Horne, who would then become the first Black woman to win such recognition. In a First for Broadway, a Theater Will Be Renamed for Lena Horne 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z How does the play create new ways to see Black women? The Creators of ‘On Sugarland’ Build a Site of Mourning and Repair 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Hansberry is best remembered for her acclaimed play “A Raisin in the Sun,” the first by a Black woman to be performed on Broadway. 16 New Books Coming in January 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z There have been a number of shows that have come on that are written and created by Black women, by Black creators, since "Black-ish" became a success. From "Black-ish" to "I Love That For You," Jenifer Lewis keeps going: "I'm one of the lucky ones" 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z When she opens the package, however, what leaps out at her and Black women for all posterity is none other than hard work. A must-read list: The enduring contributions of African American women writers 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z How Black women negotiate power in traditionally white arenas, and at what cost, is something that resonates far beyond Balmoral. 11 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z “I really felt called to use whatever skills I have to help shed light on this topic and uplift the work that Black women have been doing for decades to curb this crisis.” ‘Aftershock’ puts human face to maternal health crisis in US 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z After being ignored for about two years, a Black woman named Toya, an editor for a major publishing company, connected with my work and invited me in for a meeting. "Hey, auntie" recognition: Our reliance on each other when the world won't acknowledge excellence 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Unsparing in its critique of domestic violence and toxic masculinity, yet tender in its treatment of various human weaknesses, the novel underscores Black women’s need for self-regard and mutual care. A must-read list: The enduring contributions of African American women writers 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Parks' gained national attention for becoming the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002 for her play "Topdog/Underdog." Capturing how Aretha Franklin could "alchemize her pain into sonic gold" 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z As a Black woman in the South, this was out of the realm of possibility and laced in cloaks of discrimination. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z She knows other Black women envy her ability to walk through Capitol Hill, a place steeped in tradition, with her natural hair. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z She attempted to recast history — art’s, the country’s, her own — from her position as a Black woman. The Many Styles of Emma Amos, and Her Drive to Get Free 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z That a Black woman from Depression-era Detroit established an ashram in the hills of California next to a horse ranch and performed centuries-old Indian hymns there still boggles the mind. Perspective | Alice Coltrane is finally heralded as a jazz great. A new reissue doesn’t do her justice. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Black women have been a part of the workforce since our arrival on these shores. Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z But for Black women in America, our lives have never been fair or just. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Kimber is making a series of quilts about what it means to live as a Black woman in America, which, she admits, does not seem so distant from previous themes. ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z But for Franklin, a Black woman who rose to superstardom amid the Civil Rights conflagrations of the 1960s, the stakes were different. In ‘Genius: Aretha,’ Respecting the Mind, Not Just the Soul 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z One day in 1915, Adelaide, a young Black woman, lights her childhood home on fire and flees California with only a trunk containing “everything that still matters.” 22 Works of Fiction to Read This Spring 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z But then when we take the Salem Witch trials and we turn it into this commodified image, all of a sudden she comes a Black woman, she becomes the Black witch of Salem. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z According to McNeal, most people just don't understand the extent of the policing, punishment and cruelty athletes — and especially Black women athletes — face. Treated as a "criminal mastermind”: Black Olympic athlete’s abortion derails her career 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z This time it was triggered by a Black woman who has identified in the past as a Jew. "Blacks and Jews" authors: "Whoopi is not the enemy" but "it may be too late" for America anyway 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z They’re a confirmation of her range as today’s premiere Black woman action hero. The Best Genre Movies of 2022 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z And it's not enough that it might be a Black woman as, you know, the third or fourth characters. "The Old Guard": Gina Prince-Bythewood on superhero diversity, that ending & sequel possibilities 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z “When I first moved to New York, I was a young Black woman moving into a predominantly white art industry,” she said in a video interview. Helping People of Color Find Their Footing in the Arts 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z She was working as an intern at South End Press, which had published “Ain’t I a Woman,” hooks’s groundbreaking 1981 book about the impact of both racism and sexism on Black women. The Wide-Angle Vision, and Legacy, of bell hooks 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Those are the only three Black women to ever receive an Album of the Year Grammy. How Harry Styles' Grammys speech made Beyoncé's Album of the Year loss worse 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z These Black women creatively combined leftovers or discarded foods, like frying rice in lard and mixing it with a stew of local canary beans over a wood fire. Three generations of fathers, one timeless Afro-Peruvian breakfast 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Such images became expected, and ultimately required, for Black women onscreen. In Films and on TV, a New Openness to Natural Black Hairstyles 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Because every time that happens, women — Black women in particular — are reminded of the higher value society and their own communities assign to those men over their accusers. Brace yourself for the Bill Cosby media redemption tour 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z "Zola," with its story of a dangerous, foolhardy false friend, confirms that Black women aren't angry, scary, intimidating or crazy to stand up to white women who don't have their best interests at heart. "Zola" is a cautionary tale about Black women befriending white women 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Making a complex friendship between two dark-brown complexioned Black women, Molly and Issa, the heart of the show still seems rare, even today. ‘Insecure’ Broke Ground by Embracing Imperfection 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z “The simple fact to have a Black woman entering the pantheon is historic,” Black French scholar Pap Ndiaye, an expert on U.S. minority rights movements, told The Associated Press. Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France’s Pantheon 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z She was my first example of what a Black woman could accomplish and I admired her sacrifice. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z With its sensitive handling of Black women’s mental health, West’s book also is in conversation with Yaa Gyasi’s dazzling sophomore book, “Transcendent Kingdom,” and the late Bebe Moore Campbell’s landmark novel, “72 Hour Hold.” Review | The spellbinding ‘Revival Season’ makes Monica West an author to watch 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The work references the role of the hairdresser: Caretaking work — often undertaken by Black women and femmes, Thomas seems to say — cracks open moments of release from tokenization through its intimacy. For Keioui Keijaun Thomas, the Body Becomes a Vessel 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z A young Black woman from west Baltimore, she identifies as awkward and loves anime. "The Little Mermaid" and Disney's dilemma: Why no Black prince? 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z “She is one of a long line of Black women that I know personally that hold the weight of the world with a smile, or not a smile, on their shoulders,” says Ellis. For Will Smith, a break point leads to ‘King Richard’ 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z It was about Black manhood, about what is expected of Black men in the 21st century — and about attitudes toward Black women. Oscars slap sparks debate on the defense of Black women 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Many of the exhibitions feature Black women photographers. Photography That Focuses on Those Who Are Often Not Seen 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z “Mary is a very careful woman, concerned about how Black women are experienced and understood, and what they look like,” Ms. Weems said of the image in a video interview in 2020 with Mr. Obrist. An Opera House Gives Contemporary Art a Major Role 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z One popular argument posits Meghan, a Black woman proudly dedicating her life to social justice, should have refused to participate in such a morally questionable enterprise. Even if Harry and Meghan "win" for Netflix, they lose 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z After just six novels, Morrison in 1993 became the first Black woman to receive the Nobel literature prize, earning praise from the Swedish academy for her “visionary force.” Women’s Hall of Fame honors Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z A clinical psychologist reports on traumas specific to Black women, and offers suggestions for self-care. New & Noteworthy, From Trump’s America to a Swedish Thriller 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z MC Lyte was honored for being the “beacon of hope” for Black women, while D-Nice was recognized for his success through Club Quarantine. John Legend honored at Grammys’ Black Music Collective event 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Though the multiple narrators would seem to be a way to show multiplicity — all Black women, not just Rankine — the play’s structure doesn’t work hard enough to earn it. Review: A Poet’s Urgent Questions Fuel ‘November’ 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z For Leigh the image epitomizes how Black women possess agency, no matter what. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Chisholm, who became the first Black woman to run for president in 1972, was acutely aware of the part her appearance, how she spoke, and her passion played in every aspect of her political image. In "Mrs. America," Cate Blanchett shines as a frigid firebrand who challenges the feminist movement 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Thomas is the first Black woman whose art is included in the White House permanent collection. Jill Biden’s first White House Christmas brings back a warmer, simpler vibe 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z That audition earned her a seat in the writer’s room for Seth Meyers when he took over as host of NBC’s “Late Night” in 2014, where she was the only Black woman at the table. Late-night TV sensation Amber Ruffin and her sister co-wrote a book about racism. And, yes, it’s hilarious. 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Even among other Black women elected as mayors in Chicago, Atlanta and D.C., In Buffalo, a democratic socialist vies for mayor in a race she thought she’d already won 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Onstage, she greeted audiences with a “Nice to see you again,” and thanked the academy for “recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman,” she said. Ruth E. Carter Becomes First Black Woman to Win Two Oscars 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z “In working collaboratively with other Black women,” Edwards said, Boyce “unpacks a plenitude of silenced stories.” Sonia Boyce Wins Top Prize at Venice Biennale 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z At the end of the day, Lizzo exists in a multitude of different intersecting identities as a fat Black woman, and that still doesn't absolve her if the allegations are true. That Lizzo lawsuit reminds us that even our progressive faves can be a disappointing letdown too 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z And sometimes, my Black women clients are referring me to other Black women clients and we are in a world of possibility in a world that won't see us. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z When she observes these political protests, Ms. Jones said: “Not one black woman out there. Black woman at home watching ‘Housewives of Atlanta.’” In a Stand-Up Act, Leslie Jones Finds the Humor in Being Hacked 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z But Black women don't get to be that in these superhero stories. "WandaVision" gave us the MCU's first superpowered Black woman, which is long overdue yet not enough 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z This is the governing terror Edie describes in her life, and in the lives of the Black women in the novel: If you are hypersurveilled but unseen, can you lose sight of your own face? In ‘Luster,’ a Young Woman Moves in With Her Lover — and His Family 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z “I know he would have been so happy to be here and see a Black woman at this level of government,” Cebert said. Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Black women, the fastest growing segment of business owners, are the least likely to receive investments from venture capitalists. Buying Black, Rebooted 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z The museum bought two pictures, making hers the first by a Black woman photographer to enter MoMA’s collection. Ming Smith’s Poetic Blur 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z It was particularly meaningful for Ms. Myer as a Black woman. We Can’t Stop Thinking About Amanda Gorman’s Headband 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The problem with the Senate was that the judiciary committee members had never interacted with a Black woman as an authority on even her own life. Anita Hill Has Some Perspective to Offer 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z People across racial lines deemed the Black woman with straight hair as more “polished, refined and respectable” and “more strongly recommended” them for an interview, the study found. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Ralph is only the second Black woman to win the best supporting actress comedy award, according to Warner Bros., one of the studios behind the show. Sheryl Lee Ralph sings her thanks for her first Emmy. 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Each new work begins with a much-enlarged photograph of a seminude Black woman that ran in Jet magazine in the 1970s and is titled with the month and year of its publication. A New Level of Ambition in Art by 3 Women 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z She has spoken publicly from her own experiences about the tragedy of subpar maternal care for Black women. Serena Williams forced journalists to get out of the "toy box" and cover tennis as more than a game 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z She does not approve of Ms. Hollis’s appropriation of Black women’s words and images, but she is not giving up on her yet. Girl, Wash Your Timeline 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z “I think what you’re seeing is a failure of institutions and institutional leadership to take seriously the harms against Black women,” Morisseau said. Why Some Black Playwrights Are Saying Their Shows Must Not Go On 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z In conversations with her colleagues, she brought up the injustices she faced as a Black woman, but they were uninterested, even hostile to her concerns. At 77, Howardena Pindell Exorcises a Chilling Memory From Childhood 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z “For me, especially as a Black woman, I see my financial gains as reparations, because the majority, if not all of my clients, are white men,” she said. She Gets Paid Just to Humiliate Her Fans 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z But "Bridgerton" also sells an illusory version of progress, evinced by casting a Black woman as a "ruined" character. From "The Bachelor" to "Bridgerton," examining the fraught dynamics of interracial romance on TV 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z In casting a Black woman in the role Shakespeare envisions as a hunchback, O'Hara conveys the character's outsider nature by having two white men portray her brothers. Danai Gurira plays "Richard III" for PBS: "This is ancient text running through a contemporary body" 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z “Black women,” Jones writes, “were the new keepers of voting rights in the United States.” ‘Vanguard’ Spotlights the Black Women Who Fought for the Vote 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Some commentators noted that alopecia is a painful experience that many Black women go through and should not be joked about. Comedians react with horror at Will Smith’s Oscar slap 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z A lot of times we get identified as being male, which just goes back to this ongoing stigma of the strong Black women and Black women not really being women. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z “I knew that I wanted the audience to see this Black woman’s humanity and that faces would be important,” she said. Danielle Deadwyler Is the Beating Heart of ‘Till’ 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z The bank employee is a Black woman, the report says. ‘Black Panther’ director mistaken for bank robber in Atlanta 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z It's not just Black women, it's all women of color. Chef Toya Boudy’s “Cooking for the Culture” is a celebration of Blackness through place and plates 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z I love that you can be a squirrel or you can be a cloud in the sky or you can be a Black woman. "It's like a warm hug": Yvette Nicole Brown on the timeless, compassionate charms of "Frog and Toad" 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z She joined Michele Wallace in picketing the Whitney Museum of American Art for its exclusion of Black women artists. Faith Ringgold’s Path of Maximum Resistance 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z In her work, Davis is helping to write a new history of all Black women. Perspective | Down on 2023? We get it. But here are some things that might improve. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z “We are constantly putting the title of superhero on Black women. And yet we are never giving them the opportunity to show how they got their capes,” she says. AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Adrienne Warren, Broadway baby 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Soares rose to stardom in spite of a difficult upbringing and being a Black woman in a country where slavery has left a stark legacy of inequality. Brazil bids farewell to its samba queen, Elza Soares 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Rock has a history of dogging not just Black women, but the entire Black community, or as Joseph calls it, “in-group punching down.” One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z And while Trump is definitively less popular among Black men, they also approve of him at higher rates — eight points higher, according to a recent Gallup poll — than Black women do. Perspective | Donald Trump keeps begging women to like him. They keep saying no. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Barnes added that it was important, however, to respect Black women’s hair choices, whether they choose to wear it natural or relaxed. ‘The Hair Tales’: Stories of Black Women’s Hair and Self-Acceptance 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “I can’t speak for everyone, but for me, as a Black woman, there have been many times in which I have felt isolated within an institution that was so much bigger than me.” What’s So Frightening About Identical Twins? 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Even at record labels, where Black executives were best represented, Black women held only 5.3 percent of executive jobs. New Report Paints Bleak Picture of Diversity in the Music Industry 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z These rules punish Black women for their natural bodies, and not conforming to expectations of womanhood and femininity that center white women. Recent Olympic rulings show dehumanization of Black women in sports 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z That's started to change, but there are no Black women in the Senate right now. Anita Hill's seismic testimony and its reckoning 30 years later: "She was in no woman's land" 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z For the last word, “matters,” Ms. Payne started in the “M” with the image of a Black woman as an ancestral figure and nurturer. The ‘Black Lives Matter’ Street Art That Contain Multitudes 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Several novels in the running focus on race, including Kiley Reid’s “Such a Fun Age,” about two white people who compete for a Black woman’s attention to signal their progressive credentials. Hilary Mantel, Kiley Reid, Anne Tyler in Running for Booker Prize 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z These books are written in a way that it's like my inner monologue about politics as a Black woman. "We do have power": "Queens of Resistance" books profile the politicians who inspire us most – women 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z “We humbly acknowledge that we failed Black women in particular, and we take full responsibility for the numerous failures of judgment that led to this moment,” Wipf and Stock said. White author’s book about Black feminism pulled after outcry 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z The film features a young Black woman, who is often seen as invisible and treated poorly, especially by the local police. "Susie Searches": A cautionary tale of a podcaster who finds a missing student & "insta-celebrity" 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z And Black women — from Rihanna to Bernice King to the members of Black Twitter — were the first to come publicly to Megan's defense and support her while others made memes about her attack. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Such scenes announce the higher role "Mahalia" plays as a parable about a Black woman's voice and identity, and how often and ferociously both are policed and diminished. In Lifetime's joyful "Mahalia," Danielle Brooks' song and fury triumphs over a tepid script 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z The female figures in those beguiling works morph into confident Black women in prints from the 1970s and ’80s. The Many Styles of Emma Amos, and Her Drive to Get Free 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Even among other Black women mayors elected in Chicago, Atlanta and D.C., Who’s afraid of India Walton? 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z She was the first Black woman to get a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, gaining fans for her mesmerizing canvases, patterned all over with gemlike bits of color. At Museums and Auctions, Paintings, Posters and a Magician’s Treasures 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In doing so, he made Nichols the first Black woman to have a continuing co-starring role on television. The story behind "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols’ iconic interracial kiss 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z It was the first play by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway. The Brief, Brilliant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z There is an obsession with the Black woman, but there's also a disdain for the Black woman. "Say 'no' nicely": Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z The class set in motion Copeland’s remarkable career, which included in 2015 becoming the first Black woman to be promoted to principal dancer at American Ballet Theater. Misty Copeland Creates Program to Bring More Diversity to Ballet 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z But some viewers still saw a Black woman given too little screen time and not enough character development. Moses Ingram Knows You Wanted More of Her in ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The new play, about two Black women living in different times but dealing with similar oppression, carries several signatures of Morisseau’s work and yet uses narrative techniques that are departures for her. Review: ‘Confederates’ Talks Race in Double Time 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z Henry Louis Gates Jr. noted in The New York Times Book Review in 1987 that by the end of the 1860s, only a handful of Black women had published their memoirs. Jean Fagan Yellin, Who Uncovered a Slavery Tale’s True Author, Dies at 92 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z When asked about the legacy she hopes to leave, she said she felt privileged to play characters who are brilliant, courageous and sensual and who represent Black women as multifaceted beings. Angela Bassett on ‘How Stella Got Her Groove Back’ at 25 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z In the absence of an office space, she’s created several communities with other Black women: a book club, an exercise group and a healing circle she calls “makeshift therapy.” Many Black women felt relieved to work from home, free from microaggressions. Now they’re told to come back. 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z Baker knew well about “the stereotypes that Black women had to face,” he said. Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France’s Pantheon 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z First came her starring role in "Julia," making her the first Black woman to lead a series playing a nurse and a widowed mother living in an integrated neighborhood. "Our Kind of People" and "The Wonder Years": two aspirational visions of Black life and prosperity 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Works like “November” remind me of what I find, as a Black woman, in everyday life: the slurs, the microaggressions. Review: A Poet’s Urgent Questions Fuel ‘November’ 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Indeed, several talented Black women on TV right now have demonstrated the ability can lead these conversations in ways that suit the jocular edge of "The Daily Show." Who comes after Trevor Noah to host "The Daily Show"? The answer may be among these stars 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z She remarked that it was “refreshing to see other Black women here” because “there aren’t a lot of Black people that are gung-ho about ‘The Golden Girls.’” Golden-Con Threw a Party, Invited Every ‘Golden Girls’ Fan It Knew 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Their work brought key victories to Democratic candidates in the state and demonstrated the political power of Southern Black women. Should Black Northerners Move Back to the South? 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z This woman also happened to be one of the only two Black women in the group. Netflix's pole dance therapy film "Strip Down, Rise Up" exploits trauma & is fixated on male gaze 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Why not use the smart, funny and vulnerable voices of real Black women? Review: In ‘Crowns, Kinks and Curls,’ Getting to the Roots of Black Hair 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Her towering “Brick House,” a bronze bust of a Black woman, presides at the entrance of the Arsenale. US artist Leigh recasts colonial imagery at Venice Biennale 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z "As a Black woman, she was in no woman's land. . . . And it was really important for us to foreground that in this podcast." Anita Hill's seismic testimony and its reckoning 30 years later: "She was in no woman's land" 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z One thing that I was very aware of when I started to paint was you really couldn't tell who was making the work, whether it was a Black woman, a white man, you couldn't tell. Michelle Obama & Breonna Taylor portraitist on Black artists: "We've been here all along" 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z "When you go into locker rooms and you're the only Black person in there, or maybe the only woman, and certainly the only Black woman, you understand there's a different scrutiny you're under." Jemele Hill opens up about the difficult, insulting and unseen parts of racism in newsrooms 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z But with a Black woman becoming pregnant alone, "Sweet Magnolias" has the opportunity to touch upon desperately needed, real stories of medical racism and Black maternal health. "Sweet Magnolias" is full of single moms – too bad it misses what solo parenting is really like 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Some Black women leaders are wary of how she’ll be questioned. Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z She wants to show Black women in as much variety as possible in a very condensed amount of time. Robin Thede says "A Black Lady Sketch Show" returns more ridiculous than ever to "bring some joy" 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z She was the first Black woman whose work was in the permanent collection. Mr. Smith Went to Washington … With Dimmers 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Black women, according to Bell, "still freaked for free with the white man." A cold, hard look at the work and influence of Robert 'Iceberg Slim' Berg 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z And thanks to the leadership of Black women and Black L.G.B.T.Q. people, the imagination of the current movement is even more expansive than its predecessors in the mid-20th century. A New Life of Malcolm X Brimming With Detail, Insight and Feeling 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z They endured sociologist Edward Franklin Frazier’s assertion that Black women in the 1930s resisted subordination and male authority, “emasculating their husbands and failing to fulfill their womanly duties.” Review | ‘The Three Mothers’ honors the women who made Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z White western culture has long perpetuated the notion that Black women are less feminine and therefore less worthy of protection. From Lizzo to Megan Thee Stallion, 2022 was the year of survival for Black women in the public eye 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z "I mean, this series had to happen. Think about everything it's going to do for your career. Also think about all the previously unsung Black women's stories you will be able to tell." "And Just Like That" isn't brave enough to let Lisa Todd Wexley have a real choice with motherhood 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z The office hadn’t been her favorite place — as a Black woman, she felt she was expected to be friendly to everyone, look presentable and field inappropriate personal questions. Many Black women felt relieved to work from home, free from microaggressions. Now they’re told to come back. 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z And I enjoy this idea of hopefully one day being able to make the things that I want to see, the roles that I want to see for Black women. Zendaya on ‘Malcolm & Marie’ and That Toxic Relationship 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the industrialized world, with significantly higher rates for Black women and other women of color. In Hulu's "False Positive," the real monster isn't just a shady fertility doctor 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z “There is something easily identifiable for me with how femininity lives within the body of a Black woman that didn’t resonate with me in the white women,” he added, describing that exploration as “really enticing.” Their Fascination With ‘Real Housewives’ Is Anything but Fake 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Hill showcased the essence of what it means to be a young, vulnerable Black woman in America on her own terms and for that, she will forever deserve her flowers. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" turns 25: A tribute to the album that refined hip-hop and feminism 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z This desire — part jest, part genuine — drives the biographical project, in which the directors try to capture Giovanni’s legacy and her Afrofuturist vision for Black women. ‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The aesthetics made for a sleek, inviting backdrop to the show’s trailblazing casting, which centered two dark-skinned Black women as stars and romantic leads. ‘Insecure’ Broke Ground by Embracing Imperfection 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z They’re united in the history of Black women fighting for freedom. Dominique Morisseau Asks: ‘What Does Freedom Look Like Now?’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z “More than just an actor, she reframed the identity of what it meant to be Black and human on the screen, with special attention devoted to Black women,” Robertson said. Cicely Tyson paved way for Black actors to follow footsteps 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z I’m so aware of the history of hyper-sexualization in American culture and in the media when it comes to Black women. ‘P-Valley’: How Katori Hall Made a Progressive Show About Strippers 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z What I love most is the concentrated, multivocal assertion that Black women and gender nonconforming folks are so multifaceted that they are, in fact, infinite. 6 Great Y.A. Fantasy Novels 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z But surviving birth — which many people in America, the developed country with the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, do not, especially not Black women — is only the start of the battle. Mother's Day is gaslighting 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z “Some teachers weren’t able to communicate what it meant for me to play a character — to play Hedda Gabler as a Black woman,” she recalled. Joaquina Kalukango Isn’t Afraid to Speak Up Anymore 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Such rich psychological portraits of Black women are what originally drew Afrofemononomy, a group of Black femme theater artists, to Collins’s plays. A Writer’s One-Act Plays Debut, Continuing Her Resurrection 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z “When No One Is Watching” is told through Theo, a white man, and Sydney, a Black woman. Why Alyssa Cole Put Romance Aside and Wrote a Thriller About Gentrification 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z And of course, from day one, the foundation of this film was always going to be in the work of Black women. "Aftershock" directors on how the anti-midwife campaign wrought the Black maternal mortality crisis 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z At the time, it was composed of six men, three women, and no Black women. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “As Black women, we are compared to hyenas, described as being wild in bed,” she said. Remembering the Racist History of ‘Human Zoos’ 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z She never even professed to practicing voodoo, but this is the ways that they looked at her and her spirituality, as a Black woman, who became a really famous pastor during the time. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z In 2020, the Mocidade samba school featured Soares in its Carnival parade, and last month she took part in a documentary series paying tribute to Black women singers who paved the way for other artists. Brazil bids farewell to its samba queen, Elza Soares 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z In Hawkins, a historical marker commemorates how she made a career during a time in history when Black women had very few opportunities. Behind the Aunt Jemima rebrand is a story of Antebellum romanticization — and concerns about erasure 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z “As a Black woman, I can understand being marginalized. I have a lived experience of what limitation and marginalization feel like,” Turner-Smith, 34, said in an interview. How One Actress Is Reshaping the Story of Anne Boleyn 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z At the heart of the book is Nella’s belief — confirmed by personal experience as well as data — that the decks are stacked against Black women. Review | ‘The Other Black Girl’ should be at the top of your summer reading list 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Optimism is the belief that not only will other Black women follow Bass, but they will also excel in new and even more profound ways. Perspective | Down on 2023? We get it. But here are some things that might improve. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z He said the writing process started with talking to some of his closest friends who are Black women. ‘Bad Hair’ movie explores Black women and hairstyle messages 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z The fact that slavery was literally being reproduced in the wombs of Black women. "Justice requires repair": Nikole Hannah-Jones on why Hulu's "1619 Project" is essential viewing 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Pennick, an advertising copywriter who lives in Chicago, has long cared about abortion access: Back in 2007, she made a documentary, “Silent Choices,” about abortion’s effects on Black women. They don’t agree on abortion. Can their relationship survive post-Roe? 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Black women use it in different ways – there are no rules. How #BlackGirlMagic became a rallying cry for women of colour 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Black women wouldn’t have been there, then the film would have been so much not as good. We Asked Four Documentarians: How Does Film Shape the Fight for Racial Justice? 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z A win by either actress would be historic in and of itself: Halle Berry is the only Black woman to have won a best-actress trophy, for “Monster’s Ball” in 2002. This is a landmark year for diversity at the Oscars. Why did it take nearly a century? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z It shows a certain class of Black women escaping from restrictions in post-World-War-I Boston. Lorraine O’Grady, Still Cutting Into the Culture 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z And it’s so lovely to see Black women representing these different archetypes: a wife, a mother, a career woman. In ‘Master of None,’ Naomi Ackie Tells a Story ‘I’ve Never Really Seen’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z This is not to say that I need to have an all-access pass to a Black woman’s interiority in order to appreciate the depth of her humanity. What Three Broadway Shows Tell Us About Racial Progress 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z That's where we get that whole conversation with Black women and "Don't touch my hair," is because people still treat our bodies like they own us. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z As a Black woman, she was in no woman's land. Anita Hill's seismic testimony and its reckoning 30 years later: "She was in no woman's land" 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z “Nine Artists | Nine Months | Nine Perspectives: Birth of 2020 Visions” presents handmade tomes in a range of modes, all the work of what the venue’s statement calls mature Black women artists. Review | In the galleries: Black women artists collaborate on innovative book project 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z It’s a track exuding self-love and pride by a woman whose name, thanks to a Kanye West lyric, has become an adjective for a beautiful darker-toned Black woman. For Kelly Rowland, good things come in threes 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z I think the stereotype about Black women being strong is true. These Teen Girls Are Fighting for a More Just Future 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z America has not and unfortunately will not take responsibility for tossing away Black women at every turn. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Some of this image was thrust onto the star because of the position fatphobic people have put her in as one of the few plus-sized Black women in mainstream culture and music. That Lizzo lawsuit reminds us that even our progressive faves can be a disappointing letdown too 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z There have been countless Black women who have been unfortunately mistreated, blackballed, looked over. Quinta Brunson breaks down A+ grade for ‘Abbott Elementary’ 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z In general, the show is trying to show that there's a warmth that exists in Black love and in Black excellence and when it comes to Black women, especially her storyline, Black female visual artists. Will Smith's new "Bel-Air" Aunt Viv on reboot fears: "I really didn't want to let the culture down" 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Jackson may be a turning point for Black women, said the Massachusetts Democrat. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z In one scene, she recalls her work on a lawsuit in which an all-white jury found for an older Black woman whose land was at risk of being taken. Holly Hunter suits up as US prosecutor in ‘The Comey Rule’ 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is set to become the first Black woman Supreme Court justice, following the Senate Judiciary Committee's vote on Monday to advance her nomination. “The View” calls Lindsey Graham and Ben Sasse's hypocritical stance against KBJ "pathetic" 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Like many Black women, Sanders faces the extraordinary challenge of climbing the professional ladder while navigating fragile egos. She’s chasing a Washington dream. He’s the Night Mayor. 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z We tend to think about slavery as being the physical labor, but not the sexual labor, the sexual exploitation that Black women had to undergo for slavery to continue. "Justice requires repair": Nikole Hannah-Jones on why Hulu's "1619 Project" is essential viewing 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Black women wrestle with these internalized issues even now, a struggle reflected in popular culture. Netflix's lush "Self Made" deftly glams up an underexposed history 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Her most frequent subjects are Black women, and the sights and scenes of Black life. The World Catches Up With Dindga McCannon 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z “The Ugly Cry,” written by a 44-year-old Black woman, is a perfect illustration of Twain’s point. Review | TV writer Danielle Henderson finds the humor in her own harrowing life story 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Popular culture also offers reasons to feel good about Black women in 2023. Perspective | Down on 2023? We get it. But here are some things that might improve. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z “These women are the first Black women singers I heard,” she said. Bettye LaVette Didn’t Know the Beatles’ ‘Blackbird.’ Then It Helped Her Fly. 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Johari says she was inspired to see a fellow Black woman screaming into a microphone in front of crowds in the Seattle hard-rock scene, which wasn’t always inclusive of Black people or women. Before Nirvana or Pearl Jam, there was Tina Bell, the godmother of grunge. Musicians pay tribute in upcoming concert 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z But their most candid and sincere conversations are about life as young Black women pursuing their dreams in white, male-dominated industries. Black Friendship, Broadcasted 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z He’s also cultivated a persona as an irrepressible flirt with a particular attraction to Black women. The Year Pop’s Men Dismantled Their Masculinity 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z In her story the next day, Kemp noted that the observers were mostly White men alleging that the workers, mostly Black women, were breaking the law. Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week. 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z The exhibition’s subtitle is “Deconstructing Racialized and Gendered Media Erasure,” and its goals are to analyze and resist the cultural subjugation of Black women. In the galleries: From primal and primordial to political commentary 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z “Semblance,” written and directed by Whitney White for New York Theater Workshop, is a set of lyrical monologues about how Black women are perceived and stereotyped. When Theater Installations Aim to Make Room for Drama 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z How do you see your self as a Black woman in the contemporary dance scene? All Her Life Studies: A Downtown Dancer Finds Her Voice 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Of course, Black women's bodies vary; there is no monolithic – nor ideal – type. Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z “The title,” Brown later wrote, “depicted the significant role of the Black woman artist and showed the community that we did exist — in numbers.” How the black radical female artists of the '60s and '70s made art that speaks to today's politics 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z She is a Black woman who simply wants too much; in other words, to Irene, she is a problem. The Performance of Racial Passing 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z That also might be read as the story of Abrams, whose advocacy work is so rooted in her identity as a Black woman in the South, but whose interests transcend generalization or pigeonholing. Stacey Abrams Contains Multitudes 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z “Have we not seen enough Black women play that role on television?” ‘The Gilded Age’ Explores a Rarely Seen Chapter of Black History 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Surviving birth — which many people in America, the developed country with the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, do not, especially not Black women — is only the start of the battle. Mother's Day is gaslighting 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z “I was determined to do all I could to alter the narrative about Black people — to change the way Black women in particular were perceived, by reflecting our dignity.” Cicely Tyson Kept It Together So We Didn’t Fall Apart 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z He channeled his feelings about the painting — and about his mother’s breast cancer — into a ballet called “Black Iris,” about the strength of Black women. What It Means to Break Free: A Tale of Detention, Told in Dance 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Led by Black women, the reproductive justice movement began in the US in the 1990s. How food insecurity affects people’s rights to choose whether or not to have children 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z In works like Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” and Alice Walker’s “The Third Life of Grange Copeland,” both published in 1970, the writers explored the specific ways Black women contend with racial and gendered violence. ‘Told It Like It Was’: Ntozake Shange’s Tales of Black Womanhood 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z A onetime model, Tyson began her screen career with bit parts but gained fame in the early 1970s when Black women were finally starting to get starring roles. Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking actress, dead at 96 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z This is the case despite the reality of interracial marriage statistics in the United States: According to Pew Research Center only 3% of interracial marriages include a Black woman and a white man. From "The Bachelor" to "Bridgerton," examining the fraught dynamics of interracial romance on TV 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z In it, a Black woman named Eden was screaming for help in a way that he described as “cross-dimensional.” ‘Antebellum’ and the Horrors of History That Persist Today 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Yet when there was anything that involved Black women, they were nowhere to be found.” At 77, Howardena Pindell Exorcises a Chilling Memory From Childhood 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The Black man must respect the Black woman. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “That is not what Black women from the hood call themselves,” Bowen said. White author’s book about Black feminism pulled after outcry 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z “Even if another Black woman did this, the issues around citation would still exist,” she said. White author’s book about Black feminism pulled after outcry 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z But the women in the study, especially Black women — many didn't believe they had to be on the pill. The gendered burden to "Just Get on the Pill": "That is not reproductive freedom. It's the opposite" 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the comment drew criticism from some fans on Twitter for dismissing valid concerns about the animalistic depiction of Black women. Tokischa, Latin Music’s Newest Rebel, Isn’t Holding Back 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Her résumé and stage presence dazzled judges and earned her legions of fans, and her victory was a highlight in a historic year that saw Black women win all five major beauty pageants. Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst dies at 30 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z For me, the term was the only way to explain how I was always in awe with what Black women had the amazing ability to accomplish, especially in racist, sexist America. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z The lives of three Black women entwine like ivy in “Master,” a horror movie with a psychological bent set on the campus of Ancaster, a fictional college in New England. ‘Master’ Review: Get Thee to an H.B.C.U.! 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The reality is that Black women have been fighting against oppression and struggling to gain power through nontraditional paths for centuries. December paperback releases: 7 books to read now 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z I am fortunate to have a supportive boss who lets me lead and gives me the space and honors my voice to help everyone respect Black women's dignity. Unapologetic Black women are taking back our power 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z From family and communities, they learn that a good Black woman is strong — that is, resilient and capable. The power of Black Girl Humor: When comedy and #BlackGirlMagic converge 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z You are a Black woman living in a gorgeous 150-year-old Philadelphia house. This Novel Nods to Virginia Woolf While Staring Down Modern Class Lines 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z “Black women of a certain age especially, they have lived through a lot.” I Am (an Older) Woman. Hear Me Roar. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The how and why of it matters less than the knowing the outcome places a Black woman within reach of $750,000 for the first time "Big Brother" history. "Dear White People" visits the "Big Brother" Cookout via a pointed parody of reality show racism 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Welteroth, who was formerly the editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, said that in rewatching the episode she saw, "two Black women walking the tightrope that Black women are walking every single day in the workplace." "The Talk" finally returns to address Sharon Osbourne's meltdown, racial trauma and allyship 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z But the exits of these Black women also seem like a validation that they don’t actually belong there. In Two London Plays, Being Black Means Looking From the Outside In 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Born around then in North Carolina, Elizabeth Cotten — a Black woman who literally turned the guitar upside down — helped pioneer the slowly loping style that became Fahey’s calling card. The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. It’s About Time. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z “You can’t ask for a better cheerleader than a Black woman. From our politics to our hair-care products, we support and share passionately,” Portland, Ore.-based writer and podcast host Nina Perez, 48, said. These Black women are obsessed with Korean TV dramas. Here’s why. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z She was the first Black woman to be chair of the Georgia Democratic Party. On their third day at work, congressional freshmen went through disorientation 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z “I would say in every job that I’ve ever had in science, I’ve always been the only Black woman,” she said. Dragonflies, Beetles, Cicadas — What’s Not to Love? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z That alone sheds some light on why so many who would otherwise ignore this casting choice are suddenly outraged to see her name linked to a Black woman. The question isn't why cast a Black Cleopatra but rather why not profile another African queen? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “Verta and I both traveled in the world of the African diaspora, and we were two Black women in a field that some felt could hold only one,” Harris writes. ‘My Soul Looks Back’ Warmly Recalls New York’s Black Elite in the 1970s 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Black women, if ever mentioned in the larger media, were portrayed as either loud, undignified troublemakers or genial, overweight maids and nannies who supposedly delighted in doting on white folk’s children. Nichelle Nichols Helped Show America a Different Future 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z But she observed how Black women artists were still held at the margins of second-wave feminism. Lorraine O’Grady, Still Cutting Into the Culture 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z “The tendency when people hear Black women’s stories is to focus on what happened to them, not the intellectual labor and creativity they brought to the situation,” she said. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z One of the first sights I saw on my damp walk from the bus to the hotel was of a Black woman on a stage: delightful. Williamstown Theater Festival Tries to Weather the Storms 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Of course, the mold being what it was, nobody had ever asked a Black woman to do any such thing. Cicely Tyson Kept It Together So We Didn’t Fall Apart 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Yet another White voting official had told a Black woman she could vote if she guessed how many jelly beans were in a jar on the table next to her elbow. Perspective | Harry Belafonte’s biggest hit? The song of freedom. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Granting extensive time to a Black woman journalist in support of "Hollywood," which is in part about a fictional Black starlet in 1940s Hollywood, is a good look, nothing more or less. The problem with Ryan Murphy, a potent Hollywood advocate with a habit of crossing the wrong lines 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z I think we've always lived like that as Black women, that we know we might not be appreciated in the moment, but it's coming. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z But like all survivors, Biles has had no choice but to be brave because of massive systemic failures — failures that have fallen hardest on Black women and Black athletes. Our endless demands on Simone Biles 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z You have to almost take the same steps as you would you do for like a piece that Dulcé did about Black women's hair. "The house has never not been on fire": How two "Daily Show" correspondents made comedy for our pain 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Academic studies have outlined how strongly the identity of many Black women is tied to their hair. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z We have a wonderful crop of young men and women coming along, especially young Black women. ‘Our history has been so consciously suppressed,’ says historian John Whittington Franklin on America’s relationship with Black history 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Black women spend twice as much on skin care products and 80 percent more money on cosmetics than the overall market. At the ‘Hairdresser’s Fashion Week,’ Celebrating Black Beauty 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Nicole Patterson, 26, who is from Mississippi, said lack of abortion access there “can be a death sentence to Black women.” At New York’s Pride weekend, a noticeable cloud from the Supreme Court 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Discrimination wasn’t always an issue for Black women historically. ‘The Hair Tales’: Stories of Black Women’s Hair and Self-Acceptance 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Black women often use humor to protect ourselves, process things. Taylour Paige on ‘Zola,’ Grace and Being Kinder to Herself 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z So for me, it really was about, yes, I'm a Black woman. Danai Gurira plays "Richard III" for PBS: "This is ancient text running through a contemporary body" 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z But the broader audience doesn't have a history of caring about one Black woman's problems until the forces that destroy her splash back on a white person they like. The injustice done to Janet Jackson isn't only in the past – new film "Malfunction" also falls short 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Liz Montague’s simple, wry cartoons do this with a gentle humor that shows our human foibles and frustrations, but from the perspective of a Black woman living through a period of unrest and upheaval. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z “Black women in this industry, we don’t have that power,” Prince-Bythewood wrote. The Oscars’ Andrea Riseborough Controversy, Thoroughly Explained 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z While her case may seem like an outlier, 15 years earlier another Chicago cop hit another pregnant Black woman while his partner told her “we don’t like Black pregnant women.” The violent policing of Black motherhood: How and why cops target mothers of color 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z In one of the final scenes, Walker has rendered an enslaved man hanging from a tree, while a young Black woman flees, pursued by a white man. The pushback against how Black suffering and victims of violence are depicted in art 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z This commitment was reflected in the variety of everyday styles she created for Rae, looks that were meant to showcase the versatility of Black women’s hair. In Films and on TV, a New Openness to Natural Black Hairstyles 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z I have also had white male directors debate with me about what a Black woman would say, feel, even how she would dress. LaChanze on the Personal Resonance of Alice Childress’s Timeless Words 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z “It’s not one- dimensional, and often throughout history we as Black women have been seen that way.” Angela Bassett on ‘How Stella Got Her Groove Back’ at 25 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z It was, in fact, Ms. Bash’s on-air comments about the history being made by Vice President-elect Harris that teed Ms. Phillip up to make her comments about the voting power of Black women. Abby Phillip Is Next-Gen CNN 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z That lack of empathetic curiosity reaffirms the same dusty, damaging cliché about Black women's role in the Book of Life. On "Atlanta," Van partied for every Black woman exhausted with being overlooked 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z The three Black women charged in that incident later said the host had used a racial slur, but the restaurant denied that. The Restaurant Host Is Suddenly at the Front of the Covid Wars 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z And there's Alexander Skarsgård playing this version of himself that is fetishizing Black women. When "Atlanta" Met the Northman: Executive producer Stefani Robinson breaks down the season finale 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z It's not just the handful of Black women. "Say 'no' nicely": Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Body positivity has worked for Lizzo because of her personal experiences as a fat Black woman in the entertainment industry. That Lizzo lawsuit reminds us that even our progressive faves can be a disappointing letdown too 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Mainly it's been Black women expressing concern for Pinkett Smith or the emotional state of any of the women whose names Smith invoked on Oscar night. On "Atlanta," Van partied for every Black woman exhausted with being overlooked 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z “I’m a big fan of jungle music,” she added, “but there’s not much women playing, especially Black women, so seeing her onstage and performing her own music, she’s a big inspiration.” Drum-and-Bass Is Rising Again, With Nia Archives in the Spotlight 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z I hope it feels like a boon to other Black women who are bearing witness to the work. The Creators of ‘On Sugarland’ Build a Site of Mourning and Repair 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Saweetie, who presented MC Lyte with an award, spoke about how Black women’s accomplishments have been downplayed but their impact on the culture has been undeniable. John Legend honored at Grammys’ Black Music Collective event 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Heard definitively killed it – but destroying Black women never goes out of style. Can fans accept the new reality of Lizzo? 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z The cultural politics surrounding Black women’s natural hair, from loose curls to kinky coils, stretch back hundreds of years. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z All these Black women made headlines outside of the usual election cycle. From Lizzo to Megan Thee Stallion, 2022 was the year of survival for Black women in the public eye 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Barnette is a Black woman running in the most populous state to never elect a female U.S. senator or governor, and has landed zingers at her opponents during debates. Dr. Oz’s Trump-infused Senate run is coming down to the wire 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z I was very interested in staying true to that authentic friendship, and we often don’t get two dark-skinned Black woman leads. ‘Insecure’ Broke Ground by Embracing Imperfection 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z AP: Black women have essentially been overlooked in Hollywood since its inception and not given a seat at the table. Quinta Brunson breaks down A+ grade for ‘Abbott Elementary’ 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z And they pushed her into politics, it was the Black women who saw a leader in her. "We do have power": "Queens of Resistance" books profile the politicians who inspire us most – women 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z At the heart of widespread mistreatment of especially Black women athletes, McNeal also sees stereotyping of athletes like her as "strong" as actually harmful. Treated as a "criminal mastermind”: Black Olympic athlete’s abortion derails her career 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z As a Black woman, she always knew the rules would be different for her. Fabrics With Powerful Stories to Tell 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z For Black women in the public eye, losing the pride and representation symbolized by their hairstyles can add another layer to the professional and self esteem challenges of hair loss. EXPLAINER: Alopecia ‘strips people of their identity’ 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z His tone-deaf, patronizing rant, which felt awfully callous about the horrors of slavery and ongoing white supremacy, was directed at a Black woman — former "Bachelorette" lead Rachel Lindsey — who had been trying to educate him. The tired "Bachelor" franchise needs to step up or step aside for the likes of "FBoy Island" 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z One of the first casualties of the season is the other Black woman, who the white kids and producers goad Coco into betraying. "Dear White People" visits the "Big Brother" Cookout via a pointed parody of reality show racism 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z And the most widespread public condemnation followed in the wake of the 2019 docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly,” executive produced by dream hampton, a Black woman. In R. Kelly verdict, Black women see long-overdue justice 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Her mother is ever vigilant, fearing for Ashley out in a world that doesn’t value Black women and girls. Ashley C. Ford’s Memoir Recalls Life With a Single Mom and a Jailed Dad 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z But as a Black woman, she had never seen a character who looked like her on it. New York, ‘Gossip Girl’ Loves You, Again 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Many have also decried the racism and sexism inherent in Black women being used as test subjects. The statue of a doctor who experimented on enslaved women still stands in Alabama. But now there’s also a monument to his victims. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z In the process, I would also learn about how racism affected me as a Black woman in America. "They got Daddy": Reckoning with my grandfather's kidnapping, racial terror and our family's trauma 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z It also sometimes catalogs one of the more well-documented and obsessed-over parts of Harlow’s fame: his appeal to Black women, captured in umpteen passionate TikTok videos and tweets over the last two years. Jack Harlow Knows What He Wants. And Where He Stands. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z On Friday, the International Swimming Federation banned hair caps that are used by Black women because they're suited for natural hair or braids in competition, according to HuffPo. Recent Olympic rulings show dehumanization of Black women in sports 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Here, children are angels who overcome demons, Black women are endowed with otherworldly wisdom, and tigers are symbols of spiritual emancipation. ‘The Tiger Rising’ Review: A Cage of Clichés 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z “It matters that you have an academic text that would situate Black women’s lived experiences and Black women’s spirituality, and it’s not written by a Black woman,” she said. White author’s book about Black feminism pulled after outcry 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z “I founded Well-Read Black Girl in 2015 to serve as a one-of-a kind affirming space for Black women to encounter literature and engage in critical discourse with one another,” Edim said in a statement. Well-Read Black Girl to help launch new literary series 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z This is just part of that same story of women, especially Black women losing their autonomy in every way and being robbed of this profession. "Aftershock" directors on how the anti-midwife campaign wrought the Black maternal mortality crisis 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z It's hard to say that it was deliberate, but it's hard not to think it's deliberate: the erasure, the invisibility of Black women in stories that Hollywood puts out. "The Old Guard": Gina Prince-Bythewood on superhero diversity, that ending & sequel possibilities 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z You pulled your play “Paradise Blue” from the Geffen Playhouse, saying that Black women who worked on the show had been “verbally abused and diminished.” Dominique Morisseau Asks: ‘What Does Freedom Look Like Now?’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z That’s when I had to get into my Aunt Joyce and other Black women that I know to fill in the blanks. Viola Davis and Company on ‘Ma Rainey’ and Chadwick Boseman’s Last Bow 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Bluestein recounts how Abrams, a Black woman, was almost denied the right to vote because a poll worker insisted that she had requested an absentee ballot. What Is Georgia’s Political Future? 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z In a Pew Research Center poll, Hispanic women nationally preferred Biden over Trump by 44 points; Black women by 85. Perspective | Donald Trump keeps begging women to like him. They keep saying no. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Dienderen’s section, a camera tracks through an art school campus to a television studio where it finds a Black woman, a white man and a color bar. ‘Prism’ Review: Taking a Clear View of Bias in Moviemaking 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Funded, with New York Theater Workshop, two $50,000 commissions for new works by Black women playwrights. ‘It’s More Money Than I Imagined.’ So He’s Giving Some of It Away. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z The design was also heavily criticized for placing only white women on the pedestal — essentially continuing the erasure of Black women’s contributions to the suffrage movement. For Three Suffragists, a Monument Well Past Due 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z The term addressed the ways in which Black women were oppressed by the dual identity of being a woman and being Black. "Y’all are coming at this like we’re racists": how "Survivor" highlights the pulse of socialization 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Even as many Black women are transitioning to wigs or buying multiples, those wigs aren’t as easily obtained as they were just months ago. Now’s the Time for Wigs. If You Can Get the Hair for Them. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Especially thinking about stories dealing with Black women, and Black girls, and trauma. How "A Love Song for Latasha" disrupts and decolonizes documentary filmmaking about Black trauma 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Black women in society have long expressed this desire — with our partners, our family, our colleagues. What ‘Queen & Slim’ Gets Right About Black Women 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The museum is turning to performance to enhance its collection, staging a series of events that aim to animate such diverse subjects as immigration, racial identity and Black women’s labor. How a Smithsonian Museum Stopped Being About the ‘Wealthy, Pale and Male’ 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z She sold goods, of course, but was less moved by commerce than creativity, Ms. Kitto said, and was little daunted by the obstacles put in her way as a Black woman in business. An East Village Boutique Where the Avant-Garde Gathered 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z “The elite of the Lowcountry have a long history of taking Black women for granted.” A Cook Who Never Used a Cookbook Now Has Her Own 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z True to white feminist form, they did so at the expense of Black women. A feminist reckoning for six Beyoncé songs 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z I spoke with these three artists about how their work reflects on the power of myths in shaping and reimagining identities for Black women — in essence offering new universal stories. How Three Artists Are Exploring Mythology and Race 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z When you are a "woman of color," it's easier to bow out when the fire, aimed too often at Black women specifically, gets too hot. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z The message is that Black women must conform their hair to fit the accepted swim caps available – or not compete. Recent Olympic rulings show dehumanization of Black women in sports 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z He couldn't believe that, not only was it a woman who was questioning him, it was a Black woman who was questioning him. "My art is my activism": "Pose" star Billy Porter unleashes his passion and doesn't hold back 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z But we love our stars, and Black people and other folks of color are thrilled to be represented in that monarchy by a Black woman. Meeting "Harry & Meghan": the Sussexes launch the next stage of their strategic charm offensive 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z And while “Donald Trump’s political career began with the racist birther lie,” she continued, “it may very well end with a Black woman in the White House.” Abby Phillip Is Next-Gen CNN 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z It's a masterful, multilayered bend with a Black woman casting herself as the nation's most famous sexist bigot playing opposite a refined British thespian goofing around as a C-lister entertainment magazine host. Trump satirist Sarah Cooper's new Netflix special is a joyous acknowledgement that we're not OK 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z They just lose their minds over her, this Black woman raised in the hollows and back roads of Tennessee, in Nutbush. Tornado. Treasure. There Was Nobody Like Tina Turner. 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z But for many Black women it’s also revolutionary. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z This year, Whisky magazine named Ms. Butler its blender of the year, but she said she still sometimes worries about how people perceive her, especially as a Black woman. In the Male World of Whiskey, More Women Are Calling the Shots 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z “The strong Black woman trope is designed to keep you in a state of service,” she added. After Two Decades in Music, Yola Expands Her Powers 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z Needless to say, I have a wonderful Black woman doctor now and have never looked back. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z These shows all have one thing in common: a serious lack of authentic relationships between Black men and Black women. "Survival of the Thickest" masters the dynamic of platonic relationships 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z But as I waited, I realized they were harassing an older Black woman who was in line in front of them. Should I Have Spoken Up? 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z A third installment, “Place, Space and Who,” features five large portraits of Black women and girls living in the Margate area, drawn onto the gallery’s walls by the British artist Barbara Walker. Black Artists Look Beyond ‘Protest Art’ at British Shows 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z But when you are a Black woman, all aggressions are still aggressions. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Walker likens Houston’s prodigious perspiration to the sweat, tears and saltwater graves of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, tracing the consumption and disposal of Black women over three centuries. Review: ‘The Whitney Album’ Looks to Theater to Remake a Painful Past 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z As the evening progressed, a Black woman messaged simply to express her gratitude. Trying to Feel Love-Worthy (While Working for a Dating App) 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z In “What Noise Against the Cane,” Desiree C. Bailey explores the Haitian Revolution and what it means to be a Black woman in the United States today. Finalists Announced for This Year’s National Book Awards 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z All of the systems have failed us as Black people and particularly as Black women. White allies, stop asking me if I'm OK. Black people are not OK 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z We try to capture so many different types of Black women on the show that you don’t feel you’re just watching the same type of person over and over again. Robin Thede Is on a Mission 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Which is not to say that every play about Black women must be a tragic news bulletin. Review: In ‘sandblasted,’ Seizing the Day. Also the Nose. 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z She struck me as a visionary Black woman, on a quest, and taking a risk. Where is the love?: Seeking intimacy in Josephine Baker's films 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z The confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson are historic, in that Jackson is the first Black woman to be nominated to serve on the highest court. Perspective | Indelible in the hippocampus is Brett Kavanaugh 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Blount also had to use her own money to go and get her hair done, since the donations Benevolence received did not include hair products for Black women. Planting a life — and a future — after prison at Benevolence Farm 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The Oscar win made her the first Black woman to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony for acting. Viola Davis is named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z In her posts, Field said the comic was being criticized not because his remarks are offensive but for the harm they do to the trans community, especially Black women. Chapelle special spurs Netflix walkout; ‘Trans lives matter’ 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Renewed for a second season, the show regularly positions Black women as critical observers of everyday reality. The power of Black Girl Humor: When comedy and #BlackGirlMagic converge 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z But to many women — and to Black women, in particular — it is much more. EXPLAINER: Alopecia ‘strips people of their identity’ 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z As a Black woman, she was uncertain of how he would respond to her tightly coiled strands. Do You Hide Your True Self While Dating? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z “It’s often other Black women and femmes coming together and taking care of each other.” ‘Driven by the Potential for Joy’: Comedies Are the Thing This Spring 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z She was surprised when she first became aware of their popularity with Black women when she discussed her shows on Clubhouse chats hosted by the social media club KDramatics. These Black women are obsessed with Korean TV dramas. Here’s why. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z “White women speaking up is a result of we don’t let Black women speak up,” said Cam. A New Generation Pushes Nashville to Address Racism in Its Ranks 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Does there need to be one, beyond the fact that Markle occupies a Black woman's body? From Lizzo to Megan Thee Stallion, 2022 was the year of survival for Black women in the public eye 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z For Black women, walking away from a job is a freefall of unknowns we imagine might destroy us and disrupt our lives. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Today, Black women trek in her name as a tribute, as told in Selina Garcia’s documentary film, “A Walk in Her Shoes.” Finding Traces of Harriet Tubman on Maryland’s Eastern Shore 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z There was only one existing group photograph of the jurors to work from, Davis said — nine white women, one Black woman and two white men. After Reflected Fame, the Artist Karon Davis Steps Into Her Own Light 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z She joined "Today" in 2014, becoming the first Black woman to host the show, and still was replaced by Kelly in 2017. Tamron Hall, TV host and now mystery novelist, created a heroine to be "the reporter I wish I was" 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z But for many Black women worldwide, the headlines and social media discussions were painfully familiar. Invalidations of Meghan’s claims of racism hurt Black women 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Ringgold has always painted Black women in a range of moods, feelings, conditions, beauty. In Art and Tennis, Watch Out for the Backhand 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z I remember going to film school and them being like, “If you cast a Black woman as your lead, it won’t be a marketable film.” ‘Insecure’ Broke Ground by Embracing Imperfection 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z And if we're really moving the needle on justice, then we will get to a place where we will stop celebrating the firsts for Black women and normalize the many. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z “For Colored Girls,” a series of monologues about the experiences of Black women set to dance and song, first arrived on Broadway in 1976, and was a hit, running for 22 months. ‘For Colored Girls’ to Close on Broadway, Reflecting Tough Season 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z My first hire was a Black woman colleague that I refuse to call an "assistant" because she is powerful in her own right. Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z “In the history of racial slavery and violence against Black women, we can certainly see all the ways in which Black women in particular have been treated as property,” she said. Oscars slap sparks debate on the defense of Black women 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z That also made her the first Black woman to win in that category. The best and worst noments of the 2021 Emmys 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z If Paramount takes the hint Noah dropped to close out his finale show, it should be a Black woman. Who comes after Trevor Noah to host "The Daily Show"? The answer may be among these stars 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The stereotype of the “angry Black woman” is still pervasive. Can screaming in a field ease mothers’ anger? These women are trying it out. 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Goldberg told Colbert that as a Black woman, race is “a very different thing to me.” Whoopi Goldberg suspended from ‘The View’ after claim Holocaust was ‘not about race’ 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z I think Black women particularly have to answer for that in a way that nobody else does. Aunjanue Ellis Leans Into a Supporting Role and Turns It Into a Talker 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z As someone points out, Tyson's trial encompassed myriad questions about how the justice system treats Black men and the price Black women pay in the bargain. ABC's Mike Tyson documentary "The Knockout" is a celebratory apologia without adequate interrogation 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z For women of color, particularly Black women, as well as other marginalized groups, burnout is nothing new, but this year it’s been amplified and persistent. For Home Cooks, Burnout Is a Reality This Holiday Season 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Black women’s hair has been the object of scrutiny, derision and ridicule in American society since it’s been growing out of our heads. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Rankine assumes the perspective of all Black women as a bold rhetorical gesture, to indict the presumed neutrality of whiteness and call out its ramifications. ‘Help’ Review: Blindfolds (and Kid Gloves) Off. Let’s Analyze Whiteness. 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z "What factors are apparent in how these women are understood in a broader kind of cultural imaginary that says darker-skinned Black women are disposable, right?" Remember her? Why your favorite Black female characters are being "summarily dismissed" 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z A Black woman sits, bare-breasted, hands on her knees, head bent pensively downward; a Black man, half-nude, crouches at her feet and leans against her as if for warmth or protection. For Black Artists, the Motivating Power of Melancholia 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z She’s the first Black woman to win two Academy Awards — she also won for the original “Black Panther” — so she’s been on this stage before. Best and Worst Moments From the 2023 Oscars 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Hall noted a tradition of hypersexualized Black women in music videos and on film. ‘P-Valley’ Dances to a Different Tune 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z She was the first Black woman to perform at the festival, cast as a character typically portrayed as a Nordic ideal in an opera written by a composer known for his antisemitism and German nationalism. Grace Bumbry, Barrier-Shattering Opera Diva, Is Dead at 86 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z So I don't think that the onus is exclusively on Black women. "Say 'no' nicely": Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Black women are struggling to survive in our communities, as they had been before Obama was president, and as they have continued to since he’s been president. When anti-violence backfires 2012-06-02T15:00:00Z “I wanted to show Black women in their full humanity.” What’s on TV This Week: The Tony Awards and ‘P-Valley’ 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z |
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