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What's This Word... REST?

A "How To" guide to incorporate rest into our hectic lives, without impacting too much of your everyday life and responsibilities.

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LaVianca Asante'

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Today I Release

February often celebrates romantic love, but self-love is the soil that romance grows from. This affirmation acknowledges that growth may stretch us, disrupt comfort, and require release — yet none of that diminishes peace. It refines it. When we choose ourselves with intention, we become better partners, better friends, and better stewards of love.

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Honor Our Elders

The elders in our families carry generations of memory, love, and survival in their voices. When we honor them, we strengthen the foundation that steadies us and keeps our legacy alive.

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The Curriculum of Commitment: Learning Before and Within Marriage

I swear my college years of thick textbooks, hours of lectures, and long study halls once had me believing that learning was boring—more of a burden than a benefit. It wasn’t until after graduating that true education began, and my love of learning returned. Even more so as I developed a relationship with my now husband. I had a revelation years ago: what if we prepared for the roles we play in life the same way we prepare for our careers? Years of schooling. Internships. On-

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IDENTITY&VOICE

Today I Release

February often celebrates romantic love, but self-love is the soil that romance grows from. This affirmation acknowledges that growth may stretch us, disrupt comfort, and require release — yet none of that diminishes peace. It refines it. When we choose ourselves with intention, we become better partners, better friends, and better stewards of love.

Honor Our Elders

The elders in our families carry generations of memory, love, and survival in their voices. When we honor them, we strengthen the foundation that steadies us and keeps our legacy alive.

Word To My Brother

One brother speaks from exhaustion and frustration, the other from lived understanding. What passes between them is simple but heavy: unity is not optional—it’s necessary.

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Honor Our Elders

The elders in our families carry generations of memory, love, and survival in their voices. When we honor them, we strengthen the foundation that steadies us and keeps our legacy alive.

What Your Favorite Black Celebrity Says About You (Psychologically Speaking)

L et’s be honest: the celebs we admire aren’t just about the glam, the Grammy, or the genius. They reflect a piece of us — the dreamer, the survivor, the rebel, the romantic. So what does your favorite Black woman celebrity say about you? Here are 8 icons and what your love for them reveals about your character, drive, and cultural vibe — including their shadow sides. (Psychologist not required. Just vibes + emotional depth.) Beyonce If you stan Queen Bey, you are strategic

SRYI

The Saga Continues: Our Identity As A Discussion for the World

Introduction Black women’s bodies have never simply existed in America—they’ve always been dissected, debated, labeled, and controlled. From the moment Saartjie Baartman was paraded through 19th-century Europe as a spectacle of anatomy rather than a human being, the world began its long obsession with turning Black femininity into public discourse. What should have been sacred and sovereign became public property. Our curves, our hair, our skin, our style—nothing was exempt

Amber Epting

FREEDOM&JUSTICE

Colorism & Reverse-Colorism: The Fued Between the House and Field Nigga

Centuries after slavery, the feud between the “house” and “field” still lingers in our DNA. Colorism and “reverse” colorism are not natural—they’re the offspring of a system built to divide. From the Willie Lynch blueprint to modern media, Black women of every shade have been pitted against one another. But healing begins when we see each other not as rivals, but as reflections under the same moon.

7 min read

Two Shades of Sorrow Under the Same Moon

The sun burned through Nahlia’s back as she dreamed of the cool air inside the white house. Inside, Ailhan balanced a tray beneath the mistress’s stare, longing for the laughter drifting from the fields. Each envied the other’s world, blind to how both were prisons built from different bricks. But under the same moon, they would learn that freedom was never found alone.

5 min read

The Cost of Giving Until Empty: Why Abundance Must Begin at Home

America’s progress is measured like coming from -98 to 0 — still far from the abundance we deserve. We keep pouring from our gourds until nothing is left for our own households, and then wonder why the village is starving. The truth is, scarcity was never meant to be our economic model. What happens when we flip the script — when we plant beside the well, refill our gourd, and teach the next generation to draw?

Our True Colors

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SPIRITUAL&NATURAL

She met a man who loved her like God does.

When Black Love Becomes Ministry

When Black Love Becomes Ministry isn’t about perfection—it’s about covering. After years of mistaking chemistry for commitment, she discovered a love rooted in patience, prayer, and protection. This is the story of a man who didn’t just pursue her heart, but stewarded it—proving that when Black love is aligned with God, it becomes ministry.

JAZZY JOHNSON

Facing Myself

There comes a moment in our lives where we are required to look within. We are able to see who we are in efforts to acknowledge, address, and adjust how we show up for ourselves and the people closest to us.

Britty J

Polygyny: God’s Order or Patriarchal Greed?

Men claim polygyny is “in their DNA,” but is it God’s order or patriarchal greed? From lion prides to Yoruba legends, from Jacob’s rivalry-filled house to David’s lust for Bathsheba, history shows polygyny can bless or break a family. Before you choose this path, ask: is it divine calling, mutual uplift, and provision — or just desire dressed as heritage?

MONEY&POWER

📣 The First Black Women’s Business Directory Is Dropping in Charlotte — in Print!

The first-ever Charlotte Black Women’s Business Directory is dropping this January—bringing 500+ Black women-owned brands into 100+ hotspot locations across the city. In a year where Black women faced record unemployment, this print edition is more than visibility—it’s a lifeline.

SISTAH NEWS

The Cost of Giving Until Empty: Why Abundance Must Begin at Home

America’s progress is measured like coming from -98 to 0 — still far from the abundance we deserve. We keep pouring from our gourds until nothing is left for our own households, and then wonder why the village is starving. The truth is, scarcity was never meant to be our economic model. What happens when we flip the script — when we plant beside the well, refill our gourd, and teach the next generation to draw?

Our True Colors

Why Every Black Woman Should Read The Richest Man in Babylon

“I Know We Hate Babylon…and valid!” Let me start here, sis: I know we hate Babylon. Believe me, I’m the first one side-eyeing every time...

SRYI

LIFESTYLE&HOME

What's This Word... REST?

A "How To" guide to incorporate rest into our hectic lives, without impacting too much of your everyday life and responsibilities.

Featured

LaVianca Asante'

A black woman exhausted with a large Velvet spider on the lamp shade

Matriphagy: When Motherhood Feeds Everyone but You

In nature, the Velvet Spider feeds her children with her own body—a haunting mirror of mothers who give until they vanish. Many women live this quietly, mistaking depletion for devotion. But love was never meant to consume you. Healing begins when you stop feeding others from your wounds and start nurturing from your wholeness. You are not food—you are the source.

From Hot to Wholesome

Rest is Revolutionary by Ash Authoress

We grew up watching Black women move without pause. Mothers, aunties, and church ladies who carried the world on their backs, always in motion, rarely at rest. Their hustle shaped us, but it also taught us something they were never given space to learn: rest is not laziness. Rest is survival. Rest is power.

Lifestyle

Ash Authoress

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Charlotte’s Power Trio: How Black Women Now Steer the Queen City’s Future

Charlotte is entering a historic era led by a powerful trinity of Black women—Mayor Vi Lyles, Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill, and Police Chief Estella Patterson. Together, they are shaping the Queen City’s future through equity, education, and public safety. Their leadership marks a new chapter where Black women aren’t just influencing Charlotte—they’re defining it.

Herstory

SISTAH NEWS

El Shaddai: Creator Feminine Hidden in the Name

For centuries, patriarchal society has shaped how we see God—often through a lens that suppresses womanhood and erases Divine Womanhood itself. This imbalance has fueled mistranslations, misinterpretations, and theological silencing of the feminine dimensions within Scripture. One of the most striking examples of this distortion is the Hebrew title El Shaddai (אֵל שַׁדַּי), commonly rendered "God Almighty." Yet beneath this narrow translation lies a far more intimate and femi

Spirituality

The Saga Continues: Our Identity As A Discussion for the World

Introduction Black women’s bodies have never simply existed in America—they’ve always been dissected, debated, labeled, and controlled. From the moment Saartjie Baartman was paraded through 19th-century Europe as a spectacle of anatomy rather than a human being, the world began its long obsession with turning Black femininity into public discourse. What should have been sacred and sovereign became public property. Our curves, our hair, our skin, our style—nothing was exempt

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Today I Release

February often celebrates romantic love, but self-love is the soil that romance grows from. This affirmation acknowledges that growth may stretch us, disrupt comfort, and require release — yet none of that diminishes peace. It refines it. When we choose ourselves with intention, we become better partners, better friends, and better stewards of love.

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Honor Our Elders

The elders in our families carry generations of memory, love, and survival in their voices. When we honor them, we strengthen the foundation that steadies us and keeps our legacy alive.

3 days ago

The Curriculum of Commitment: Learning Before and Within Marriage

I swear my college years of thick textbooks, hours of lectures, and long study halls once had me believing that learning was boring—more of a burden than a benefit. It wasn’t until after graduating that true education began, and my love of learning returned. Even more so as I developed a relationship with my now husband. I had a revelation years ago: what if we prepared for the roles we play in life the same way we prepare for our careers? Years of schooling. Internships. On-

5 days ago

Word To My Brother

One brother speaks from exhaustion and frustration, the other from lived understanding. What passes between them is simple but heavy: unity is not optional—it’s necessary.