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Published in An Injustice!

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Telling Women to Have Children is Misogynistic

Women are women without motherhood — “I don’t have this sort of checklist of things that have to be done, and if they’re not checked, then I’ve failed some part of my feminism or my value as a woman because I haven’t birthed a child. …

Motherhood

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Telling Women to Have Children is Misogynistic
Telling Women to Have Children is Misogynistic
Motherhood

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Published in The Antagonist Magazine

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Jim Crow 2.0: Voter Suppression

The future of the black and brown vote — Texas Democrats have been getting into what former Congressman John Lewis would call good trouble — fleeing the state and heading to the White House in efforts to prevent the state legislature from passing laws that will suppress the votes of Black and Brown people. Thus far, seventeen states have…

Vote

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Jim Crow 2.0: Voter Suppression
Jim Crow 2.0: Voter Suppression
Vote

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Haiku: Juneteenth-Raise a Fist for Black Freedom

Sounds of jubilee Shackles know our names no more Our ancestors roared.

Haiku

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Haiku: Juneteenth-Raise a Fist for Black Freedom
Haiku: Juneteenth-Raise a Fist for Black Freedom
Haiku

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Haiku: Juneteenth-Raise a Fist for Black Freedom

photo courtesty of ABC7 Los Angeles

Sounds of jubilee

Shackles know our names no more

Our ancestors roared.

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Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated

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The Pandemic On African American Mental Health

The epidemic of racism has caused a pandemic to our mental health As we approach the month of May, Mental Health Awareness Month, I couldn’t help but think of the many tragedies African Americans have endured that have tampered with our mental health. Many of our catastrophies live on repeat. …

Racism

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The Pandemic On African American Mental Health
The Pandemic On African American Mental Health
Racism

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Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated

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Over-Sexualization of Black Women's Bodies Was Born Through Slaverys Era

White People Are Not The Only Ones To Blame. — These pernicious views are causing black girls and women their mental health. I was eight years old when I realized that girls, black girls, in particular, were treated differently than boys. I subconsciously understood "boys will be boys" without having a title to latch to the experiences I was having. …

History

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Over-Sexualization of Black Women's Bodies Was Born Through Slaverys Era
Over-Sexualization of Black Women's Bodies Was Born Through Slaverys Era
History

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Published in The Brain is a Noodle

·Oct 7, 2021

My October Interview Questions with The Brain is a Noodle!

[1] Does writing energize or exhaust you? If I’m honest, it can do both. Exhaust and energize. Writing energizes me because it is what I love to do. It is what challenges my thinking. It is what I wish I could do for a living, sun up and sundown. Writing can exhaust me if I know little…

October 2021 Tbininteriew

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My October Interview Questions with The Brain is a Noodle!
My October Interview Questions with The Brain is a Noodle!
October 2021 Tbininteriew

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Published in Case For The 1619 Project

·Aug 30, 2021

As Hussman’s Conservative World Turns

Hussman uses his prestigious donation to pander opinions regarding Nikole Hannah-Jones. — “We are actually fighting against the same tyranny and white supremacy that Ida B. Wells was fighting against all those years ago- Nikole Hannah-Jones.” The powerful force behind The 1619 Project and Pulitzer Prize award-winning Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones obtained a well-deserved victory this summer. On Wednesday, June 30, 2021, the…

1619 Project

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As Hussman’s Conservative World Turns
As Hussman’s Conservative World Turns
1619 Project

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Published in The Pink

·Aug 23, 2021

The Ghost of Imposter Syndrome

The forces that be… —

Imposter Syndrome

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The Ghost of Imposter Syndrome
The Ghost of Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome

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Published in An Injustice!

·Aug 23, 2021

The Real War With Mass Incarceration

Systemic concerns that should be addressed not criminalized — “Mass Incarceration is a policy that kind of built up over the last four decades and its destroyed families and communities, and something we need to change. And it’s fallen disproportionally on Black and Brown communities, especially Black communities, and it’s kind of a manifestation of structural racism”— John Legend. …

Injustice

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The Real War With Mass Incarceration
The Real War With Mass Incarceration
Injustice

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Published in An Injustice!

·Aug 10, 2021

Hip Hop Needs To Cancel Abusing Black Women

Stop purchasing doses of misogyny — “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in 2,3 weeks, then put your cellphone lights up. Ladies if your pussy smell like water, put a cellphone light then up. Fellas if you ain’t sucking dick in the…

Hip Hop

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Hip Hop Needs To Cancel Abusing Black Women
Hip Hop Needs To Cancel Abusing Black Women
Hip Hop

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Samedra Carter

Samedra Carter

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Writer. Reader. Activist. Womanist. WEOC member. www.twitter.com/samedra_writes

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