Being Soft is a Luxury
“Girl, whatchoo betta do is get something in that head,” my mother would scold me whenever I expressed concern about anything she deemed silly (boys, girl drama, the latest fashion […]
GET YO HAPPY, SIS!
Sis, Happiness is meant for you. Yes, you. Have you ever even considered it? Have you ever allowed yourself to ask, “what would make me happy?” Or do you, like […]
White Women: You Must Get Real For Us to Be Right
I stood behind a light wooden podium, that rocked forward when I would put too much weight on it, and read an excerpt from one of my articles to a […]
I’m Coming Out!
Being born Black was my first and greatest blessing; fully embracing that blessing has been my greatest journey. December 14th, nineteen-none-of-your-business, I was born to two, “woke, Black-is-beautiful, I marched […]
I’m a Black Woman & I Want My Life to Matter.
Chris Watts has admitted to strangling his wife Shannon Watts to death. On August 14, a week ago, an Endangered Missing Alert for her and her two daughters was issued. […]
Being Jay
Part 1 It is as if Beautiful was always there, a bud inside my soil; that blossomed when he first made love to me. That night, and the next day, […]
Ya, Do THAT (the Answer to Our Mid-Life Questions)
Why come nobody told me that we were going to have to go through all the annoying crap we went through as teenagers again in our 40s and 50s? It […]
Do You See Yourself, My Sista?
There is a woman I know (and by “know” I mean that we travel in the same social circles, have had brief chats at events, are social media friends and […]
Beyonce out here showing her A$$.. and I am here for it!
For so long women ,especially black woman have been regulated to one-dimensional beings.Our sexuality is policed by society and everybody thinks it is community property. […]
“All who wander/wonder are not lost.”
Today’s post is from guest author KWILEY. Beatnik24 welcomes guest writers, if you’re interested please check out our submission guidelines and get in touch. Them: “Girl,what are you going to […]