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Zerlina Maxwell Receives Rape and Death Threats for Speaking up for Women

s.e. smith — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:30:00 -0400

Commentator Zerlina Maxwell did a brave thing this weekend. She went on Fox News, not exactly a bastion of human rights commentary, and said that if we want to stop rape, we need to educate men on the subject, rather than putting the responsibility on women.

I'm a Commercial Actress and I'm Constantly Being Told I'm Not "Black Enough"

Pia Glenn — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:00:00 -0500

We are a brown blur, a coded caricature painted in broad strokes where we are all “sassy” and “urban” and cannot simply clean the kitchen floor without finger-snappin’ and mouthpoppin’ at our appliances.

It Happened To Me: I Called The Suicide Hotline And Was Placed On Hold

Spoken Pandora — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:00:00 -0500

My race of women are supposed to be strong. But the truth of the matter is that black folks battle with suicide just as much as the next person. We just don’t talk about it much.