Unsung Black Heroines in Film
Being a black woman in the spotlight of the film industry can be a very delicate balance of being appealing to a majority-white audience...
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Inspiring Women of Color from Three Generations
Amidst a racial justice movement and a global pandemic, it can be hard to find inspiration to keep fighting for justice and equality. It’s...
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9 Black Female Artists Everyone Needs To Check Out
Here are nine black female musicians who have been rising in the music industry, and who challenge what the industry wants them to be with their concepts and styles.
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The Policing of Caster Semenya's Body is Yet Another Example of the Mistreatment of Black Women
Caster Semenya is a Black South African middle-distance runner and two-time Olympic Gold medalist whose natural body has been making waves...
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Black Women Deserve Protection: Megan Thee Stallion Getting Shot
Black women are the backbone of the Black community; we create, nurture and fight for Black lives. Recently, society has proven once again...
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What Does Being Black Mean to You?: A Poem by Beyla Lahsen
What does being black mean to you? Is it just a color? Is it the right color to describe you? Is it simply a word to define your physical...
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Black Women Deserve More in the Music Industry
Last year Normani dropped one of the most iconic music videos for her song “Motivation”. Her sound, choreography, and style caught the eye...
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A Few Words to My Fellow Black Ladies
Being a woman is one thing, but being a black woman is something else.
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Black Women Deserve Protection
On August 21st, Megan Thee Stallion told more than 150,000 people who tuned into her Instagram Live session that Tory Lanez shot her in the...
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One Giant Leap for Womankind
Acknowledging the life and accomplishments of Katherine Johnson
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Growing Up as that "Token Black Girl"
As a child, it is difficult to see all of the injustices in the world. As a person of color, one young woman looked back on her life and...
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This Hair is Mine: A Black Empowerment Playlist
An empowering playlist inspired by Black Lives Matter!
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Donation Sites & Petitions to Sign in Support of Black Lives Matter
In support of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, the Her Campus at Hofstra Team has compiled two lists of organizations to donate to...
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Instagram Accounts, Podcasts & More Mental Health Resources For Black Women
Black lives matter; Black mental health matters, too.
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Black Girl Struggles Pt. 2
A series for black girls about black girls and our struggles. For my Nana, who didn't let me get that white doll.
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Does My Life Mean Nothing To You?
This poem was written in the perspective of a missing black girl that knows she will never be found in honor of the thousands of black young women that are missing as we speak. #BlackGirlsNeedLoveToo
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3 Hidden Female Figures of Black History
The world is still reeling from the loss of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician whose calculations aided NASA in multiple...
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Black Women Who Rock
Since Black History Month was last month, and we are currently in the midst of International Women's Month, it is important that we...
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Hidden History: The Display of Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman
Sarah Baartman. Have you heard her name? She was a South African Khoikhoi Woman who in the early 1800s was hired to be a dancer but instead...
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The Women of Black History Month
This Black History Month let’s take the time to recognize the influential and all-powerful black women that shaped the Civil Rights...
