I was born in ‘83 and can remember the period in rap music and in pop culture, where a black woman’s sexuality was only a symbol of patriarchy. With that said, I feel like we’re in interesting times. I feel like I am straddling the fence, when it comes to black women expressing their sexuality.

When it’s public it’s everyone’s business. When it’s in a hallway of school it’s the schools business. When there is no rationale or understanding behind the action it’s everyone’s business. So, if you see kids playing in the street in traffic it’s their business to let them figure it out by letting them get hit? If…

“Your premise is based on the notion that sexuality is shameful and undignified for women”

I want to be clear: Adults can do what they chose - consequences are baked in and don’t require judgement. This is not related specifically to this article or Monique Judge or embracing the inner sexuality within. The Root After Dark is great. As an avid reader of the Root, I have no issue with it or any subject…

I’m trying to figure out who these people that “weaponize their sexuality” are, because that seems kinda like BS to me?

Dudes want to own your sexuality, and want you to only be sexy for them. Sure, they want you to be sexy in front of their bros, but it still has to be for them. When it isn’t about them, they panic. They always will. That’s how you know if you’ve found a weak one or not.
If you’re not sure where your dude stands, wear…

I see exactly which side she’s trying to appeal to by throwing the rest of us under the bus and luckily for her I don’t have the will to try to educate her. She can go over there. They all learn eventually. Ask Omarosa.

Girl they really tryin.

Author Nina Perez wrote, “Sis, darker skinned Black people wanting representation isn’t racism. Taking it to your mentions may be a bridge too far, but dismissing colorism and its negative effects isn’t cool either.

This us:

I have no more energy for this. The year is almost over ... we’re almost at the finish line. I just want to make it to next year, but they are trying to break me.

UGH! The tears of racially ambiguous, medium to light skinned black folks need to stop.

We criticized halle too but it was largely because she was terrible in all those movies. I still want Angela Bassett to play Storm....Or and hear me out, Viola Davis or really any dark skin black woman whose acting isn’t hard to watch.

Oh Lord, what will happen to the stellar line up of programming that she’s set up for BET, now?