I am a Christian and I am a feminist. I have been told these two ideologies do not merge. Some folks believe being a Christian automatically exempts one from being a feminist. I believe being a Christian necessitates me to be a feminist. For centuries religion has been used as not just an excuse but as a weapon of oppression against women. Some cultures, particularly those that emerge from Africa, undermine women. It is a general belief that the “African culture” places a woman beneath a man. It is not news that most African men price male children over female ones. But in a world so mixed and matched that…

Why is there so much societal pressure on black women to get married, as if it is their fault that they are not getting married? It seems perfectly rational to blame a single woman for being single but there are several ways to look at it instead of assuming she can’t get a man. What if it’s not about just getting a man but getting the right man? With the insane divorce rate that keeps rising, why do we expect women to jump into matrimony with the first guy that comes along? We say things like, “she should have focused on marriage when she was younger, when a lot of…

Black women have a very interesting relationship with the media. For many years, there was a lack of representation of black women on television, but there has been a shift over the last couple of years whereby more and more black women are being represented on television. We can finally say there’s progress when women like Kerry Washington is the lead actress on one of the most watched shows on television Scandal, or when a middle-aged woman like Viola Davis is playing the role of a seductive and charismatic lawyer on the hit TV series How to Get Away with Murder. So, who cares that one is a gold digger and…

I do not want to become one of those people who thinks that everything is about race or gender. But when it comes to this presidential election, it is immensely glaring that it was about race and gender. Why did Hillary lose? It’s because she’s a woman! It seems very simplistic to reduce it to that, but that’s exactly what it boils down to. This entire election has been a very fun spectacle from start of finish. The performances have been incredibly flawless and convincing that a lot of people actually got fooled into believing they would give a woman a chance to rule America of all countries! A lot of…