We were inspired by Upspoken Contributor Nadia Caldwell’s recent post about the small steps she is taking to make sure she maintains her Black Girl Magic and puts her health first! To keep our health ...
This Breast Cancer Awareness month has us thinking a lot about what it means for Black women to take care of our health. Black women were recently added to the high-risk group for breast cancer ...
This month, Upspoken women got together and held a Higher Heights Sister to Sister breakfast to talk about our political power and the challenges facing our community including job insecurity, the wealth gap, mental health, ...
Upspoken is counting down to Halloween and we’re taking one for the team because we are tired of people making our culture their costume. So here is a PSA including a list called “What You ...
We know these past few weeks have been triggering. We are hurting too. We witnessed yet another woman’s trauma and suffering dismissed in preference for a white man’s word and it is devastating that women’s ...
We’ve all been there. The date with the soggy sandwich/waffle/[insert soggy food of your choice] type of guy who’s kinda cute but also you kinda wonder what you’re doing, where your life is headed, will ...
We can’t get enough of poet, model, memoirist, and general life inspiration Yrsa Daley-Ward. Her honest poetry and transparency on social media motivate us to fearlessly share our struggles and true identities with the people ...
Sometimes it seems like everyone else is in a relationship, and that if you’re single, you can’t hang out with other couples. Last week, Breegan Jane, LA mom and lifestyle blogger, wrote from her heart ...
We can all use some advice on how to be kind to ourselves when things get crazy, so we tuned in to watch Lauren Ash and Millana Snow dish out some wisdom about self-care on ...
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has always been an example of intellect and individuality. She is not only professionally accomplished (she graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law), but she lives her life with conviction, passion, ...
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