Some of us have noticed the lack of condoms portrayed in mainstream media. Even our fave show Insecure took some heat for it. We know writer’s rooms and 30-minute shows might not have the luxury ...
Get excited because Michelle Obama just published her memoir Becoming! The book touches on her childhood, meeting and falling in love with Barack Obama, what it was like to work on his political campaigns, the ...
Let’s get to it. We’re at that time of year again – you know that time of year where it gets cold and you’re supposed to get a man to keep you warm – cuffing ...
By now you’ve probably heard the news that sexually transmitted infections, a.k.a. STIs (sometimes called sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs) have been on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...
We’re loving Christine Michel Carter’s article on why she’s teaching her young daughter to feel like the queen that she is. Even though your mom or grandma likely said some version of, ‘stay out of ...
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 ...
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