This Mother’s Day the Upspoken team is celebrating the hidden figures of Black motherhood. The complexities in a Black mother’s face aren’t always told and we’re taking the time to highlight and appreciate some of ...
To care for, protect, and prepare our children for adulthood, black moms cannot merely accept the world as it is. Read article in it’s entirety at TheNation.com… By Dani McClain | March 27, 2019 Illustration ...
Despite the fact that two-thirds of the world has herpes, society still treats the virus as a punishment or a punchline. It’s not. Herpes can be a very real part of being a sexually active ...
Read article in it’s entirety at TheConversation.com… By Thurka Sangaramoorthy | February 20, 2019 The face of HIV in the United States has long been white gay men, even though the epidemic has had a devastating ...
April is stress awareness month, but at Upspoken we’re prioritizing our mental wellness year round. We know. Therapy is expensive, good therapists are hard to come by, and opening up and being vulnerable to a ...
This article contains references to sexual assault that could be triggering for some readers. Ten years before Actress Alyssa Milano tweeted, alongside a picture, “if you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too…,’” activist ...
For some of us, going away to college is the first time we are away from our village, in waters unknown and surrounded by complete strangers. There is this feeling that you need to make ...
Read article in it’s entirety at BlackEnterprise.com… By Lydia Blanco | February 17, 2019 When it comes to mental health issues, black women are more likely to experience mental health-related issues due to lower income, ...
Read article in it’s entirety at BitchMedia.org… By Briana Barner | March 8, 2019 Photo credit: Layla Amatullah Barrayn While pleasure should be an integral part of our lives, it can sometimes be more complicated ...
Read article in it’s entirety at Essence.com… By Jasmine Grant | April 1, 2019 One of the many things fans loved about late rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle was the way he loved and uplifted ...
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