Read article in its entirety at Essence.com… By Britni Danielle The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released alarming new data about the rise in sexually transmitted diseases. In a preliminary report from the agency, researchers ...
Read article in it’s entirety at BlackEnterprise.com… By Gaynete Jones | March 19, 2019 Podcasting is a big business and one that is expected to keep growing. According to Podcast Insights, there are currently over 660,000 podcasts ...
Read article in it’s entirety at NerdWallet.com… By Laura McMullen & Rick VanderKnyff | February 15, 2019 In honor of Black History Month, we asked these personal finance experts to reflect on 2019 — the questions or ...
Advocating for yourself in the doctor’s office can sometimes be the difference between life or death. I know, that may sound dramatic, but it’s the truth. Picture this: You’re sitting in the doctor’s office, your ...
“It’s really important for us to create this thing that’s something for us by us.” “A lot of this uncomfortability around sex and a lot of the miscommunication and myths around sex come from improper ...
Like many other brown girls growing up in a beige world, code-switching was my second “foreign language” – the skill of communicating in a less than natural way to win approval and get what I ...
Repeat after me: I am an Upspoken woman — I put myself and my health first. I am most empowered when I show myself some love. 💜 Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness ...
Read article in it’s entirety at Blavity.com… By Donna Oriowo Consent often seems like such an elusive concept to many. The idea that you can take and hold power over someone else’s body, against their ...
While we celebrate and empower Upspoken women every day of the year, we are taking a special moment to uplift Black women from the past and present during Black History and Women’s History Months. These ...
Mardi Gras is coming up and as people all around the world come to experience the magic of New Orleans, few people know just how much of that magic is influenced by Black women. We ...
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