The struggles Black women face affect us in ways that go beyond the personal. Author, filmmaker and spoken word artist Astin Rocks. explores these themes of Black womanhood in a haunting piece entitled Letters from a Transient. In the short film, she includes four poems over the narrative: "naked," "message to bad boys," "t.h.o.t." and "shark week." She says of the work:
In her TEDxSHHS talk “I search 4 it blinded: the power of self-love and self-esteem,” Caira Lee discusses how to she practices self-love and self-esteem. Lee uses Kendrick Lamar lyrics and a beautiful illustration of her own journey to speak about the power of absolute self-love. She demonstrates that your body, size, race, sexual orientation are assets that don’t need fixing. To her, these are characteristics that we should embrace.
Dara Wilson is an employee with Google. In a video produced by Blavity for their "Black Women in Tech" video series, she discusses her journey to not only becoming a Black woman in tech, but a Black woman working at the world's most successful tech company.
Today, Black folks from all backgrounds and across multiple identities are affirming their beauty and self-worth by posting selfies under the hashtag #BlackOutDay. The movement, which began on Tumblr and has since moved to Twitter and Facebook, has been a huge success.
Artist and activist Kim Crosby shared how her fondness of selfies is not a reflection of self-obsession but a burgeoning self-love. Kim's reflection is a reminder that we all deserve to be seen despite the fact that society tell us we should hide ourselves because we are unworthy.
Asha Hadiyah aka Sassy Soul Rebel is a DC Native who moved to NY not too long ago to pursue her dreams of becoming an up and coming R&B artist. She has a soulful, sultry voice that could melt anyone's soul. Keep a look out.
In this video she share's her journey to loving herself and embracing her authentic self.
