I was in the fourth grade when I realized I was even more different from my classmates. Not only was I a black girl in a predominantly white Catholic school, I was a black girl with natural hair. Big, coily, course, voluminous, natural hair. Not only that, both my mum and my big sister had relaxed ...
For Black Girls Who Struggle With Their Mothers
* Written by Roco Price for YettiSays Self-Love Month | “For Black Girls” post series Nothing is as difficult, or as delicate, as the black mother-daughter dynamic. If you know, you know. And if you don’t, you never will. Black women balance the trauma and the triumph, the weight and the wonder, ...
For Black Girls Who Try It All In Search of Themselves
* Written by Erica Nichole for YettiSays Self-Love Month | “For Black Girls” post series You will try everything. You will contort your body, folding and minimizing yourself to fit into a box that isn’t meant for a girl like you. You do this in search of answers to your own questions when ...
For Black Girls Who Stopped Asking for Permission To Fuck Up Their Own Life
I think something happened when I turned 30. I turned all of my attention to figuring out what I wanted in my life. What new hobbies I want to pursue; what career path I would take or what career pivot I would make; what color should I dye my hair; how short should I cut my hair; how often can I ...
For Black Girls On Trial for Abortion
* Written by Sharonia Price for YettiSays Self-Love Month | “For Black Girls” post series In America, a country bred on the bosoms of black women, it is criminal to create life from a dark skinned womb. We, who dare to bear, are sentenced to a lifetime of weariness. We, who abort the black ...
For Black Girls Who Don’t Know What They Want
* Written by Fidelis Wambui for YettiSays Self-Love Month | “For Black Girls” post series It’s okay. If you know nothing else, please know that it’s okay not to have everything figured out. It is okay not to know exactly what you want. You have a good life. Followed some sort of playbook. ...
