There are some lessons you can’t rush.Braiding is one of them. Each strand teaches something ancient about focus, rhythm, and presence.It’s more than hairstyle — it’s a full-body meditation, a way of training both the mind and the hands to move with care instead of hurry. 🌿 The Mind Learns…
Survival
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13 Essential Habits for Non-Misogynistic Ideologies
13 Essential Habits for Non-Misogynistic Ideologies Every culture, movement, and belief system reveals its true integrity in how it treats women.Ideologies that claim to stand for justice, freedom, or faith cannot also tolerate contempt for the feminine. To build systems that honor everyone, we must cultivate daily habits that resist…
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Affirmation: My Right to Safety Includes the Right to Privacy and Peace.
✊🏾 Reflection It has been my experience that people across the political spectrum — left, right, and in between — often struggle to believe that Black women and girls have a right to gather on our own terms.Spaces that belong fully to us — without supervision, monitoring, or outside approval…
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Black Women Confronting Violence Through Art and Words: Part 1
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Survivor Affirmations: I Have the Right to Comfort, Beauty, and Care — Even in Crisis.
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Remembering Dr. Edwards & Venus: Black Hair Discrimination
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How Natural Hair Discrimination Greatly Impacts Women
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BraidtheLadder: Stories on Black Hair Discrimination
Discrimination is often dismissed because it doesn’t sound “reasonable.” But that’s the thing about discrimination — it never is.When Black people say we’ve been treated differently because of our hair, too many still can’t believe it. They think something as natural, as divine, as the way our hair grows couldn’t…
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The Origin Story of Braid the Ladder
When I was working as a case manager/counselor in a domestic violence shelter, a family of four came into the shelter one evening. Mom, oldest son, daughter, and young little girl carrying her doll. I was showing them around. I showed them where they could access grooming items. I opened…
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