Women's History Month Atima Omara: Vice Chair of the DNC Women’s Caucus is Making History, One Vote At A Time Posted on October 18, 2018April 11, 2022 By Dangerous Lee ATIMA OMARA MAKING HISTORY, ONE VOTE AT A TIME By Atima Omara for Black Girls Allowed Originally published March 2018. In 2013, I was elected president of the Young Democrats of America (YDA), the nation’s largest partisan youth organization, representing young people in the Democratic Party from 14-36. The organization… Read more
#BlackGirlMagic Archive A Look Back At The #BlackGirlMagic Created During Women’s History Month 2018 Posted on April 5, 2018August 28, 2023 By Dangerous Lee A Wrinkle in Time hit the big screen with Ava DuVernay as director and it was announced that she will be the first woman to direct a comic book film, The New Gods. My book, Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down turned 8. Blue Ivy bid thousands for… Read more
Women's History Month Nevertheless She Persisted: Quotes From 9 Black Women Fighting Discrimination Against Women Everywhere Posted on April 1, 2018April 1, 2024 By Dangerous Lee March is Women’s History Month The 2018 national theme for Women’s History Month was Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. We featured the following 9 Black women to correspond with that theme. Click their images to read the full feature. Nevertheless She Persisted… Read more
News Sexual Liberation: How Rihanna and Cardi B Use Power of the Lotus Posted on March 29, 2018April 16, 2023 By Ebony Selise Power of the Lotus! We are constantly told that as women, “we hold the power” in relationships, but never get to truly experience the upper hand we possess. “Minority” women are receiving an unwarranted amount of slack and hypersexualization from men of all backgrounds in current day society. There is… Read more
Women's History Month Brandice Taylor-Davis: The Life Coach Whose Got Body Posted on March 29, 2018July 5, 2018 By Dangerous Lee Name and occupation: Brandice Taylor-Davis; Entrepreneur and Certified Life Coach. Describe the work you’re doing to fight discrimination against women: I can remember fighting for women’s equality since elementary school. Most recently I launched the Got Body Project in 2017. It was born from my line of luxury leisurewear, B… Read more
Women's History Month Engage Your Hustle with Paula T. Edgar, Esq. – “We can all be better.” Posted on March 27, 2018March 28, 2018 By Dangerous Lee Paula T. Edgar, Esq. is Founder & CEO of an executive coaching and diversity consulting firm. She provides strategies to organizations, to help with diversity efforts and workplace harassment prevention. Paula is very involved in social justice initiatives with a focus on African Americans and women in particular. She is… Read more
Women's History Month Lashelle Scott: Helping Women Get Politically Engaged in Houston Posted on March 22, 2018March 19, 2019 By Dangerous Lee Lashelle Scott is a Houston native who later in life decided to pursue a political career. In her first official political bid, she won Precinct Chair. Results provided by harrisvotes.com show that Scott easily defeated her opponent fellow Democrat, William Tomlinson, by double-digit percentage points. She has six years of… Read more
Women's History Month Judaline Cassidy: Fighting Gender Discrimination at Tools and Tiaras Inc. Posted on March 22, 2018November 17, 2019 By Dangerous Lee Judaline Cassidy became one of the first three women plumbers in Trinidad and Tobago, and her ongoing female empowerment work in the male-dominated field of trades has brightened the sets of Megyn Kelly TODAY, MAKERS and much more, and inspired platforms such as Amy Poehler’s ‘Smart Girls’. Name and occupation: Judaline Cassidy, Plumber / Founder of… Read more
Women's History Month Kiedra Tyson: CEO & Celebrity Publicist at B3 Face Forward Posted on March 15, 2018April 8, 2018 By Dangerous Lee Kiedra Tyson, Publicist/ Partner at B3 Face Forward What do you love most about being a woman? I love our ability to lead, motivate, and guide in such a subtle way. I can pull this off with such finesse that people don’t even feel pushed or pursued, they just jump… Read more
Women's History Month Joy Melody Woods: Fighting Major Depressive Disorder at withoutaspace.com Posted on March 15, 2018March 16, 2018 By Dangerous Lee Joy Melody Woods, Master of Arts student in Schools, Culture, and Society with emphasis on Sociology of Education What do you love most about being a woman? Our ability to create. We literally can create life, obviously with some help. We can create ideas. I am not saying that men… Read more