The holidays can be beautiful, full of tradition, nostalgia, delicious food and connection with loved ones. But they can also stir up stress in the form of pressure, expectations and emotions we don’t always talk about.
Sex Ed never taught us this: that pleasure and protection could coexist. Sexual health is more than pamphlets and prescriptions. It’s also about power, presence and, yes, poetry.
Among Black Millennials and Gen Z, spiritual life and religion is no longer confined to Sunday mornings or sanctuary walls. It’s being explored, questioned, celebrated, and sometimes reclaimed in ways that challenge traditional definitions.
From social media influencers promising overnight cures to underfunded clinics and biased algorithms, it’s easy to feel both overexposed to health content and under informed when it matters most.
By Tracy Chiles McGhee Spring arrives with budding blooms amidst chaos and confusion. As Black women, we’re so often expected to be strong, fight-ready, and positioned on the frontlines at all times. But right now, the greatest resistance might be to lean into self-care like never before. To unplug for as long and as often…