Yesterday I was scrolling through my instagram feed, when I came across something that stopped me in my tracks Laura mvula posted a vid of her playing a piano and stares in the caption she had been dropped from her record label. I was in shock why is it the most talented artists always get…
Category: Blackwomenmatter
Black women and body image
My body is slim, skinny but my mind is big…. As you can tell I’m not exactly the biggest woman from as far back as I can recall I’ve always been the slim black girl. I do fit into the stereotype that a black woman is fuller figured with a round derrière, hips thighs and…
Black girl chronicles part 11
Why I dislike train journeys There is always one idiotic white person who travels on the train whose mission in life is to disrupt you from travelling comfortably. Take for example yesterday I was heading to university, I got on the train there was a seat next to white man so of course I politely…
You speak like a whaaaaa!!!
Who came up with this fallacy of speaking like a white girl like who I’m not saying this is my recent experience but I want to have an open debate about it?! It seems to me that when we talk on the idea that black women have to speak a certain way in order to…
Naked
I feel naked my body is sacred I looked in the mirror every day and I would say look at your beautiful skin such a blessing honey coated melanin Beautiful richness with my golden sweetness the bees envy mi I’m a work of art Supermen intelligence magnificent black excellence black gold diamonds and treasures but…
Black girl chronicles part 10
Desmond’s shall forever hold my heart…., Hands down my favourite to show of all time had to be Desmond’s I can not get over the simple brilliance of that show a show set in the heart of Peckham, London which first aired in January 1989 a black British sitcom where the main cast was all…
Knocked back so what!!
That one time you gather up the courage to tell a guy you’re feeling him and he says politely ‘ nah I’m good’ dannnngg I think I’m gonna cry… lol but in all seriousness if you ask a guy out or tell him you’re feeling him and he either doesn’t respond or let’s you down…
Little black girl
When I was younger I had a range of dolls from barbie to a little black baby doll who I loved and adored she had a yellow dress which she wore until I ripped it of in all her naked black glory. (I was a vicious child lol) My parents gave her to me as…
Black love story
Let me tell you the story of when I fell in love, he waded through my treacherous waters and hid in between the bushes before he jumped out and surprised me he made me calm he gave me his heart that I held gently between my palms he was a gentle soul he wanted to…
Black girl chronicles part 7
I’m alone in a black and white world…. The expectations of going to university and succeeding are high especially from your parents I can’t even imagine how they must feel oh my lil black child has got into university I’m so proud. Then you get there and it’s as if someone has thrown you into…
Black girl chronicles 