For GirlTrek’s #DaughtersOf series, writers and activists Angela Davis and Nikki Giovanni discussed survival and radically honest self-care for black women.
“How often do black women get a conversation that is as honest and revealing as this one?”
Author: Celeste Doaks
Poet and journalist Celeste Doaks is the author of Cornrows and Cornfields, and editor of the poetry anthology Not Without Our Laughter. Her chapbook, American Herstory, was the first-place winner in Backbone Press’s 2018 chapbook contest and contains poems about Michelle Obama. She is the Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at University of Delaware. Find her at www.doaksgirl.com or on Twitter and IG @thedoaksgirl.
Erykah Badu and Jill Scott Love Each Other to Life in First Women’s Verzuz Battle
Music producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland have been keeping quarantine “lit” with their Verzuz battles, featuring hip-hop and R&B entertainers live on Instagram battling it out. This weekend’s showdown between neo-soul divas Erykah Badu and Jill Scott was the first women’s battle. But what truly set this “battle” apart were the words of wisdom and the confessions shared between the songs. These women, mothers and mutual friends were ultimately way more interested in connecting than battling.
Erykah Badu’s Quarantine Concert Series Shows How Black Women Continue to Innovate
Badu’s online concert is the latest contemporary example of women exploring new territory and breaking boundaries.