Category Archives: Black Love

Being Black With Postpartum Depression: Too Blessed To Be Stressed?

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Not a single person told me about postpartum depression as I came to experience it. Sure, I received pamphlets from my OBGYN about it, but they only mentioned feeling sad, depressed, and having the “baby blues.”

They didn’t mention the uncontrollable rage that would explode in my chest when I least expected it.

The pamphlet said absolutely nothing about the sweat-inducing anxiety that made me jumpy and left me wanting to crawl out of my skin. I was unaware anxiety would hit me like a wrecking ball, immobilizing me

Being Black With Postpartum Depression: Too Blessed To Be Stressed?.

Necole Bitchie.com: Jada Pinkett Smith: ‘Willow’s Beauty Isn’t Measured By The Length Of Her Hair’

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Jada Pinkett Smith was getting her fierce kitty on as she arrived at LAX airport yesterday evening with her daughter Willow and son Jaden in tow.  The trio were on their way to Hawaii where they will be spending the Thanksgiving holidays, while living it up on the beach.

Meanwhile, Jada must have come to her wits’ end when it comes to dealing with all of the criticism surrounding her daughter’s hair.  Today, she posted a letter on her facebook, explaining exactly why she allows Willow to express herself through her clothes and hair while alluding to posting even more thoughts on the topic in the days to come.  She wrote:

via Necole Bitchie.com: Jada Pinkett Smith: ‘Willow’s Beauty Isn’t Measured By The Length Of Her Hair’.

Nomalanga: When Normal is Not Normal; Destructive Mindsets in Black Communities | Black Blue Dog

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Nomalanga: When Normal is Not Normal; Destructive Mindsets in Black Communities

July 24, 2012 | Filed under: Commentary,News | Posted by: Staff

I was facilitating a discussion about relationships, not long ago, in one of my college seminars for Women of Color when I had the realization that what I perceive as “normal” is not necessarily what other people may perceive as “normal”.

The discussion that I was facilitating was intended to draw a distinction between good and bad relationships. The problem is that when I introduced the first article that described bad relationships, some of the young women strongly disagreed with what was being described as unhealthy behavior. These 18 and 19 year old young women argued that it was normal to have verbal altercations and even physical altercations. They argued that it was normal for people to fight and that it should happen often.

via Nomalanga: When Normal is Not Normal; Destructive Mindsets in Black Communities | Black Blue Dog.