(ThySistas.com) We are almost three weeks out from actor Jesse Williams’ powerful speech at the 2016 BET Awards. He took the stage to accept the humanitarian honor and used his time to give one of the most talked about monologues in recent history. He spoke about the plight of the ...
(ThySistas.com) Black Girls Rock! What an exciting term and ideal to appeal to the young black girls across the country. I like the sound of it. The look of it, however, is contradictory. Similar to my blog post about the ‘Sorority Sisters’ cancellation, I feel that the psyche of the ...
(ThySistas.com) Social media a beautiful thing isn’t it? The ability to connect with people all over the world is amazing. There are so many things we can do with this relatively new form of communication. And while there is a lot of good that certainly can and has come from ...
(ThySistas.com) We know the story black women are loud, they have attitudes, they fuss and cuss… and are angry all the time. We know the charges: black women can’t get it together, always picking the wrong men, too masculine, she the original hood rat, got all those kids by different ...
(ThySistas.com) I have stood by Azealia Banks through a long and sordid history of Twitter spats, inflammatory remarks and NSFW clap backs because she is a talented artist and very intelligent despite her standoffish demeanor. I wanted to give her a chance. Several chances. I didn’t like seeing her constantly ...
(ThySistas.com) When I checked out Twitter the night of #LEMONADE, I saw a slew of tweets about Beyoncé and Jay Z’s relationship status. I have social media #FOMO (fear of missing out), so I Googled my way to a link to watch the visual magic those I followed were raving ...
(ThySistas.com) This past Sunday as most people woke up with the afterglow of Beyoncé’s stunning delivery that still requires many more weeks of reflection, another talented woman of color abruptly seized the headlines. Lil’ Kim — the Brooklyn-born rapper who was famously intertwined with The Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggy Smalls ...
(ThySistas.com) On April 11, 2016, news broke concerning Henderson High School in New Zealand principal Cherith Telford requested female students where knee-level skirts to “keep our girls safe, stop boys from getting ideas and create a good work environment for male staff”. Principle Cherith Telford went on to say “I ...
(ThySistas.com) Society responds favourably to the Dollys who conform to gender role expectations, but not so much to the Rihannas. Earlier this year, Rihanna dropped her eighth studio album ANTI — she is currently on world tour whilst unleashing videos back to back, leaving society to go bonkers over the ...
(ThySistas.com) Rihanna was once the world’s preeminent pop star. And yes, I use past tense. Despite having her hit “Work” firmly ensconced at number one for the past two months, a stat that ties her with the Beatles as second only to Mariah Carey for most weeks atop the Billboard ...