(ThySistas.com) I was on social media on Sunday, April 3rd when I ran across a post shared by a friend from Kardi G @ KiaSpeaks on Twitter which stated “Teaching women that their virginity is their most prized possession doesn’t empower women. It reduces them to their vagina“. Initially I wanted ...
(ThySistas.com) Your Biggest Testimony of Courage Comes From Your Willingness to Look Inside of Yourself. What comes to mind when you hear the word courage? Better yet, Whom? When I hear the word courage, I immediately define it as standing firm in the midst of adversity. When I think of whom, I envision ...
(ThySistas.com) If you’re a parent, aunt, uncle or someone who has been in the presence of children behaving as children, you have no doubt experienced a time when two of those darling little rascals are playing and your sense of peace has been interrupted with the robust sound of someone ...
(ThySistas.com) The Universal Law of Correspondence says that our outer world or reality reflects our inner world, meaning that our feelings, thoughts, beliefs and visions create out life experiences. Ancient wisdom states “As above, so below” and “Whatever is above is like that which is below, and whatever is below ...
(ThySistas.com) On Thursday, April 7th we will be basking in the energies of the Aries New Moon. New moons are a time of new beginnings! It’s similar to the start of a new month or new year making it an ideal time to set intentions for goals you desire to ...
(ThySistas.com) For myself, there is nothing more frustrating than being reminded that “everything has its season” while living in this microwave lifestyle society. Everything comes fast! Our meals come flying out the restaurant window a few minutes after we’ve ordered, anyone whose ever been in trouble knows how quick those ...
(ThySistas.com) With Women’s History Month quickly coming to an end, I feel it is necessary to share a few powerful messages delivered by black women to black women as well as to our communities in hip hop. I truly feel we’ve been rocked to sleep by women entertainers singing and ...
(ThySistas.com) I loved her the moment I laid eyes on her. She was all the way brown, loud and messy. She was honest with herself. She had jokes. Her name was Shalika — and she had braids. Shalika was the role Regina King played in 1991’s Boyz in the Hood. ...
(ThySistas.com) “You can always tell who the strong women are. They are the ones you see building one another up, instead of tearing one another down.” – Unknown The need for sisterhood is at an all time high in the black community. So often women mistake friendship for sisterhood and ...
(ThySistas.com) “You must learn a new way to think, before you can learn a new way to be.” – Marianne Williamson As I sit here listening to Lauryn Hill’s “I Gotta Find Peace of Mind” which she performed on MTV Unplugged in 2002 and reflecting on the state of black ...