(ThySistas.com) “It was their contempt for their own blackness that gave the first insult its teeth. They seemed to have taken all of their smoothly cultivated ignorance, their exquisitely learned self-hatred, their elaborately designed hopelessness and sucked it all up into a fiery cone of scorn that had burned for ...
(ThySistas.com) Being a mother is an honorable title. A woman gets the chance to parent a child and help them grow up in the best way that she sees fit. The path to get to motherhood isn’t so cut and dry. Some women plan their pregnancies, while others are taken by ...
(ThySistas.com) I have to be honest. I never considered myself a feminist. Before you get the wrong idea I strongly believe in equality. I feel women should get equal pay, and should be treated as competent equals in business, and government. Yes, I am pro-choice and believe the government, that is ...
(ThySistas.com) People tend to think that obtaining optimal health is purely a physical endeavor. To maintain good health, a holistic approach must be taken. Holistic health is relating to or concerned with the complete body, rather than with individual parts. Our body is made up of our physical, emotional and spiritual ...
(ThySistas.com) Sistahood is an amazing bond between two black women who truly know, honor, and love each other like sisters. It is saddening to think about how some black women treat one another. Why is it so hard for some black women to experience true sisterhood? Jealousy and insecurity is the ...
(ThySistas.com) According to a professional sociological study conducted by the University of Chicago, entitled, The Social Organization of Sexuality, the female libido is contingent upon many things. For females, sexual intimacy and sexual intercourse are overlapped with feelings of emotional security and are extremely subjective to cultural norms and perceptions. This ...
(ThySistas.com) What is the number one cause of death in the African American community of women? Heart disease. In 2013, heart disease accounted for 23.8% of deaths in both the non-Hispanic black populations. On the other hand, cancer accounted for 22.5% of deaths. Heart disease may be the leading cause of ...
(ThySistas.com) Stereotypes are dangerous no matter who uses them. There is a myth floating around that black women are the epitome of Angry Woman. One must actually question what makes them angrier than a white woman, or another woman of color. Why is it that behavior that is seen as thorough, ...
(ThySistas.com) Sexuality, which is a common term, revolves around expression of sexual interest especially when excessive according to Webster’s Dictionary. Sexuality is everywhere. On our television, in our music, on our computer screens, it’s everywhere. It shows in how we act or don’t act, in what we wear or don’t, and ...
(ThySistas.com) As a black woman I am mad that the “Angry Black Woman” has a Wikipedia page and reads this as the opening, “The Angry Black Woman is a stereotype about black women. The Angry Black Woman is also known as the “Sapphire” or “Sassy Black Woman“. The angry black woman ...