List: Stories About Women | Curated by GFC: Grown Folk Conversations

Jul 13, 2023
35 stories
Stories About WomenThese are powerful stories about women around the world - past and present.
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Cat House & Shooting Society
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Jean Crawford Evans 🧙‍♀️
My grandmothers’ handsI’m not sure when it happened, but I looked at my hands one day and realized they weren’t my own anymore, they were my grandmothers’.
Oct 7, 2019
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Oct 7, 2019
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ZORA
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Maia Niguel Hoskin, Ph.D.
Seeing Black Women Twerk On The Gram Makes My Skin CrawlSocial media provides the perfect space for the continued dehumanization, commodification, and fetishization of Black women.
Mar 3, 2023
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Mar 3, 2023
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ZORA
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Girls for Gender Equity
Simone Biles Does Not Owe Other Black Women Slicked Down Edgesby: Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative Shift
Apr 26, 2023
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Apr 26, 2023
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ZORA
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Sondra Rose Marie
5 Ways to Ask for Help Without Saying ‘I Need Help’It doesn’t have to be complicated
Mar 8, 2021
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Mar 8, 2021
9
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An Injustice!
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Jeanette C. Espinoza
A Loving Thank You to my Beautiful Black SistersA message of gratitude for women whose lives have been historically underappreciated and undervalued
Jul 5, 2022
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Jul 5, 2022
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Reciprocal
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Hope Rising
For Brown Girls Who Look the Sun in the EyeKnow this
Oct 31, 2022
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Oct 31, 2022
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Blackthelma
Black families look different and that is okI’ve had four grandmothers in my life. I’m biologically related to two. It has been on my mind for a long time about the dynamics of Black…
Oct 9, 2022
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Oct 9, 2022
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JoyRoute
This is My Story: Comfortable vs. HappinessDoes Being Comfortable Make You Happy?
Oct 29, 2022
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Oct 29, 2022
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About Me Stories
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Vena Moore
About Me — Vena MooreWriting was always my passion, though it wasn’t until two years ago that I did it consistently
Aug 11, 2021
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Aug 11, 2021
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If I Ain't Readin'
My ‘Woman King’ Experience and ReviewBeside every king is a strong woman
Sep 18, 2022
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Sep 18, 2022
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An Injustice!
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Tre L. Loadholt
I Will Bring My Table if You Refuse To Let Me Sit at YoursAnd I won’t ask for your permission
Sep 7, 2022
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Sep 7, 2022
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NjoyPeace
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Glorious Raine
Making Necessary ChangesMoving on and Moving Forward
Jul 14, 2022
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Jul 14, 2022
3
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Living By The Word
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Vena Moore
I Feel Conflicted About Hiring HelpBeing conditioned to do everything myself is hindering my ability to seek the help I want.
Jun 10, 2022
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Jun 10, 2022
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Sheena
Bad Vegan: A Meditation in WhitenessFive minutes into Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives., I knew what Netflix was selling me, white supremacy, and I knew I wasn’t buying it…
Mar 19, 2022
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Mar 19, 2022
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Rosalyn Morris
On Beauty: White Hot, White Noise, And Are Beauty Standards Really Better Now?So, I recently watched the Netflix documentary, White Hot. It’s about mall retail chain, Abercrombie & Fitch, and it’s deplorable hiring…
May 12, 2022
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May 12, 2022
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ZORA
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Whitney Alese
We Have All Been Venus Williams: How White Feminism too oinvalidates Black WomenVenus’ face said it all.
Mar 17, 2022
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Mar 17, 2022
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ZORA
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Whitney Alese
From Barrels of Laughter to Laughing Out Loud: How Black Joy Honors Our AncestorsBlack joy has always been a tool of both resistance and healing. Unlike the common shared human experience of joy, Black Joy is unique to…
Mar 2, 2022
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Mar 2, 2022
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An Injustice!
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Jeanette C. Espinoza
A Few Things Black Women No Longer Want to Hear….Literally Ever AgainIt’s hard enough to walk in our stilettos without additional restrictions and unsolicited suggestions from those with privilege
Feb 20, 2022
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Feb 20, 2022
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Life, Unvarnished.
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Samantha Kemp-Jackson
We’re Discussing Black Women’s Hair — AgainAnd it’s not anything new
Mar 30, 2022
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Mar 30, 2022
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