Index
NUMBERS
A
- A Girl’s Gift, Inc., 89
- AAPF (African American Policy Forum), 117–118
- “abortion after birth,” 83
- Abrams, Stacey, 147–149
- abuse, gender based, 117
- Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, 59
- activism, 141–142, 152
- Aden, Halimah, 18, 142–144
- adopting Black children, 90
- African American women. See Black women
- African diaspora, 112
- Afrobella, 17
- Afros, banning, 25
- “Ain’t I a Mommy,” 90. See also motherhood
- “Ain’t I a Woman” speech, 11
- Akins, Kim, 71
- “All Hail the Queen?” 40
- Allen, Lily, 38
- Allen, Tiffany, 66–70
- allostatic load, 124
- “alrightness,” achieving, 157–159. See also well-being
- AME (African Methodist Episcopal) church, 59
- American family, structure of, 80
- America’s Next Top Model, 96
- Amos ‘n’ Andy, 7, 95–97
- “Anaconda” video, 35–36, 41
- Anderson, Leomie, 18
- anemia, 125
- anger
- angry, being called, 97
- “angry Black women,” 2, 94, 98–103. See also Black women; stereotypes
- anxiety attacks, 125
- The Apprentice, 96
- assimilation, 10
- Atlantic, O’Reilly allegations, 39
- attractiveness, 19–20, 23, 135
- authenticity, xiii
B
- Baartman, Saartjie, 37–38, 42
- baby mamas, 84–85
- bachelor’s degrees, 59, 103
- Badu, Erykah, 27
- Baker Street Social Club, 112
- balance, finding, 120–121
- Banks, Virginia, 131–132
- Baquet, Dean, 101
- “beauty for all,” 17
- beauty insecurity, 26
- The Beauty Myth, 18
- beauty standards, 7, 22–23, 135. See also Black beauty
- Beevers, Anala, 20
- Bennu, Jamyla, 28–30, 157–159
- BET, 42
- better versus good, 4
- Beyoncé, 1, 3, 9, 22, 38–40, 43
- “Beyoncé: Being Photographed in Your Underwear Doesn’t Help Feminism,” 41. See also feminism
- Beyond Baby Mamas blog, 90–91
- biases, 11–12
- Biden, Joe, 149
- Big Thinkers, 74
- Bird, Caroline, 113–114
- birth rates, 84–85
- birthing and respectful care, 142–143
- births outside marriage, 80
- Bitch magazine
- Black beauty. See also beauty standards
- Black births and marriage, 79
- Black civil rights activists, 10
- Black divorce, 79
- Black families. See also childcare; motherhood
- Black fathers, absence of, 114
- Black female beauty, denigration of, 23
- Black female sexuality, 36
- Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, 5
- Black femme experience, xiv, 3
- Black Girl Tough, 113–116. See also strength
- A Black Girl’s Guide to Weight Loss, 129, 133
- Black girls, raising, 89–90
- Black Girls RUN! 130
- Black girls, treatment of, xiii. See also “pretty for a Black girl”
- Black hair, 24–31
- “Black is beautiful,” 27
- Black Lives Matter, 119, 141, 144–145
- “Black marriage crisis,” 9
- Black marriage, 58–61
- Black men
- Black motherhood
- Black parenting, 87–88
- Black people, marginalization of, 145
- Black Power movement, 109
- Black therapists, finding, 136
- Black Voters Matter Fund, 148
- Black Witch, 21, 100
- “Black Woman Power,” 113
- Black women. See also “angry Black women”
- “Black Women Voters Changed the Shape of the U.S. Election,” 148
- “Blackfishing,” 22
- BLK ProjeK, 86
- bodies of Black women. See also sexuality
- books, reading, 31
- breadwinners, women as, 81
- breakdowns, 139
- breastfeeding, 77
- British colonialism, 9
- Brown, LaTosha, 148
- Brown, Mike, 118
- Brown, Stacia, 81–82, 87–88, 90–91
- Brown Girl in the Ring, 139
- Brown Girls Burlesque, 45, 51–53
- “brown skin girl,” 3
- Bryant, Jamal, 2
- Bryant, Kobe, 4
- Bunim, Mary-Ellis, 95
C
- California Black Women’s Health Project, 136
- Cameron, David, 98
- “cancel culture,” 3–4
- Cardi B, xiii, 43, 46–48
- Carey, Toni, 130
- caricatures of Black women, 13–14
- caring for others, 126
- carnality, assumptions about, 38
- Carol’s Daughter, 30
- Carper, Heather, 19, 33, 157
- Catastrophe Management Solutions, 25
- catwalks, 20–21
- Celebrity Gossip, Academic Style, 41
- Center for Law and Social Policy, 81
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 123–124, 131
- cervical cancer, 40
- Chapman, Kai, 48, 50
- chemical relaxers, 26
- childbearing years, 76
- childcare, 88. See also Black families; motherhood
- Chisholm, Shirley, 109
- Christian Post, 115
- chronic illnesses, 124, 130
- Ciara’s “Ride,” 42
- CITYOGA School of Yoga and Health, 137
- civil rights activists, 10
- Clarke, Cheryl, 62
- clinical depression, 138. See also depression
- clubs, 10
- cohabitation, 80
- college-educated Black women, 31
- Combahee River Collective, 61
- comedians, 2
- community activists, 141–142
- condoms, 143
- Congressional Black Caucus, 25
- Constance, Kate, 58
- Contee, Cheryl, 38
- co-parenting, 88
- Copeland, Libby, 73
- Cosby, Bill, 4
- The Cosby Show, 95
- cosmetics, 18–19
- COVID-19 pandemic, 3, 124
- Crandell, Dawn, 45
- Cubilette-Polanco, Layleen Xtravaganza, 145
- Cullors, Patrisse, 119
- cultural landscape, 3
D
- date-rape scenarios, 38
- Davis, Angela, 109
- Dee, Ruby, 109
- Democratic presidency, 147
- Democrats, 5
- The Denzel Principle, 79
- depression, 123, 136, 138
- diabetes, 123, 129, 131
- dialysis companies, 131
- DiAngelo, Robin, 4
- diet and health, 129–130
- Diversity Coalition, 20–21
- divorce rates, 79
- Dixon, T. Morgan, 132
- DJ Freedom Fighter, 116
- doctorate degrees, 103
- Doja Cat, 36
- domestics, 74
- Double X blog, Slate magazine, 73
- dreadlocs, 25
- drug companies, 131
- Duchess of Sussex, 9
- dysfunctional families, 138
E
F
- Fair Fight, 148
- family structure, 80
- fashion catwalks, 20–21
- Fashion Fair, 18
- “fat Black woman,” 31–34, 128–129. See also obesity
- “fat excuses,” 129
- fathers, absence of, 114
- Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, 128
- Felder, Tamika, 40
- female sexuality, 36
- femininity, 6
- feminism, 40. See also “Beyoncé: Being Photographed in Your Underwear Doesn’t Help Feminism”
- Feminist Love Project, 120
- femme activism, 144
- Fences, 155–156
- Fennidy, Faith, 26
- Fenty makeup brand, 17–18
- fibroids, 76
- Fields, Tanya, 86
- fighters, Black women as, 113
- Figueroa, Latoyia, 115
- “fixing” Black women, xiii
- Flint, Michigan, 82
- Flori Roberts, 18
- FLOTUS. See Obama
- Floyd, George, 3, 118–119, 146
- Fotki, 28
- Fox News, 85
- Franklin, Aretha, 83
- “freak shows,” 37
- freedom, aspiration toward, 144–145
G
- Garner, Eric, 118
- Garrison, Vanessa, 132
- Garza, Alicia, 118–119
- gay marriage, 61
- gender and racial politics, 145
- gender biases, 13
- gender-based abuse, 117. See also violence
- Georgia turning “blue,” 148
- Gibson, Ericka, 89
- girls. See Black girls
- “Girls in the Hood,” 47
- GirlTrek, 132
- Glamour magazine, 25
- Goddess Honey, 50–51
- Godmother of Brown Beauty, 30, 33
- Good Times, 95
- good versus better, 4
- GQ article, Beyoncé, 41
- Grahn, Judy, 61
- Great Black Beauty Lie, 19
- Grell Yursik, Patrice, 17, 26, 30–33
- Grey’s Anatomy, 93, 94
- Guardian article, Beyoncé, 41
- Guttmacher Institute, 39
H
- Hagel, Chuck, 25
- hair and exercise, 131
- hair coloring, 12
- hair texture, 24–31
- Haley, Sarah, 116
- Hamer, Fannie Lou, 109
- “Hard Out Here,” 38
- Hardison, Bethann, 20–21
- Harris, Kamala, 4–5, 141, 147, 149
- Harris-Perry, Melissa, 11
- Hart, Kevin, 2
- Harvey, Steve, 59
- Hastings, Virginiaca, 2, 32
- hatred of Black women, 2
- Hayes, Nichelle, 14, 62
- Haynes-Warren, Maya, 45
- health. See also “strong Black woman”
- health and wellness, 133. See also well-being
- health care system, xiii
- health challenges, 123
- health risks, 13
- healthy habits, encouraging, 131
- heart disease, 123, 131
- Height, Dorothy, 145
- Henry, D., 62–63
- Hernandez, Joseline, 95–96
- Hersey, Tricia, 126–127
- Hicks, Ashley, 130
- high blood pressure, 123, 129
- Hill Collins, Patricia, 5
- Hip Hop Atlanta, 95
- “hold my Hennessy,” 46–47
- Hollywood, 20
- Holtzclaw, Daniel, 117
- homemaking, 74
- “hood rats,” 108
- Hopkinson, Nalo, 139
- Hottentot Venus, 37
- How to Be an Anti-racist, 4
- How to Get Away with Murder, 93
- HPV (human papillomavirus), 40
- Huffington Post, 30
- Hughes, Langston, 77
- Hughes, Michelle, 90
- Hughley, D. L., 2, 9
- Hurricane Sandy, 115
- Hurston, Liz, 21–22, 98, 101
- Huston, Tamika, 115
- Huxtable, Clair, 95
- hypersexuality, 37
- hysterectomy, 76, 125
I
J
K
- Kanazawa, Satoshi, 20
- Kansas City Star, 58
- Kardashian, Khloe, 3, 22. See also Keeping Up with the Kardashians
- Kardashian, Kim, 22
- Kardashian, Robert, 22
- KarJenner empire, 22
- Kawana, 12
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians, 129. See also Kardashian
- Kemp, Brian, 147
- Kendall, Erika Nicole, 110, 121, 129–131, 133–136
- Kendi, Ibram X., 4
- killings by law enforcement, 118
- King, Gayle, 4
- knees and overweight, 132
- Kodjoe, Boris, 129
L
- labor and pregnancy, 77
- Latham-White, Deborah, 109, 113, 125, 127–128, 158
- law enforcement, killings by, 118. See police violence
- leadership, 144–146
- lead-tainted water, 82
- Leakes, NeNe, 96
- Lee, Cristal, 44–46
- Lee, Debra, 42
- “Lesbianism as Resistance,” 62
- lesbians, 61–62. See also Tiffany and Trayvia Leslie, Lisa, 4
- Lewis, Heidi Reneé, 83, 87–88, 108–109, 120
- liberation mantra, xiii
- Live with Regis and Kelly, 37
- lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu, xiii
- Lolita fashion, 21
- London School of Economics, 20
- Lorde, Audre, 61, 109, 152
- Louise, Jessica, 144–146, 152
- love, 61–66
- Lovecraft Country, 3
M
- Mac, Bianca, 146, 155
- Mad Men, 30
- Madonna, 40–41
- makeup, 18–19
- Mammy, 4, 6–8, 15, 129, 145
- Mandela, Nelson, 98
- Manigault-Stallworth, Omarosa, 96
- Mapp, Rue, 120
- marginalization of Black people, 145
- Markle, Meghan, 9
- marriage. See also relationships
- Martin, Trayvon, 89, 118–119
- master’s degrees, 59
- maternal and infant mortality rates, 124
- the Matriarch, 8–9, 15
- Maude, 94–95
- Maxson, Troy, 155
- McBride, Renisha, 116
- McDade, Tony, 119
- Me Too campaign, 141
- media coverage, biases in, 115
- medical practitioners, 76
- Megan Thee Stallion, xiii, 43, 47–48
- Mensa, 20
- mental health, 125, 130
- mental health care, 136–137
- mental illness, 136–137
- Mermaid Parade, 51–53
- Millender, Erin, 23–24
- Mimitzraiem, Brandee, 85–88
- Minaj, Nicki, 35–37, 41–43
- miscarriage, 76–77
- “missing white woman syndrome,” 115
- models of color, 21
- “mom-in-chief,” 73
- “mommy memoir” boom, 90
- Monáe, Janelle, 3, 47
- Moore, Glenda, 115
- Moore, Kenya, 95
- mortality rates, 124
- motherhood. See also “Ain’t I a Mommy”; Black families; childcare; purposeful mothers; single mothers
- Moynihan Report, 8, 56, 80
- “Mrs. Carter,” 38
- Muhammad, Nojma, 41–42
- Murphy, Eddie, 32
- Murphy-Root, Ebony, 158
- Murray, Johnathan, 95
- Murray, Pauli, 61
- Muse, Wendi, 12
- music TV, 42–43
- Myers, Nikki, 137
- Myers Bulmash, Lisa, 14
N
- The Nap Ministry, 127
- “nappy-headed hos,” 25
- Nash Laird, Taneshia, 112
- National Institutes of Health, 124, 136
- natural hair, 27–29
- natural products, 28
- nature, love of, 120
- Neale Hurston, Zora, 126, 158
- Necole Bitchie, 2
- negative health outcomes, 124
- negative messages, internalization of, 26
- negative perceptions, 5
- The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, 8
- neighbors, hostility of, 116
- Nelly, 37
- Nesbitt Golden, Jamie, 76–77, 79
- Netroots Nation conference, 38
- New Georgia Project, 148
- New York magazine article, “Black Woman Power,” 113
- New York Post headline, Michelle Obama, 98
- New York Times, How to Get Away with Murder review, 93
- New York Times review
- The New Yorker article, “The Marriage Cure,” 59
- “No Disrespect,” 10
- “No Justice. No Peace,” 119
- non-monogamous relationships, 50–51
- Norbit, 32
- nutrition information, 132
- NYFW (New York Fashion Week), 21
O
- Obama, Michelle, 73, 85, 91–92, 97–98, 109–110
- obesity, 31, 55, 123, 128–136. See also “fat Black woman”
- Oklahoma City Police Department, 117
- Onion, reference to Quvenzhané Wallis, 1
- oppression, 3
- Optic Whiteness, 116
- O’Reilly, Bill, xii, 1, 9, 38–39
- organizers, learning from foremothers, 152
- Outdoor Afro, 120
- Overton, Morgan, 158
- Oyin Handmade, 28–30
P
- Palmieri, Pat, 71
- pampering, 126
- pandemic of 2020, 3, 124
- Paper magazine, social-media impersonations, 22
- parenting, 87–88
- Parker, Tiana, 25
- Parks, Sheri, 115
- Parris, Teyonah, 30
- “Partition,” 38
- patient’s bill of rights, 142–143
- Patton, Lisa, 113
- Paul, Nykhor, 18
- Perry, Yvette, 85
- Perry Smitherman, DeShong, 89
- Petersen, Anne Helen, 41
- pharmaceutical companies, 131
- Philyaw, Deesha, 90, 100–101, 156
- physical fitness, 135
- physical well-being, 130
- Plaid, Andrea, 44, 51–53
- police officers, 3, 82
- police state, racism of, 117
- police violence, 117–119, 145. See also law enforcement; violence
- politics, Black women in, 149–151
- polyamorous relationships, 50–51. See also relationships
- Pope, Olivia, 67, 94–95
- postpartum depression, 77
- poverty, 13, 142
- power of Black women, 149
- Pozner, Jennifer L., 96
- pregnancy and labor, 77
- pregnancy rate, teenage girls, 39
- pregnancy-related deaths, 75
- pregnant women, impact of COVID on, 124
- “pretty for a Black girl,” 33. See also Black girls
- “pretty ones,” 19–20
- Prince Harry, 9
- prostitute, being mistaken as, 38
- Pruitt, Gloria, 97
- Psychology Today articles
- public apologies, 4
- public service, 144
- purposeful mothers, 87–90. See also motherhood
- “PYNK,” 47
Q
R
- racial and gender politics, 145
- racism
- Raines, Noreen, 74
- rape, 38. See also SlutWalk antirape movement
- reading books, 31
- Reagan, Ronald, 80
- real love, 61–66
- The Real World, 95
- Reality Bites Back, 96
- reality shows, 95
- relationships, perceptions of, 56. See also marriage; polyamorous relationships
- reporting bias, 115
- respect, losing, 103–105
- respectability politics, 10–11, 44, 51–53
- Reuters Foundation article, 148
- Rhimes, Shonda, 93–94, 97, 102
- RHOA (Real Housewives of Atlanta), 95–96
- Rihanna, 17
- Rivera, Bre, 18, 159
- roots of stereotypes, 5–11
S
- Salau, Oluwatoyin, 119
- Sapphire, 4, 6–9, 95–97, 145, 149
- Saturday Night Live, 2
- Say Her Name, 116–119
- Scandal, 93–95
- scapegoats, Black women as, 13
- schadenfreude, xii
- Scott, Jill, 27
- self-care, 126, 128, 139, 153–154
- self-esteem, 23, 134, 156–157
- self-love, 156
- self-preservation, 151–154
- service for Black women, 146
- sex drive, 44
- sexism and racism, 124, 156
- sexist bigotry, 4
- sexist stereotypes, 94
- sexual assault, 119
- sexual availability, 49
- sexual health, discussing, 48
- sexual message, growing up with, 43–44
- sexual mores, 46
- sexual violence, 4, 13, 38, 141
- sexuality. See also bodies of Black women
- Shaw, George Bernard, 58
- Sims, Victoria, 119
- single Black mothers, 12, 85–86
- single mothers, 79, 81. See also motherhood
- single women, 57–58, 70–72
- single-parent families, condemnation of, 83–84
- Sister Citizen, 11
- Slate magazine, Double X blog, 73
- slavery
- SlutWalk antirape movement, 40. See also rape
- Smith, Yvette, 118
- Snoop Dogg, xiii, 4
- social media, 3–4
- societal problems, blame for, 8
- “Some Cut,” 49
- St. Claire, Vivian, 138–140
- Stanley, Alessandra, 93–94, 97, 101
- Stanley-Jones, Aiyana, 118
- STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), 94
- stereotypes. See also “angry Black women”
- Stewart, Porsha, 95–96
- Stone, Angie, 27
- strength. See also Black Girl Tough
- Strings, Sabrina, 128–129
- strokes, 131
- “strong Black woman,” 108–109, 111, 113, 120–121, 137. See also health
- struggles of Black women, 13–14
- Substitutes photography exhibition, 74
- suicide and “strong Black woman,” 111
- Sylvie’s Love, 3
T
- Tallahassee Police Department, 119
- Taylor, Breonna, 3, 116–119, 146
- teenage girls, pregnancy rate, 39
- “tell the world who you are,” 14–16
- #ThankBlackWomen, 147–149
- “The Marriage Cure,” 59
- Their Eyes Were Watching God, 126
- therapists, finding, 136
- Thicke, Robin, 108
- This Week, 79
- Thomas, Fatima, 111, 158
- Thompson, Kenan, 2
- Thompson, Wanna, 22–23, 32
- “thornbacks,” 58
- Thorning-Schmidt, Helle, 98
- THOT (That Ho Over There), 37
- Thy Black Man, 41
- Tiffany and Trayvia, 66–70. See also lesbians
- Time magazine articles
- “Tip Drill” video, 37–38
- Tometi, Opal, 119
- toughness and strength, 113
- transgender people, violence against, 119, 146
- Traylor, Adrianne, 110, 136–138
- Trillville’s “Some Cut,” 49
- Truth, Sojourner, 11, 107
- Turner, Pamela, 118
- twerking, 49
- type-2 diabetes, 131
- Tyrese, 2
U
V
W
- Wafer, Theodore, 116
- wage disparities, 13
- Walker, Alice, 61
- Walker, Kenneth, 117
- Wallis, Quvenzhané, 1
- WandaVision, 30
- “WAP,” 47
- Washington, Kerry, 94
- Washington Post survey, 156
- weight
- weight loss, 129, 134
- “welfare queen,” 80
- well-being, privileging, 127. See also “alrightness”; health and wellness
- Wells, Ida B., 10
- West, Kanye, 22, 24
- Westwood, Vivienne, 18
- “wet-ass pussy,” xiii
- White, Trayvia, 67–70
- White Fragility, 4
- White girls, 21
- White ideal, 19
- White women
- Whiteness and beauty, 7
- “Why are Black women seen as more threatening, more masculine and less in need of help?” 116
- Will, George, 79
- Williams, Serena, 75
- Wilson, August, 155
- Wilson, Chandra, 94
- Winfrey, Adia, 149–152
- Winfrey, Oprah, 93
- witchcraft accusations, 58
- Wolf, Naomi, 18
- women as primary breadwinners, 81
- “women of color,” 22
- Women of Color Sexual Health Network, 36
- Woods, Slick, 17–18
- work ethic, 109
- Worldstar Hip Hop, 96–97
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