About the Author

Tamara Winfrey-Harris is a writer who specializes in the ever-evolving space where current events, politics, and pop culture intersect with race and gender. She says, “I want to tell the stories of Black women and girls, and deliver the truth to all those folks who got us twisted—tangled up in racist and sexist lies. I want my writing to advocate for my sisters. We are better than alright. We are amazing.”

Well versed on a range of topics, including Beyoncé’s feminism, Rachel Dolezal’s White privilege, and the Black church and female sexuality, Tamara has been published in media outlets including the New York Times, the Atlantic, Cosmopolitan, New York magazine, and the Los Angeles Times. And she has been called to share her analysis on media outlets, including NPR’s Weekend Edition and Janet Mock’s So POPular! on MSNBC.com, and on university campuses nationwide.

Tamara’s first book, The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America, was published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers in 2015 and called “a myth-busting portrait of Black women in America” by the Washington Post. The book won the Phyllis Wheatley Award, IndieFab Award, Independent Publishers Living Now Award, and IPPY Award. Her second book, Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping into Your Power, debuted in 2021.

Tamara’s essays also appear in The Lemonade Reader: Beyoncé, Black Feminism and Spirituality (Routledge, 2019), The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery (Wayne State University Press, 2018), Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest (Black Belt Publishing, 2020), and other books.

Tamara is also the cofounder of Centering Sisters, LLC, an organization that unapologetically addresses the needs and issues of Black women, girls, and femmes.

In 2020, she completed her two-hundred-hour yoga teacher training and is certified RYT 200. Tamara says, “Yoga is not exercise; it is healing and liberation and beauty. I want to share that with people who are chronically disregarded and oppressed, wherever they are—at home, at school, in community centers. I especially want to do yoga with my sisters, because they deserve this peace.”

Tamara is a native of Gary, Indiana, and a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc. She graduated with a BA degree from the Greenlee School of Journalism at Iowa State University.