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Being Mary Jane

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We Wear The Masks: On Being Mary Jane and Black Women Code Switching For Sanity and Survival

February 1, 2017

It's been a long time, shouldn't have left you... Look, I been broke lately. Not as in pockets but spirit. But if you need to borrow money, then just pretend I said pockets. This thang (whole damn world) been getting to me for a while. But I put on a good face. A beat face. Shoutout to my Beauty Blender #notsponsored. I digress. If that surprises you, then welcome because you must be new here. So yeah, I've been laying low. Because self-care. But my sisters been holding me down. As always, B[...]

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They See Ugly Women But Fail to See Our Ugly Truth: On Being Mary Jane, Black Women and Invisible Pain

October 30, 2015

“When you make pain look this good it never wears out.” Mara Brock Akil has long been known for her beautifully and brutally honest depictions of Black female life. Her hit show Girlfriends gave us a glimpse of what it is like to live life as Black women from multiple points of view. While we found much to laugh about as we shared the experiences of Maya, Joan, Lynn and Toni—we were often forced to examine those areas of living Black and woman that are not so funny. The pieces of our ex[...]

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How Could I Be Ugly If You Don’t See Me? On Being Mary Jane, Black Women and Invisibility

April 2, 2015

This week’s episode of Being Mary Jane circled back to a topic the title character wanted to explore in the first episode—ugly Black women. More specifically Mary Jane wanted to address a 2011 Psychology Today article that attempted to show that Black women were scientifically less attractive than women of other races. Many of the topics examined in the episode coincide with a weeklong series of webinars hosted by the African American Policy Forum under the title #HerDreamDeferred. Each d[...]

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