Author: Te-Erika

Bisan Owda is a 23-year-old filmmaker and human rights advocate living in Gaza, documenting her experience throughout the Palestine-Israel conflict. She has amassed more than 3 million followers on Instagram and 700 thousand followers on Tik Tok. Netizens are watching the real life reporting unfold and fearing for her safety. Bisan’s family’s home and office in Rimal were bombed, resulting in the destruction of all her filming equipment. Following an IDF evacuation advisory in Gaza, Owda and her parents relocated from Beit Hanoun to Al-Shifa Hospital. On November 3, 2023, she witnessed the airstrike on an Al-Shifa ambulance. Watch Bisan’s…

Shakima Tozay, a 37-year-old pregnant social worker, was undergoing a fetal heart rate check when the nurse referred to her unborn baby boy as a hoodlum. Shakima, a Black woman, found herself in the distressing situation while six months pregnant and battling the life-threatening condition preeclampsia. She questioned the nurse at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett as well as reported the derogatory remarks to doctors and was told that the nurse was only joking, according to The New York Times. This overt racial bias against Black women added an unnecessary layer of emotional stress to Shakima’s health concerns. Her…

Social disruptors are individuals who recognize a problem in our society and take action to try to resolve it without waiting to be selected or hired. Whether it’s the development of a large scale movement to break down gender expectations or a solo attempt to save our climate, social disruptors appoint themselves to break down the destructive behaviors and conditions that are causing harm in our society.  Their choice to stand up to create a solution, along with their effort and dedication, often leads to more awareness for these debilitating issues that stand in the way of the peaceful progress…

A Texas judge allowed a 31-year-old woman to terminate her pregnancy—a decision that has upended Texas’ stringent abortion laws. Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble’s ruling came in response to a historic lawsuit filed by Katie Cox and her husband, who, despite their strong desire to welcome their baby, faced the harsh reality of a nonviable pregnancy that posed significant health risks to Katie and jeopardized her future fertility. In the details of the lawsuit filed on Tuesday, Katie Cox wrote that when she was already 20 weeks pregnant, she received a devastating diagnosis of full trisomy 18, a…

ABC News reporter, Ines De La Cuetara, appeared on hand in Tel Aviv at an anti government rally to reveal hundreds of Israeli people marching in the streets wanting answers and calling for the Israeli prime minister to step down. Israeli authorities came into possession of a 40-page document, covertly named “Jericho Wall,” laying out Hamas’s battle strategy for a terrorist attack on October 7 more than a year before it happened. The plan intricately outlined a devastating invasion. Despite possessing this information, Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed it as overly ambitious, deeming it beyond Hamas’s execution capabilities. The…

A recent study published in the Psychology of Women Quarterly stated that the invalidation of feminism is driven by the trope that feminists are man-hating lesbians. According to the study, the prevailing stereotype of feminists as being anti-men persists, even among individuals who call themselves feminist, but it is a myth. It is quite understandable to conclude that feminists hate men when one of the benchmarks of feminism is calling for equality for the genders, which involves constantly looking for inequality and screaming out to bring attention to the injustice. When feminist women consistently aim to point out the injustice…

Corporate Erin is the brainchild of Chicago-based comedian, Lisa Beasley, who makes regular appearances at the Laugh Factory in Chicago. Corporate Erin has recently gone viral on Tik Tok for her insanely hilarious, yet accurate, depiction of a general corporate manager, a character she says she developed when she took a 5 year break from comedy to work a corporate job because…well, she wanted MONEY. Lisa Beasley’s Tik Tok video views are astronomical, with some Corporate Erin comedy sketches receiving more than 1 million views. @lisabevolving #CorporateErin had a two hour zoom meeting and somebody asked about the company downsizing…

Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm, finds itself embroiled in a legal battle to protect its mission to support business women of color. Led by Arian Simone, the Fearless Fund entered the investment space in 2019 with a noble mission—to bridge the funding gap by investing in businesses led by women of color. The firm was so successful that the American Alliance for Equal Rights took notice and promptly filed a lawsuit alleging that Fearless Fund engages in racial discrimination because the fund is exclusively for Black women. The lawsuit is spearheaded by Edward Blum, the driving force behind…

As a registered prenatal yoga teacher, birth doula, and former mental health therapist, Kelly Cox immersed herself in the world of childbirth. Her daily life revolved around supporting the parenting and health goals of expectant mothers and new parents who frequented the pre and postnatal yoga studio she operated in Charlottesville, VA, for nearly two decades. At the yoga studio, Kelly engaged with women as they progressed through their pregnancy journeys, delivery, and the challenging early months of parenthood. She listened to their concerns, supported their progress and celebrated with them as they achieved their parenting and health goals, which…

Black women own 15% of U.S. Microbusinesses, elevating them to the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs, according to the Venture Forward U.S. Report.  This signals an impactful change in the nation’s microbusiness sector. Since August 2019, the number of Black women entrepreneurs has more than doubled, constituting a notable 10% of the total entrepreneurs surveyed. This surge is underscored by a remarkable 70% increase in the establishment of Black women-owned businesses before the onset of the pandemic. Black women entrepreneurs in the United States encounter a multitude of obstacles as they navigate the challenging terrain of business ownership. Systemic racism and…