Throughout American history, images of Black women have been symbolized as the mammy, the welfare queen, the Jezebel, the Sapphire — and yes, the tragic mulatto. Meanwhile, the women themselves have ...
The 28-year-old Emily lost two fingers after she was shot in the hand when Hamas snatched her from the Kfar Aza kibbutz village - in southern Israel - on October 7.
The cowrie shell also has deep ties to womanhood. According to The Met, the shell’s “resemblance to the female vulva and alternatively to a squinting eye is thought to underlie a magical association ...