Nine times out of ten, we don’t. We laud these women for their strength, but never consider what it takes to embody such strength. We don’t consider the interior lives of these women. It’s acutely felt when discussing black women, because they have been the pillars of our communities, the only thing that has kept us going.
Why we need to get over Clair Huxtable by Mychal Denzel Smith at Feministing











