Archive for 'GIRLS WHO GET IT'

ISSA RAE

ISSA RAE

Sometimes being awkward has its rewards. Just ask Issa Rae, the comedic genius behind the breakout YouTube series “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” (AWB). As of this writing, the Senegalese-American director is also a writer, actor, [...]

MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY

MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY

  Melissa Harris-Perry is an author, television host, columnist, political pundit, and college professor. As the bi-racial child of a white mother and black father—both activist parents who frequently shared their political views on local TV—Harris-Perry doesn’t see [...]

SARA GILBERT

SARA GILBERT

  Sara Gilbert is an award-winning actor, producer, director, photographer, and TV talk show host. For the past three decades, Sara Gilbert has literally been growing, evolving, and reinventing herself in front of our eyes. At just 6 [...]

WARIS DIRIE

WARIS DIRIE

  Waris Dirie is a Somali-born super model, best-selling author, speaker, producer, UN ambassador and human rights activist committed to ending the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) throughout Africa and the world. Internationally known for her legendary [...]

SONJA SOHN

SONJA SOHN

Sonja Sohn is an American writer, community activist, actor, former performance artist and award-winning slam poet. Best known for her role as a gritty no-nonsense cop on the Baltimore-based HBO series, “The Wire,” Sohn’s own experience growing [...]

ANGELA NISSEL

ANGELA NISSEL

Angela Nissel is an American memoirist and TV sitcom writer and producer. Born and raised in Philadelphia to an African-American Black Panther-affiliated mother and white American father, Nissel experienced bouts of chronic depression and confusion about her [...]

SOLANGE KNOWLES

SOLANGE KNOWLES

    Solange Knowles is a single mother, singer, DJ, blogger, celebrated fashion “it” girl, and spokeswoman. Growing up in the shadow of a big sister and superstar might seem next to impossible, but according to Solange Knowles, that’s [...]

ROSIE PEREZ

ROSIE PEREZ

Rosie Perez is an American award-winning actor, dancer, producer, choreographer, director, and activist. She may be instantly recognized for the gregarious personality she displays on the big screen, but Rosie’s young life didn’t offer much to be [...]