Culture Clash Magazine Introducing a New Perspective

SO, YOU THINK YOU ARE BAT SHIT CRAZY NOW? OH HONEY, JUST WAIT. Menopause is coming, maybe not soon, but when it does, you will meet head-on with a whole new level of cra-cra-crazy. The trick is how to make this change work in your favor. The bad news is that you can’t look back on menopause after it is over and have a re-do. So LISTEN UP and hear what I wish I could re-do and what I managed to do right. Point # 1 is to embrace the simple truth. It isn’t you acting like a frea

SAY THEIR NAMES. The ABC Original series “Women of the Movement” opens Season One centering Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, and exploring her fight for judicial relief in the bowels of an extremely confederate 1950s Mississippi. The events surrounding the August 28, 1955 lynching murder of Emmet Till and his mother’s fight to bring his murderers to justice propelled the Civil Rights Movement forward in the United States. Fast-forward 65 years - May 25, 2020 - th

It’s time to bring positivity to the forefront. It’s time to focus on being part of the solution team. Below I share wonderful quotes I have read over the years, some of them other sisters may have never read. May their words flow into their spirits and perhaps someday be shared at a future time with other young Afrocentric sisters. Words we read or hear can be powerful. They can affect our minds in many ways. The following quotes are by Afrocentric women. "We will band toget

Galveston Hike for Hope on March 26th, 9am-1pm SUICIDE IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T ALWAYS GET TALKED ABOUT. It’s also something that doesn’t discriminate. People often have this misconception that only visibly depressed people die by suicide and that just isn’t true. Often times it’s the person who looks so put together on the outside who is really the one falling apart on the inside. On Sat, Jan 26, 2002, I received a phone call informing me my mom died. I literally answered m

THE AVERAGE MENSTRUATING PERSON WILL SPEND 3,500 DAYS OF THEIR LIFE MENSTRUATING. Let’s say a person uses 3 period products each day of their period (a conservative estimate). On average, that is 10,500 period products, and with single use products, it is easy to see how much waste is generated by a process that is seemingly unavoidable. However, perpetuating sustainable practices even during your period is possible. I am lucky enough to have a mom who taught me about sustain

SOME TIME AGO I WAS PERUSING THROUGH A SMALL GALVESTON YARD SALE WHEN I SPIED A BOX OF DUSTY OLD NEWS MAGAZINES. As reader of history, I snatched up the box for a buck and took it home. There, buried beneath the World War II editions of Life and the Saturday Evening Post, the unusual title of another magazine jumped out at me – The Woman’s Viewpoint, March 1925. The cover was resplendent with an illustrated crowned beauty reposed in a mammoth Galveston whelk shell, a sprig of

CULTURE CLASH READERS, DOES IT CLASH YOUR CULTURE TO TALK ABOUT CIRCUMCISION? Although this issue is focused on women, I challenge you to consider circumcision, male or female, to be relevant. This continent has had a philosophical adoption of male circumcision which resulted in the normative narrative of infant males enduring a surgical procedure to remove the foreskin from their penis. This surgery typically occurs at the request (or consent) of a female, the mother. Some o

IN HIGH SCHOOL I HAD THIS ADMINISTRATOR, WE’LL CALL HER MS. P, WHO WAS EASILY THE MOST DESPISED PERSON ON CAMPUS. She was notorious for following girls around campus, interrupting classes, and humiliating the young women at my school in a variety of ways, all in the name of “dress code”. Through her words, like, “I know you’re trying to impress the boys”. And “You just look trashy”!, always delivered in a demeaning, unsympathetic tone, it became clear that she was less concer

IN A PANDEMIC-DRIVEN WORLD, A LOT IS UP FOR DEBATE. We’ve had many cultural conversations on finding your place, knowing who you are, and what your worth is. Life is complicated. It’s critical to find space at the table for everyone. Equality and equanimity are essential - no matter our tax bracket. Because of the pandemic, many of us have heard the wolves at the door. We know someone who lost their job, their house, or watched their life go underwater. We saw the lines at th