Black Reads: Issue 028
Still honoring Black women writers, and will continue doing so all month.
The theme for this week’s Black Reads is giving: put some respect on Black women, or the Black feminine energy, should I say. At first, I was going to give my normal Black liberation speech to open up the newsletter, but honestly, the “stacks” this week carry that energy with the same powerful effect.
Enjoy, let me know in the comments which one resonates with you the most.
If you need a read that’s going to feel like that girl in the bathroom at the club hyping you up, this is exactly the read to give you that feeling. Sharon Liann joined Flow Hour with me this week and shared that this was the “stack” she was finishing to publish. From the description alone, many of us were like “subscribing now so I don’t miss it!” After reading it, y’all have to do the same because this was the astrology ‘hype me up” read I didn’t know I needed.
10/10 Highly Recommend y’all!
One of the reasons I love Substack on the Black algorithm is because we as a collective know how to really pop out shit with our words. From the voiceover paired with this poem, I would have LOVED to be in the room this past weekend at Harvard to hear Erica Buddington perform it. Don’t just read this one, let Erica’s words ring in your ears and settle into your mind.
It’s that good y’all, off the charts good!
I’m sure by now you might have seen one of the many quotes I stacked personally from this essay written by Neysa, because yes, this was one of them ones. The new “hot take” is that we need to stop saying our businesses are Black-owned, and where Blackstack stands — this is FOR us only, created and founded BY A BLACK AMERICAN WOMAN. Period. For the exact reason Neysa breaksdown in this essay.
“If we don’t own our own narrative, if we don’t claim our Black identity…they absolutely will.”
10/10 HIGHLY FUCKING RECOMMEND Y’ALL!
Now, this read feels like the perfect way to close out this week’s Black Reads newsletter, because it features more reads written by more Black women. Dee Camille Studio offers the best newsletters to help you stop doomscrolling; as she says, “Start digging into a goldmind of knowledge.”
10/10 Recommend, mhmmm mhmm good!
Editor’s Note
A few people have reached out in numerous ways to inquire how to get their “stack” on the list, baby listen, and listen to me good. These issues have been intentionally curated for almost two years solely by me and the algorithm I’ve been able to build, brick-by-brick.
With that said, you cannot get added to the list because that’s not how this works. I share “stacks” that move me because I know it’s going to move y’all, too. But most importantly, I spotlight the work of people who are active in the community because that’s how we continue building this thing together.
Blackstack is a spiritual experience; everything I do in this space is grounded in an intentional, intuitive, spiritually led approach. That is the root of Blackstack.
I appreciate your transparency around leading with your intuition
They did the thing and you said that in your Editor’s Note 🔥🔥🔥 (As I carry the truth of “Black WasNever The Peoblem” with me to check out the writers Dee recommended.