From Shrinking To Shining: Inside The Panel That Reinforced Black Women’s Right For Space

From Shrinking To Shining: Inside The Panel That Reinforced Black Women’s Right For Space

Source: Felicia Simpson / Felicia Simpson Why do Black women apologize for simply taking up space? We casually throw around the phrase showing up unapologetic, but we rarely talk about why so many Black women feel the need to shrink themselves at times. On a gloomy day in New Orleans (Nola), a handful of determined Black women gathered in a quaint coffee shop to initiate an in-depth movement centered around the perplexing question many Black wom…