Posts by Kristina Meyers
Sisters of the Yam – June 30th Healing Circle
Black women have a lot on their plates! We seldom have time to really think about how we’re feeling. We seldom have time to think about our thoughts. I mean…we’re already thinking enough! NOW we gotta think ABOUT our thoughts. I get it, I get it. But really though, have you ever sat down and…
Read MoreStraight Out of Rape Culture
In April 2016 the Women’s Leadership Project and Young Male Scholars’ in collaboration with Get Smart B4 U Get Sexy facilitated a workshop entitled “Straight Out of Rape Culture”. Women of color have the highest rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment and sex trafficking in the U.S. Our workshop focused on answering questions like: Do…
Read MoreWhat is one issue affecting the health of your community?
While recruiting for the Youth, Justice and Advocacy team, Get Smart B4 U Get Sexy has intermittently given presentations about the team at a group dedicated to girls of color called Girl Talk and several classes (home-rooms and college preparatory classes) at Crenshaw High School. We’ve reached over 60 youth at Crenshaw High School through…
Read MoreHow To Claim Your Sexuality
By Monica Groves The media is permeated with images of Black female promiscuity, ass, ass, ass, being objectified by men, and violence. The overriding message is to devalue black womanhood…and more ass. There are times when Black women in America are lost. There are times when Black women in America don’t know who they are,…
Read MoreWhen to Get Tested For an STD …
So…something happened Either you or your partner is experiencing some odd body changes (bumps, colored discharge, bleeding during sex…) or you had unprotected sex with someone you just weren’t too sure about their status and you are starting to feel a little paranoid. First thing to do is breathe, relax and know that getting tested…
Read MoreDecolonizing the Black Woman’s Sense of Self
By Mo Groves Decolonize (de·col·o·nize) – To Free from Colonial Status. To allow to become self-governing or independent. As Black women we live in a world where white reigns. There are countless instances where we perpetuate and value European colonial ideals because unbeknownst to us; we have been beaten with messages of self-hate. In growing…
Read MoreWhat is Sex?
For some sex can be a simple equation “intimacy + pleasure = sex” … but then to many sex is something that can vary greatly and can hold its own range of binaries: “good/bad,” “healthy/traumatic,” “affirmed/stigmatized,” “with self/with others.” We have an expectation that sex is intimate, stimulates pleasure, it’s the bridging of the emotional,…
Read More#sexspeaks
On April 4th at #sexspeaks, we – female identifying Women of Color – came together in an intimate space for storytelling, reflection, dialogue and healing. We found time to reflect, share and explore ways we – as Women of Color – practice self love. As Women of Color we often times are expected to be…
Read MoreSongs to Help Set that Special Mood
Not exclusive to Valentine’s Day/Evening Love makin’, sexy time … or just “get your freak on time” sometimes requires pre-planning and conversations with your partner(s) about what they like, don’t like, sexually transmitted infection history to allergies (latex can be a common allergy for some people). So, besides planning the logistics (time, place, condoms, birth control,…
Read MoreWhat is the Clit?
Answer: For some “clit” is an affectionate nickname for the erectile tissue found above the urethra and vaginal opening which is the clitoris. Some women like clitoral stimulation during times of self or partner pleasure and it can definitely be considered an orgasmic spot with the 8,000 nerve endings running throughout it. In some…
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