Charmaine LangJul 5, 20201 minA Brief, Personal History of Sound Healing [Medium]Returning home from the retreat, with my learned practice of “seeing things as they are,” I began noticing my breath and my ability to...
Charmaine LangJun 29, 20201 minTo the White LGBTQ Community: Your (Racist) Slip Is Showing [Colorlines]Claiming “inclusivity” without being anti-racist doesn’t prevent feelings of exclusion. As a queer Black woman, I don’t want to spend my...
Charmaine LangJun 12, 20201 minThe Joy of Being: Notes on the Academy From a Black Woman [The Faculty]I yearn for care that brings joy and pleasure, and pleasure that also brings about care and joy, because they are necessary for healing....
Charmaine LangJun 8, 20201 minJourney to Me: How I Came Out to Myself and Embraced All of Me [For Harriet]I was considered the good daughter. The one who did everything she was supposed to do. So, I paraded around as a heterosexual Black woman...
Charmaine LangJun 4, 20201 minWhy DIY Scrubs are a Project Worth Your Time [Medium]Mental Health Awareness Month, celebrated in May since 1949, has ended, but that doesn’t mean your self-care and wellness should. With...
Charmaine LangMay 31, 20201 min25 Self-Care Ideas (because joy and care are our birthrights) [Medium]Take three deep breaths. Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. Stay hydrated. Take a nap. Take a bath. Write a poem. Read full list on Medium.
Charmaine LangMay 28, 20201 minMamahood & Community Healing: A Q&A with Ruth Jeannoel [MomsRising.org]We need all forms of care to help create thriving communities. Much of what I learned about care came from Black mamas who modeled what...
Charmaine LangMay 27, 20201 minThe Pleasure Gospel of Jill Scott and Erykah Badu [Medium]If 2020 came to wreck shit, then music was created to save us. Which is why I am still swooning over Jill Scott’s and Erykah Badu’s love...
Charmaine LangMay 7, 20201 minA Self-Care Ritual [Medium]For many Americans, the mandate to shelter in place will end soon. But the anxiety from COVID-19 may linger in the air longer than the...
Charmaine LangJan 27, 20202 minEveryone Loves Someone Who Had an Abortion: The Ms. Q&A with Eveline Shen and Yamani Hernandez [Ms.]The new abortion messages the groups are hoping to push into the mainstream is centered on compassion and love—a radical shift away from...
Charmaine LangNov 29, 20192 minBlack Friday: A Special Rite of Passage With My Black Family [The Root]I always look forward to shopping on Black Friday. Although the day after Thanksgiving is often reduced to “capitalist consumption for...
Charmaine LangJun 27, 20191 minWe Dream a World: Black & Queer in Milwaukee [The Root]How do we access joy, I wondered, if we aren’t consistently dreaming about it and making portals for its existence in our lives? I was...
Charmaine LangAug 17, 20161 minBlack Youth, Single Mothers Are Not Responsible for Systemic Failings [Rewire.News] Milwaukee has multiple problems: poverty, a school system that throws out Black children at high rates, and lack of investment in all...
Charmaine LangJun 12, 20161 minAuntie Conversations: Black Women Talk Sex, Self-Care, and Illness [Rewire.News]These auntie conversations were just as much about me as they were about my aunts and mama. I really want to know what to expect, what to...
Charmaine LangApr 15, 20161 min‘Overworked and Underpaid’: On Organizing, Black Womanhood, and Self-Care [Rewire.News]Accolades and honors do little when a culture of martyrdom—the discouragement to prioritize one’s own emotional and mental health—reigns...
Charmaine Lang Jul 5, 2020 1 min A Brief, Personal History of Sound Healing [Medium] Returning home from the retreat, with my learned practice of “seeing things as they are,” I began noticing my breath and my ability to...
Charmaine Lang Jun 29, 2020 1 min To the White LGBTQ Community: Your (Racist) Slip Is Showing [Colorlines] Claiming “inclusivity” without being anti-racist doesn’t prevent feelings of exclusion. As a queer Black woman, I don’t want to spend my...
Charmaine Lang Jul 5, 2020 A Brief, Personal History of Sound Healing [Medium] Returning home from the retreat, with my learned practice of “seeing things as they are,” I began noticing my breath and my ability to...
Charmaine Lang Jun 29, 2020 To the White LGBTQ Community: Your (Racist) Slip Is Showing [Colorlines] Claiming “inclusivity” without being anti-racist doesn’t prevent feelings of exclusion. As a queer Black woman, I don’t want to spend my...
Charmaine Lang Jun 12, 2020 The Joy of Being: Notes on the Academy From a Black Woman [The Faculty] I yearn for care that brings joy and pleasure, and pleasure that also brings about care and joy, because they are necessary for healing....
Charmaine Lang Jun 8, 2020 Journey to Me: How I Came Out to Myself and Embraced All of Me [For Harriet] I was considered the good daughter. The one who did everything she was supposed to do. So, I paraded around as a heterosexual Black woman...
Charmaine Lang Jun 4, 2020 Why DIY Scrubs are a Project Worth Your Time [Medium] Mental Health Awareness Month, celebrated in May since 1949, has ended, but that doesn’t mean your self-care and wellness should. With...
Charmaine Lang May 31, 2020 25 Self-Care Ideas (because joy and care are our birthrights) [Medium] Take three deep breaths. Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. Stay hydrated. Take a nap. Take a bath. Write a poem. Read full list on Medium.
Charmaine Lang May 28, 2020 Mamahood & Community Healing: A Q&A with Ruth Jeannoel [MomsRising.org] We need all forms of care to help create thriving communities. Much of what I learned about care came from Black mamas who modeled what...
Charmaine Lang May 27, 2020 The Pleasure Gospel of Jill Scott and Erykah Badu [Medium] If 2020 came to wreck shit, then music was created to save us. Which is why I am still swooning over Jill Scott’s and Erykah Badu’s love...
Charmaine Lang May 7, 2020 A Self-Care Ritual [Medium] For many Americans, the mandate to shelter in place will end soon. But the anxiety from COVID-19 may linger in the air longer than the...
Charmaine Lang Jan 27, 2020 Everyone Loves Someone Who Had an Abortion: The Ms. Q&A with Eveline Shen and Yamani Hernandez [Ms.] The new abortion messages the groups are hoping to push into the mainstream is centered on compassion and love—a radical shift away from...
Charmaine Lang Jul 5, 2020 1 min A Brief, Personal History of Sound Healing [Medium] Returning home from the retreat, with my learned practice of “seeing things as they are,” I began noticing my breath and my ability to...
Charmaine Lang Jun 29, 2020 1 min To the White LGBTQ Community: Your (Racist) Slip Is Showing [Colorlines] Claiming “inclusivity” without being anti-racist doesn’t prevent feelings of exclusion. As a queer Black woman, I don’t want to spend my...
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