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 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 LangJul 5, 2020A 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, 2020To 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, 2020The 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, 2020Journey 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, 2020Why 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, 202025 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, 2020Mamahood & 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, 2020The 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, 2020A 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, 2020Everyone 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, 2019Black 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, 2019We 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, 2016Black 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, 2016Auntie 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, 2016‘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 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...