I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere.

There are much more important qualities to have than a docile disposition.

Well, we never expected this!” they all say. “No one liked her. They all said she was pretentious, awkward, difficult to approach, prickly, too fond of her tales, haughty, prone to versifying, disdainful, cantankerous, and...

The notion that women shouldn’t care about personal success — or the work that gets them there — is disengenuous; it is impossible for women not to have jobs anymore, so it doesn’t make sense...

Personally, I’d rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I’ve met so far. I don’t experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled, but I don’t talk about that much. It seems to...