In this episode 217, guest hosted by Michele Tracy Berger, a women’s and gender studies professor and an award-winning creative writer and creativity coach, we visit with award-winning author, Julia Jordan-Zachery, editor of and contributor to Black Girl Magic Beyond the Hashtag: Twenty-First Century Acts of Self-Definition.

Through a collection of essays and critical analyses, this text explores the offline lived experiences of Black femmes, girls, and women, and how they foster community, counters invisibility, engage in restorative acts, and create spaces for freedom.

From the Foreword, “Hashtag or trademark, personal or collective expression, #BlackGirlMagic is the articulation of the resolve and persistence of Black women and girls to triumph in the face of intersectional oppressions.”