She plays a ferocious warrior in “The Woman King,” but ... in the wrong hands, would be the strong Black woman trope that I’m always on the hunt to dismantle. And this is a really great ...

Rooted in racist antebellum stereotypes, the trope of the perpetually "strong Black woman" harms Black women’s mental health in its inherent dismissal of the effect any hardship may have ...

Amber Minor, 40, a lifetime Kansas City resident and Black trans woman ... warrior, wasn’t she?” Walton said. In the words of her friend Roberts, Minor’s life painted a picture of how a ...

Viola Davis’ new period film “The Woman King” is more than a semi-historical exploration of the Agojie, the warrior women of ... the beauty of Black women in their purest form.