Blackstack
Blackstack, MeraBaid, Paul Opoku, KJ Kearney, Maya Jeanne, Jacquie Verbal, Danielle, Bianca Ducasse, Soul x SWMarie ✨, Bria Sowell, Alina Marie, Trinity Ibrena, Mariel Lavette, Diamonds Green, B4, Shawn Taylor, Cody “Loc” Lockyear, Ayana Williams ♡, landixA corner of Substack for the Black community. We can call this a little safe hub F.U.B.U. If you don't check the box for Black on applications, don't click the subscribe button to this publication. They not like us!
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 195 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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Black Reads: Issue 040
With this month being Black August, I wanted to curate a Black Reads that honored third spaces so we can get back to doing the WORK that is required when it comes to Black August.
Our ancestors did not have spaces that allowed them to fre...
Lost Recipe: Manners
Where are our damn manners?
Do we even say grace before we have a meal, giving thanks for our daily bread?
When you walk past another Black person, you giving the nod or nah?
How I was raised, when talking to elders, you say “yes/no ma’a...
Black Reads: Issue 039
Photo Credit: Rae Faith Photography
My girl has been on fire this year, sharing her pen in spaces where change can be the center of conversation. This piece, specifically, asks the question, “What will be our alchemy?”
Reading th...
Who Will Be The Men?
Shot By Alfie Hussey
When I first read Landix’s pitch for this piece, the only thing I could think was, “Who is going to be the men?” As much as I tussle with a love-hate relationship with social media, I have to admit we have created some...
Black Reads: Issue 038
bell hooks by Joyce Dopkeen
Bringing back the OG Black Reads newsletter format for the one time, really, because I had a spark of inspiration and decided to let my creativity take the lead, and it resulted in coming back home.
I missed y...
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Let's call this F.U.B.U.
Writer/poet, mama, birth worker, Montessori educator. I write about childhood, motherhood, womanhood, the inner child and the village. Likely the inventor of smoothie bowls.
Analyst | Author | Fufuo lover
KJ Kearney is an Emmy nominated community organizer, HBCU graduate, & James Beard Award winner. Currently designing a life & business that combines his organizing background with his passion for civic engagement & Black food advocacy.
writer;dreamer;spoonie;film buff;whimsy enthusiast love yourself, when you despise yourself-it's worth it ✨
Navigating through life freeing myself from the conditioning of my culture while embracing change.
Sober. Lesbian. Writer/Author. Reiki Master Practitioner and lover of the moon. On an evolving journey of self discovery.
Associate Director of Marketing at Pantheon and Doubleday Books with a decade of publishing experience. I am passionate about demystifying publishing, journaling and reading good books.
Soul✨| Creative Writing Grad Student | Homemaker | New Orleans Enthusiast | Environmental & Cultural Essayist | Author + Columnist + Poet
Normalizing the exchange of hard stories at the intersection of grief and faith as a means to know El Roi and ourselves more intimately, heal more holistically, and show up for one another more healthily.
Black lesbian poet, writer, artist. My digital archive. For the thinkers and ass shakers. Safe space for my fellow poly, kinky, non-traditional queers❤️ \ud83d\udccdChicago
Connecting dots, exploring ourselves, our relationships, and the stories we’ve inherited through the eyes of someone who can’t stop asking why.
Cultural observationist and book lover. Not well-spoken. Well-written. I write because my words come out stupid when I say them out loud.
Poet , Short Story Writer flim,tv,books,music commentator
Cultural criticism straight from the couch
This is a space where I feel deeply, laugh, and shift perspectives. Subscribe and stay a while. I’d love to have you! \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udfff\ud83d\udc99
A Black writer who founded The Wake and Think Collective and the Stay Woke Gazette. A writer ran Black thought gazette.
culture • entertainment news • marketing strategy | thought-provoking takes to trending brands & topics ♡
poet | writer | alchemist
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