The cast of "Straw," Taraji P. Henson, Teyana Taylor and Sherri Shepherd, open up about being advocates for other Black women ...

Tyler Perry is not the first to mine trauma for storytelling. Black art has long centered pain because historically, pain has ...

In Tyler Perry's "Straw," Taraji P. Henson gives one of the most soul-shattering performances of her career, portraying a ...

Ashley Versher discusses Tyler Perry’s Straw, media representation, and her mission to expand Black women’s narratives in ...

In centering the trials of Black women, Perry has opened doors for difficult conversations around gender, power, and survival ...

New York's Whitney Museum of American Art’s new exhibit, American Sublime, features more than 40 of artist Amy Sherald’s ...

Black women are phenomenal, but collectively we are unstoppable – and people are often threatened by our presence, our voices, our votes, our visions, our advocacy, and our beauty.

Black women, Hartman says, have often operated outside of gender norms, whether they wanted to or not. During slavery, they had little control over their children or their reproduction.

"I noticed he is trying very hard to label the average black single mother as a victim who doesn’t have to take any responsibility for her situation. "He is making it look like the system is always ...

A woman shares her painful experience she remembered while watching the movie. Photo: Tyler Perry Source: Facebook. The woman said: “Been seeing a lot of posts about Tyler Perry Straw movie and when I ...

Tyler Perry is accused of using Black women’s pain in his films, yet the masses are still enjoying his latest feature.