The Women Who Get Left Out of #BlackGirlMagic

CaShawn Thompson is credited with creating the social media movement that is . The hashtag is widely used as a celebration of black womanhood, beauty, and perseverance. But not every black woman endorses the term. When Dr. Linda Chavers saw the ubiquity of , she bristled—and she published an essay about why she felt the term was exclusionary. That's when the online backlash from other black women began. Writer and producer Aisha Turner brings us the story of how became a cultural phenomenon, and why it remains divisive for some black women. Show Notes: Here's My Problem With by Linda Chavers Black Girl Magic: song from "Empire"

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The Women Who Get Left Out of #BlackGirlMagic is an episode from Divided States of Women by Vox Media Podcast Network.

This episode is 20:42 long.

This episode was published on Nov 16, 2017.

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