Black Girl Delivers Powerful Message

By Cheryl Mattox Berry Throughout March, which is Women’s History Month, I’ve been struggling with how to tell black women that they need to join the #MeToo movement to protest violence against black girls and women. I was tired of preaching and couldn’t think of a fresh way to deliver the message. My answer came Saturday […]

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Expose Sexual Predators in the Workplace

By Cheryl Mattox Berry Sexual predators, like disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, aren’t just in Hollywood. They have lived among us for years – in all professions. Problem is, few women have called them out because they fear retaliation, career suicide, isolation or being shamed by co-workers. My 82-year-old mother was one of the silent […]

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Boycott R. Kelly

By Cheryl Mattox Berry Here we go again. New allegations of sexual abuse have surfaced against R&B crooner R. Kelly. This time, Kelly is accused of holding several young women – all of them legally adults –  in a cult-like environment at homes in Atlanta and Chicago. The parents of these young women claim Kelly […]

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Speak Up!

By Cheryl Mattox Berry Why are women so afraid to say something when they’re treated unfairly? That’s the question that keeps running around in my head as the media report cases of sexual harassment in the workplace. It seems that many of these women suffered in silence until someone else stepped forward. The reasons given […]

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Beauty Pageants: Trump’s Harems

By Cheryl Mattox Berry Reports that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump barged into the dressing room of Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA contestants and leered at them while they were half-dressed is yet another example of his sense of entitlement and lack of respect for women. Who does that? A millionaire businessman who is […]

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Leave Camille Cosby Alone

By Cheryl Mattox Berry Hasn’t Camille Cosby suffered enough humiliation over her husband’s alleged sex crimes? Now, she’s scheduled to be deposed on Feb. 22. I’m not looking forward to that day. I had hoped that Camille would be able to maintain her dignity and avoid testifying in this case. No such luck because she […]

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