Portfolio

A few woman-centered stories I've written that make me proud…

My Feminist Hero, December 2014

Open Letter to a Mother, November 2014

Born Again Feminist, October 2014

Writing for the World to Change, September 2014

Let Your Hair Down, August 2014

Feminist Fitness, July 2014

A Letter to My Single Self, June 2014

Join the Feminism Club, May 2014

This Is What a Feminist Looks Like, April 2014 

Finding Fashion In the Magic City

April 24, 2014

Going Natural: It's Not Just a Hairstyle, It's a Lifestyle

March 27, 2014

In Search of My Womanist Self

February 27, 2014

Strong Is the New Skinny

January 31, 2014

Black Women Don't Exercise?

Sept. 10, 2013

I Was Told I Couldn't Be a Feminist Because I'm Black

April 16, 2013

Nina Garcia: Keeping Fashion In Fashion
Oct/Nov/Dec 2012 Issue

A League of Her Own
July/Aug/Sept 2012 Issue

Megan LaRussa: Birmingham's style entrepreneur
Published July 10, 2012

Ladies of Black Girls RUN! find their inner hero
June 21, 2012

Our Bodies, Our Hells: The Struggle to Build Self-Esteem in Teen Girls

Published March 7, 2012

Oh No, I'm 30, Now What?!

Published Nov. 18, 2011

Does the Single Woman Meme Divide Women? 

Published Oct. 21, 2011

'Black Girls Run' far and fast toward better health

Published Sept. 29, 2011 

Going Natural: Empowering African American women to let their hair down

Published Sept. 1, 2011

A Darker Shade of Brown

Published July 2011

10 Small Talk-Appropriate Questions to Ask Instead of "So When Are You Two Going to Have Kids?"

Published July 19, 2011 

View more samples of my work on my professional writing website javacia.com.