Topic: Women
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club reads Hunger by Roxane Gay
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member talks with Roxane Gay about her memoir Hunger, her raw story about being a Black woman in a big body in America
By Ali Velshi
The 2025 Rad Awards
powered by The Philadelphia Citizen
By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff
Deborah Mayfield of Admirations Hair It Iz
The chef and photographer pays a visit to a longtime friend, a salon owner reestablishing South Street as a Black mecca — one woman at a time
By Reuben Harley
12+ Women’s Spaces in Philadelphia
Where to find safe, fun, joyous and healthy activities by and for women on International Women’s Day and beyond
By Monica Constable
Erasure and the Fiction of America
What Zora Neale Hurston, Oscar-nominated American Fiction, and the sacrifice of Black women tell us about America on the cusp of Black History and Women’s History months
By James Peterson
Seven Local Do-Good Beauty Brands for Valentine’s Day
Show your love to someone special — or to yourself — by showing the love for Philly skin and hair care businesses caring for people, the planet and pets
By Rosamelia Sanchez Lara
Saving Women’s Hearts
Heart disease, which kills one in three women every year, is the number one cause of death in the United States. Temple cardiologist Deborah Crabbe is on a mission to change that.
By Jessica Blatt Press
American Hairitage
DeJeonge Reese’s art grapples with culture, history and the ways Black women have long faced discrimination.
By Courtney DuChene
Ali Velshi on the Real Story Behind Claudine Gay’s Ouster from Harvard
The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member talks about the coordinated conservative campaign to remove one of academia's few Black leaders a for political gain
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on The Bell Jar
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews Emily Van Duyne, Sylvia Plath expert and author of the upcoming book Loving Sylvia Plath
By Ali Velshi