How Oshun Helps Creatives Power Through the 2020 Paradigm Shift

“The creative process is the birth process,” says Ayesha Faines of The Grapevine and Women Love Power. “It’s the inception, it’s the brainstorm, it’s literally that chaotic process that it takes to bring something into fruition.”

Amirah MercerApril 13, 2020Oshun, Spirit, Beyonce, Power, feminism, divine feminine, feminine, chaos, Mother Earth, goddess, orisha, birth, rebirth, inspiration, creativity, production, Egypt, Yoruba, rest, pleasure, interviews, The Grapevine, nature, History, Ayesha FainesComment

More Than a Flower Crown

Beyoncé’s and Rihanna’s Vogue covers reminded me of the 18th-century black women who rebelled against the assault on their beauty in colonial Louisiana.

Amirah MercerAugust 13, 2018Beyonce, Rihanna, Nina Simone, New Orleans, History, EssaysComment