Stephanye Batiste

Being judged in some kind of way by the color of your skin … that's just another day for us black folks here in America. Just as it’s always been, racism is the dirty...

I admit it, I was scared. It took me a whole 6 months after buying my Instapot pressure cooker to actually use it. I had heard so many great things about it but also...

One of my parental philosophies is to keep it real. Not in a way where you now know Santa didn’t really bring you that Barbie Dream House. By keeping it real, I mean being...

Being an elementary teacher and a mother to three kids who are 7 and under, entertainment comes easy. Whether it’s made up on the spot or planned in advance, their natural energy and excitement...

Growing up as a millennial, you could walk into any random convenience store or souvenir shop in the 90s and find a tower of mini license plates. Amongst those plates were plenty of Michael’s,...

Under the fluorescent lights, I restlessly changed positions in my wrinkled hospital gown, wanting to die. Even for 1 am, it was quiet, insanely quiet. Only the sound of my husband rubbing his hand...

I've been on Facebook longer than I’ve done anything else in my life … what a shame. Over the years, my relationship with social media has changed. We’ve made up to break up, been...

It’s following me….No matter what I do, no matter where I turn, there is always a random basket of clothes that needs to be washed or folded. Just when I think I’ve tackled a...

The older and wiser I get, the more I seem to uncover about American history, black history. Of course, everyone knows who gave the “I Have a Dream Speech” and the woman who helped...

In February, it’s easy to hear the repetition of the dream from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks not giving up her seat, or even what great things George Washington Carver did with...