Black Don't Crack: The Truth About Black Women & Aging

Surprise!

Here's an early upload just for my patrons <3 This short video is not going live until Monday 3/17.

I wanted this video to be longer with more details but editing is eating up my time! Enjoy and we'll be back to long format content in May.

Happy Women's History Month!

Sources + Further Reading

https://www.nextavenue.org/social-history-older-women-in-america/

https://generations.asaging.org/women-and-aging-what-media-tells-us

https://girlsunited.essence.com/feedback/news/auntie-opinion/

https://www.sistersletter.com/me-time/how-i-accepted-auntie

https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol16/iss2/17/

https://artuk.org/discover/stories/burn-the-witch-older-women-in-pop-culture-from-the-weird-sisters-to-grace-and-frankie

https://www.dw.com/en/malawi-elderly-living-in-fear-of-being-called-witches/a-68071658

https://www.dw.com/en/witch-hunts-a-global-problem-in-the-21st-century/a-54495289

https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1065&context=socs_fac

https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/Black%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Retirement%20Preparedness%20and%20Wealth.pdf

https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w22680/w22680.pdf

https://books.google.com/books?id=4dgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28&dq=spinster&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOiqP-6vOLAxXuTTABHT_FFNUQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=spinster&f=false

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/036319908000500103

https://theconversation.com/the-victorians-believed-that-women-aged-faster-than-men-a-myth-that-persists-today-117217

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/black-women-excluded-from-critical-studies-due-to-weathering/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1467758/

https://naacp.org/articles/aging-while-black-crisis-among-black-americans-they-grow-old

https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/24m-nih-grant-extends-study-of-healthy-aging-in-african-americans/2024/01

https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/understanding-racial-disparities-women-uterine-fibroids

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1047279721002842?via%3Dihub

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/aging-woman-s-secret-power-data-proves-it-ncna1231616

https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/24m-nih-grant-extends-study-of-healthy-aging-in-african-americans/2024/01

https://www.ageist.com/profile/elizabeth-white-70-unstoppable/

https://www.proquest.com/openview/42b79d591030c0c87fb25c85c130147c/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268789276_Reconceptualizing_Successful_Aging_Among_Black_Women_and_the_Relevance_of_the_Strong_Black_Woman_Archetype

https://jddonline.com/articles/use-of-beauty-products-among-african-american-women-potential-health-disparities-and-clinical-implic-S1545961620P0772X/?_page=2

https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/tweens-sephora-gen-alpha-skincare-beauty-tiktok/

https://www.cancer.org/research/acs-research-news/african-american-and-black-people-cancer-statistics-news-2025/text-alternative-graph-us-adult-smoking-prevalence-by-race-and-sex-1965-to-2023.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-some-black-women-economy-and-willingness-to-aid-family-strains-finances/2012/01/24/gIQAGIWksQ_story.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=rswDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38&dq=ageing+gracefully&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1wcfX-4eMAxU6RDABHdGsITQQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=twopage&q&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=sNMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA174&dq=ageing+gracefully&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBjNuPgIiMAxUAq4kEHcsdIZY4ChDoAXoECAoQAw#v=onepage&q=ageing%20gracefully&f=false