To assume that anyone, on the inside, is dull, simple, or basic is to be very close-minded and, quite frankly, a bit dumb. Every person you pass on the street has had complex, painful, and remarkable experiences you know nothing of. It’s so disrespectful to call a fellow human being, who has had trauma, triumphs, tears, and love basic.

Charing says, as Black women, we are neither saints nor sinners. We are both as well as everything we choose to be in between.

You get your big girl panties when you have everything on this list!