Ep 20: Dispelling the "Old Maid" Myth w/Dr. Angela L Harris
Dawn and Angela celebrate living your best life while single and 40+. The women share what its like to date while living single and child free, along with the movement for racial justice, and how they are trying to survive through a global pandemic. Today's Black women are destroying the patriarchal image of the "old maid," and unapologetically embracing the duality of being happy and single, while still having a desire for a romantic partner. Listen along while they empower, uplift, and get real about the ups and downs of single womanhood.
Note From the Stiletto Revolution #20: Womanhood is not synonymous with motherhood or marriage.
Dr. Angela L Harris Bio
Dr. Angela L. Harris is a Mental Health and Wellness Advocate, Child free Advocate, Speaker, Author, Blogger, and Podcaster.
As a Mental Health and Wellness Advocate, Dr. Harris offers mental health and wellness workshops to Black churches and agencies that serve marginalized communities. She strives to help decrease the stigma and promotes the intersection of spirituality and mental health via mind, body and spirit. Dr. Harris received her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Her training included working at a community mental health center, a women’s prison, and three college counseling centers. Dr. Harris’ clinical interests and research include, but are not limited to African-American college students, racial and bi-racial identity development, the intersection of spirituality and mental health, and group therapy. Dr. Harris is unapologetically passionate about working with and supporting African American women, men and young adults. Her psycho-educational workshops and consultations include, but are not limited to, mental health 101, self-care, self-esteem, natural hair, and college student stress and burnout.
As a Child free Advocate, Dr. Harris is the content creator of the NoBibsBurpsBottles podcast, blog, and Instagram page, which celebrates and highlights child free, African American women, over 30 years-old, living their best childfree life. Dr. Harris’ book, #NoBibsBurpsBottles: The Stories of African American Women without Children will be released later this year.
Dr. Harris has over 15 years of experience working as a higher education administrator and is currently the Assistant Dean of Students at Davidson College, in Davidson, NC. She is a proud HBCU alum from the nation’s first historically Black college, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Outside of her role as Assistant Dean of Students, Dr. Harris enjoys writing, community service, spending time with her immediate family, traveling and being the proud fur mom to a rescue pet, a Pit-bull mix named Lenni. Dr. Harris is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and is the President of the Cheyney University Alumni Chapter of North Carolina. Dr. Harris currently resides in North Carolina.
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