Greetings Beautiful People!
Welcome to Black Ink’s Women’s History — or HERstory if you will — issue!
First and foremost, thank you so much for taking time out of your day to read what’s new with Black Ink this month. Everything we do is for you, our readers, so thank you a thousand times for continually sticking with us! This month’s issue is a special treat because we wanted to make sure that every piece was written by women and for women and I’m so excited for you all to read what we have!
Above you can see that this month’s cover photo includes some of our very own revolutionary women on staff (and then little ol’ me). A very special thanks to our photographer, Nina Tan for capturing such powerful shots in spite of how hectic it was getting them! Nina, YOU’RE A GEM! And to my ladies: Wow. Just Wow.
This month’s issue you can expect to read the stories of many other revolutionary women who are right here at UNC, as well as everywhere else in our world. Recognizing our women, especially those who are often stigmatized and mistreated in today’s society, for all of the work they put in to simply keep the world going round isn’t something that we do enough. This month’s issue may not right this wrong, but it will definitely be a start.
I’d like to dedicate this month’s issue to the powerful, unwavering women of all kinds, all over the world. If nobody else sees you, Black Ink sees you, Queen. May this be a reminder to always remain firm in everything you stand for, never allow yourself to be restricted by others’ limits, and to never forget your power.
I hope you all enjoy this issue. More than that, I hope you all feel this issue the way it was intended.
Uhuru Ni Upinduzi,
Carla Beachem (’20)
Editor-in-Chief Intern
