This fall, Oprah and OZY created something unprecedented: intimate conversations between 100 Black women on key issues that affect our lives. The results were surprising and uplifting.
| | | Share intimate dialogues, honest opinions and surprising solutions in our transformative discussion show. Watch now on the Oprah Winfrey Network. The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) partnered with OZY to bring you an unprecedented new discussion show in 2019: Black Women OWN the Conversation. Each "speak easy" episode stars 100 Black women, celebrity guests and experts from all walks of life, sharing intimate dialogues, honest opinions and surprising solutions. This is a show for our time. | | READ NOW |
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| | | | Quinn Bartlett struggled with her weight and abuse from her mother. At 37, her search for love and acceptance is ongoing. I was always a big, healthy girl — always was the biggest, tallest in the class. I was always teased, always shunned. I was never part of the girls’ clique. Family never supported me — especially my mom. So I had no support, which made me introverted and afraid to talk. I grew up thinking that my mom hated me. At a young age, I even thought about suicide. And I didn’t know what it felt like to be loved — by anyone — until I was 16 when I met a girl. We just automatically connected and considered ourselves “distant cousins” as if we were more family than best friends. She saw how I was suffering and she felt bad. As little girls, we would fantasize about getting married and having big weddings, and how we would include each other. So when she called me to tell me she was getting married, I was happy. But then … a bomb. “I’m having all petite girls in my wedding party — you’ve got to lose some of that weight.” | | READ NOW |
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| | | | At a one-of-a-kind town hall in Atlanta, Black women opened up about their perceptions of beauty. |
| | | Loneliness makes African American women particularly susceptible to depression and anxiety. |
| | | Black motherhood is complicated — but talking about it can help. |
| | | Panelists and audience members talk about healing on Black Women OWN the Conversation. |
| | | African American women are taught to be strong, and they’re internalizing that strength when it comes to mental health. |
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