Beyoncé Introduced Me To Some Of the Most Magical Black Women I've Ever Met

My homegirl Vikkie doesn’t allow guests to wear shoes in her house. So when I showed up with three other visitors in our Unfriendly Black Aunties friend group Sunday to prepare brunch for one another, we stood in the kitchen and, in the tradition of our ancestors, prepared the meal barefoot ― infusing love in each step, each dash of seasoning and each creak of the oven door. We gathered to celebrate the anniversary of “Lemonade,” a short film by Beyoncé released on April 23, 2016, that ...