Reimagining Race: As a Black Girl
Amiyah Woods, 2026 Her Voice Media intern and Race, Reimagined Cover Girl explores what “reimagining race” means to her. This special addition issue of Love Girls magazine is in partnership with Healing Illinois and the Field Foundation.
When a doctor examined Thandra and said, “There is nothing wrong with you; you just can’t see,” she was angry, but after some real soul-searching, she soon realized the doctor was right.
“I have a feeling that the work that is calling me is critical, and transcends above my fears and self-doubt.”
From a young age I had a strong, unreasonable force of sadness within me. I did not have many friends in school, and there were problems at home, but that did not explain the severity of my thoughts and feelings.