About Ida Harris

Ida Harris writes all things at the intersection of Blackness + culture + womanhood. Her work has appeared in ESSENCE, Elle, Teen Vogue, USA Today, Yes! Magazine, Crisis Magazine, Rewire News, BLACK ENTERPRISE, Dame, and a bevy of national publications. Ida is currently adapting her essay “The Ethics of Living #MeToo In A World of Bill Cosbys and Phylicia Rashads” into a collection of essays. She is a child of Hip Hop.

Toni Morrison wrote to and for Black folk. Every book she published was a love letter to the Black imagination, resilience and spirit. She gave us to ourselves. 

Oftentimes, you don’t know what you need until you experience it, and every Black woman deserves the experience of being sistered on multiple levels. 

At this point, the proof of black eyes, broken noses, fists, and feet against Black women’s bodies is a spectacle. Nilgrims know.

Culturally and economically, Black women are known for making something out of nothing; dollar out of 15 cent.

Legacy celebrates 40 years since New Edition dropped their debut album Candy Girl July 19, 1983

Through their television relationship, it is clear Griggs and Saunderson have chemistry. This dynamic duo brought the love displayed on Wu-Tang American Saga, to a conversation with MADAMENOIRE. 

Raekwon "The Chef" has been cooking up bars in this restaurant of Hip-Hop for years, it’s no wonder his partnership with DoorDash happened organically.

Everybody who didn’t know wants to know “Who the fuck is Robert Glasper?” since Chris Brown threw his ‘lil R&B tantrum after losing the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album to Thee Robert Glasper. Unbeknownst to Breezy and a whole slew of uninformed music listeners, Glasper is a bonafide virtuoso. He is one the most […]

Feast on this delicious excerpt from author Denene Millner's upcoming book, 'One Blood'

Zora Neale Hurston spent her life researching and recording Black life, language and spirituality. She understood at an early age that Black lives mattered.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual awards event, more famously known as the Golden Globes, aired Jan. 10 after a short hiatus in 2022.  MADAMENOIRE took inventory of the Black celebrity’s who turned up looking casket sharp for the event. The annual award show, in its 80th year, was an incredible moment for Black artists. […]