By: Charlene Buchanan As progressive, modern and inclusive as we’d like to think today’s world is, we still have a far way to go. For...
Featured Posts
Snapchat Filters and Self-Love: Are They Helping or Hurting?
How Stereotypes About Black Men Gave Me Trust Issues and How I Overcame Them
“I Want to Marry a Man from Another Race Because We’ll Have Beautiful Mixed Babies.”
Don’t Shame Your Sister: The Hierarchy of Consciousness
Why Does My Weave Upset You? : Black Women and Perceived Appropriation
To Be Beautiful, Bold, and BLACK on Television
Redefining My Image of “Pretty” and Opening My Eyes to the Beauty of Black Hair
Issues
Let’s Get Real About Representation
Curvy but Not Curved: A Look Into a Curvy Dating Phenomenon
By: Kristen Greenwood Please sit down, grab a cup of tea, cuddle up, and allow me to tell a tale about how our skinny sistas need to get it...
Love and Relationships
How My ‘Situationships’ Ruined My Confidence and What They Taught Me
By: Makeda Phillips Picture this situation if you will; you meet a guy you really like and everything seems great. You’re meeting up regularly and...
It’s Time We Stop Settling For Bad Relationships
By: Gabrielle Perry “I love you…” “Okay…” Imagine standing in front of a man you’ve deemed your heart’s desire, your true love...
Life As a Black Girl
Why Are You so Quiet? The Adventures of a Socially Awkward Black Girl
By: Shaunese Johnson “One of the risks of being quiet is that other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored...
The Secret Life of An African-American Light Skinned Girl
By: Diamond Durant I was always told I was black. I was black, but not quite black enough or not black black but still black to say the least. I was...
Beauty/Hair
How Cutting My Hair Became My Defining Moment
By: Courtney McKnight March 2016. The last spring break of my undergrad career and I decided to spend it a little differently than most would. I...
Breaking All the Rules (Well…Almost) of Natural Hair
By: Domi When it comes to natural hair, one size most definitely does not fit all. It takes trial and error to secure a firm grasp on what our...
College
From The Classroom To A Student Of Life: Reflections on My College Journey
By: Shaunese Johnson Deciding what to major in during college is a big topic of debate for most people, and as a result, many students opt to be...
Finding My Voice in the Midst of Social Bigotry on Campus
By: Emma Jean As a black girl attending an PWI and the grand-daughter of a union activist, I planned to have a voice on campus and join my black...
Empowerment/Inspirational
My Black Is Not Beautiful
By: Beverly Osazuwa Sometimes my black is not beautiful. Sometimes my black is heinous. My black can be pain, it can be rage, it can be the ugly...
Getting Through It VS. Getting Over It
By: Kamila Powell In life, we experience things that bring us joy as well as things that bring us pain. We may hear people tell us to “Get over...
