By: Sarah Kabamba I was obsessed with this ideal of “good hair,” and I thought that I, a black girl, could never attain this. Because black girls...
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Explaining My Blackness to My White Father
By: Amber Canty I am a black woman, I will always be black and nothing can change that. I understand that not every mixed person wants to choose one...
Are We Teaching Children to Hate Their Natural Hair?
By: Kéy Smith At an early age many young black women are exposed to adverse perspectives of black hair. Often, this type of dialogue (be it verbal...
Black Women Lead All Groups in College Enrollment
If you were to go out on the street and survey 20 random people and ask them to list statistical categories in which black women lead, you would...
Dear Black Girl, You are Free to be Different
By: Vernesha Hazel The era of the multi-talented, educated, beautiful, “carefree” black girl could not have arrived at a better time in my life...
Relaxed in a Natural World
By: Phalisha Jackson Before I begin, I would just like to say that this is not an article bashing my natural sisters out there. I appreciate our...
Not All Black Girls…
By: Vivian Smith “This Generation will be known for its under appreciation of black women.” A close friend of mine recently tweeted this and it...
Learning To Live Comfortably In My Skin
By: Ti-Easha Alexander Social media allows viewers to see and believe both true, and on the contrary, false information. As viewers we have to choose...
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...
Dear Slim Black Girls…
By: Lateefah Jean-Baptiste Sadly we live in a society where the beauty industry continues to thrive off female’s insecurities and yearning to...
