By: Maya Hughley Being a black woman has never been easy, but growing into a black woman without a black experience does not make it easier to be in...
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My Chaotic Experience with Depression and How It Almost Killed Me
By: Nani Milani Depression is often misunderstood and over looked within the black community because of the harsh views associated with it. Therefore...
When I First Loved my Skin
By: Cheyenne Baltimore Loving my skin didn’t just happen in a day, a week, a month or a year but it took a developing lifetime of self-love and...
The Thoughts of a 9 Year Old Black Child
By: Simone Ziel I jumped over a lot of hurdles to finally come to the point where I can finally love my skin colour and culture. A lot of my friends...
My Love Life Didn’t Die With My Diagnosis
By: Ebony Payne-English We were laying in bed one unicorn of a Monday morning. Both of us had the day off. He rolled over, looked at me and smiled...
Did He Just Say What I Thought He Said? On Our First Date?
By: Marcy L. I sat there anxiously waiting by myself for the waitress to return with our order, and my date to get back to the table from the...
The Tale of a Suburban Black Girl
By: Miela Foster One day I woke up and I realized I was black. I was born in suburban Ohio. Everywhere I looked, I saw similar houses and faces...
Black Women and Tattoos: Beauty Enhancer of Feminine Depressor?
By: Shaunese Johnson Walking down the street you see a gorgeous dark skin/brown skin sister. She has beautiful natural hair and her melanin is...
Dear Black Men, I Love My Hue – Can You?
By: Taja Haygood How do you love someone who looks like you when you don’t even love yourself? While an abruptly harsh and even loaded question...
“Beautiful for A Dark Skinned Girl”
By: Nicole Stevenson As a child I was always called cute or pretty, and aside from my extremely awkward preteen years I had come to accept this as...
