Why Her? Update

April 3, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

So much had occurred since posting Why Her? about my experiences with my friend who was fighting Stage IV breast cancer. All the hope I had when penning that essay was replaced with dooming fear and desperation two short months later. At that time, she was undergoing radiation for what we thought was a precaution […]

Got a Love Jones in my bones

March 13, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

I love the movie Love Jones. I guess it helped that I was in love at the time (with my now ex-husband) and it became “our movie.” I was his Nina and he was my Darius. I even went and got my hair cut just like Nia Long wore her hair in the film. It […]

Natural-Haired Models

March 8, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The natural hair movement hasn’t just caught on amongst everyday women seeking to rid their hair of harsh chemicals and products, the look is showing up on runway models around the world and Vogue Italia has caught on to the trend. Check out the full post at Madame Noir Magazine Shine Your Light! Nena~

Black Women Take On Comic Book Industry – Irresistible News Story – KSBW The Central Coast

November 29, 2011.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Black Women Take On Comic Book Industry – Irresistible News Story – KSBW The Central Coast.

I Watch Braxton Family Values

November 17, 2011.Reading time 5 minutes.

When the Braxton Family Values first season aired, I refused to watch it. I did not have anything against the Braxton family, I think they are a beautiful and talented group of women but I had reached my limit the previous year with certain types of Reality TV shows thanks to Real Housewives of Atlanta. I […]

“Sister Citizen” – Exploring Black Womanhood and Calling Out Stereotypes

September 28, 2011.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This was an interesting article that addresses some problematic issues we face as black women in this country. I am putting Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes and Black Women in America by Melissa Harris-Perry on my to read list and will do a follow-up post about the book. http://www3.atlantapost.com/2011/09/28/ain%e2%80%99t-i-a-woman-melissa-harris-perry-explores-black-womanhood-in-%e2%80%9csister-citizen%e2%80%9d/

I AM BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL!

September 27, 2011.Reading time 1 minute.

This is the first official post on I am Black and Beautiful. I’m excited about the birth of this movement and hope that it uplifts and effects change in African-American communities and globally. We can never accept the degradation of black women. It is time for people to rise and say no more. We cannot […]