Blackberry Lipstick Please!

April 4, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

A dark-skinned woman with full lips has to wear the right shade of lipstick or she looks foolish. My brown skin (with reddish tones) and dark heart-shaped lips limit my range of wearable colors to rich berries, bronzes and chocolates. I can’t sport a true read, or all you will see is lips. Now don’t get […]

Support Dark Girls Documentary for our children

December 9, 2011.Reading time 11 minutes.

Colorism Unless you are in my shoes, you can’t tell me that it doesn’t hurt. It is impossible for you to comprehend how it has affected me, unless you have been victimized as well. Do you know what it feels like to believe that you have so much to offer the world but are ashamed […]