Beauty of Braids
The process of becoming natural after having a perm can be extremely hard. The journey is long and tiresome at times. Many attempt, but only few survive. I’m here to help increase survivors during this...
View ArticleI Am Not My Natural Hair.
Since I cut my hair I have had a lot of people compliment me on my cut and express their love for natural hairstyles. Occasionally afro centric individuals will approach me on the “Sista” tip assuming...
View ArticleWorking out the New Trend?
Obesity rates are rising and the government seems to be clueless as to why great amounts of Americans are becoming overweight and healthy. It is because they choose to become obese? Can people afford...
View ArticleChapters 1-3: Realization
“Waiting for the world to be made.” Hurston’s beginning chapters started off with Janine current issue of her husband dying, and the flashback of how her life used to be. Janine thought of her bearing...
View ArticleDo Not Mistake the Television for a Looking Glass.
I went to an event tonight that was focused on the empowerment of the Black Woman, and I must admit as much as I thought I knew about Women in general, I had no idea how much baggage they carried in...
View ArticleRevitalize Yo’ Hair!
We’ve all had those couple of days, weeks…. and if you’re me, months when you completely let go off your hair routine. You just say “fahget about it” and let your hair’s health sit on the back burner....
View Article#SupremeBlackout
Hip Hop is a large piece of African American culture. In a time where drugs and poverty were ruining the black family, hip hop was a way for young blacks to let out their frustrations in a positive...
View ArticleAudre Lorde: Use of Anger; Sister Outsider.
Allow this excerpt to be the foundation of language that is presented in this post: The stereotypical thought of Black women always being angry, as shown in the text, is not to scare or send people...
View ArticleGuest Submission: Women’s Disciplines.
Author and scholar, Alice Walker, shed light on a discipline that made Black women feel at the center. There are two disciplines, which are broken into two parts, feminism and womanism. Womanism was...
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