NYU students Crystal Valentine and Aaliyah Jihad powerfully and poignantly describe the vein of misogyny against black women that runs, often unchecked, throughout black culture
Erykah Badu was spotted at LAX yesterday with her two daughters, Puma and Mars. The beautiful youngest child of new-soul singer Erykah Badu was ‘fro’ed
The practice of smoothing and/or gelling down soft, wispy hairs at the forehead, ears and nape is a common practice in black beauty culture, but
We’ll add this one to our list of natural hair hacks! Lupita Nyong’o needed to spritz her fro, but lacking the necessary tools she turned
…Well more of a lob (long bob). The Hunger Games actress got creative with her back length grey box braids by cutting and unbraiding them
A few months back Willow Smith shared that she wanted locs to embrace her natural self. Since then she’s started her locs and they are
Japanese designer Junya Watanabe recently debuted his Spring 2016 collection in the Paris Museum of Immigration last week. The theme of the collection was “Faraway”
After blogging about natural hair and black beauty for 7 years, I’ve become uncomfortably familiar with how black women are erased from mainstream culture. A
Naturals have a testy relationship with black salons. It seems that if they’re not overcharging us, then they’re providing poor service, or even trying to
Videos of Ethiopian women whipping their hair have now gone viral. The women featured are apart of the Oromo nation. The Oromo typically live in western
We all have that auntie who is 45 but look like she 32. Or a grandma well into her 70s who looks 50. Now we
The issue of unequal pay for women has captured the national conversation, and Atlanta Women for Equality is leading the charge behind the #BlackWomenEqualPay movement.
What is your name and where are you from? Y: My name is Yaniris Acevedo, and I am a native of the Dominican Republic raised in
They say black women are magical… they right. They say natural hair doesn’t move… they wrong. Model and natural vlogger Hanna LaShay posted a video
