#DoBetter: MTV's List of Hot Slang for 2016 Consists of Terms African Americans Have Used for Years
The awkward moment when your black auntie has used half the words on MTV’s list of hot new slang for 2016… Perhaps MTV is showing
The awkward moment when your black auntie has used half the words on MTV’s list of hot new slang for 2016… Perhaps MTV is showing
As we wrestle with colorism in the black community we can forget that it is a near-global phenomenon thanks to the ongoing effects of slavery
Virtually unknown in the western world, Sidis are a small community of descendants from the Bantu people of Southeast Africa living in India and Pakistan. Their
Kerry Washington is starring in an upcoming HBO biopic of Anita Hill, the Yale-educated lawyer who testified in 1991 that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Almost exactly one year ago we featured Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Porsha Williams showing off her natural hair. The reality star and has
27-year-old Amber Amour is a New York activist whose work centers on creating a culture of sexual consent and empowering sexual assault victims to report
By Zeba Blay for The Huffington Post I only wore my hair natural maybe a handful of times last year. If my hair wasn’t wrapped
Most of us have no idea how to choose a hair oil though we use them all the time! We choose based on a friend’s
It used to be that black women depended on magazines to select, curate and showcase black beauty. Through the pages of glossies like Vogue, Cosmopolitan
https://youtu.be/jYLTcgfqA54 This past November, activist groups took to Korean-owned beauty supply stores in Lancaster, TX to divert black customers from spending their dollars in non-black-owned
In a recent interview, Orange Is The New Black star, Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba, spoke candidly about her struggle to accept the gap in her teeth during
Early on New Year’s Day, Twitter was going AWF with the #BonnetBoyz hashtag. Twitter users @Gladvillain and @YouUglyOnSkype set everything in motion with just a couple of
Now if it’s one thing the ladies on the Real Housewives of Atlanta are known for, it’s drama, shade…and the occasional hair hat. Well it
Even though there are a growing number of children’s books and stories that celebrate little black girls, Disney princesses are still so ubiquitous that young