President Obama: 'Black Women's Appearance Is More Heavily Scrutinized', 'I Love Michelle's Curves'
The policing of a black woman’s image begins almost from birth. Indeed, from the time we are small girls we are made aware of the importance
The policing of a black woman’s image begins almost from birth. Indeed, from the time we are small girls we are made aware of the importance

On March 11 Black Muslim women used the hashtags #BombBlackHijabis and #BombBlackMuslimah to flood social media with images of themselves. The movement was an attempt
Why she thought this was a good idea, we’ll never know, but 37-year-old white-Jewish comedian Julie Klausner blasted 19-year-old Zendaya Coleman’s weight in a series
Yesterday we posted images of the gorgeous Obama girls attending their first state dinner Thursday night. In the pictures we are able to see the

Last night President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama held a state dinner to welcome Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie
When 7th grader Bianca Temple was assigned an art project around the theme of transformation, she decided to portray her own journey of self-acceptance. Temple

Goddess of black woman television Mara Brock Akil was recently featured in Michaela Angela Davis’ online series Hair Tales. The creator of hit shows Girlfriends , The
The Stockholm-based Emmaatan salon, run by Emma Patissier Alm, specializes in spray tanning. But while tanning salons are often associated with being ‘bronzed’ (or, in
For a long time black pop culture has determined that women labeled ‘hoes’ should be seen and not heard or allowed to define their own

A couple days ago a Rihanna fan set out to make the point that the stunning pop star looks better as a white woman. She

*Update: The title of this article has been updated to reflect that it is a joint effort between Black and Asian students.* Melanin-positive social media
On Friday, Ebony Magazine revealed their groundbreaking March 2016 cover, featuring four full-figured black women; designer and style blogger Gabi Gregg, known professionally as Gabifresh,

The fashion industry seems determined to celebrate cornrows on everyone BUT black women. But Vogue Spain made a statement by featuring Ivorian-British model Aya Jones
Recently, Prince was spotted with a gorgeous black woman at the Golden State Warriors game in Oakland, CA. Considering that the artist is usually linked to women with