Conversations

Conversations, Features, Who We Are
8 mins

Real Women Open Up About Their Short Hair Evolution: Part I

Short hair, particularly for Black women, is a loaded topic. And cutting your hair is often more emotional than anticipated.

Conversations, Features, Who We Are
8 mins

Becoming a Black Model in Italy Then Quitting

"At 14 I bought my first Reflex camera, Canon 1000D, in order to make self portraits. No-one wanted me as a model so I began modeling for myself."

ByAntonia
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Conversations, Culture
2 mins

All the Black Guests at the Royal Wedding & The Significance of Rev Curry

The first mark of Meghan Markle's shake up of British high society was the presence of Black people at her wedding in a glorious way!

ByAntonia

Conversations, Culture
4 mins

Childish Gambino’s, “This is America”: What we expected from Kanye

While the world was focused on Kanye West, waiting for him to get back to the genius he claimed to be, Childish Gambino was giving the people what they needed and in the process reminding us why we love art as told through rap music; the imagery, the layers, the creativity, the genius without having to say so.

ByTeam Unruly

#Hairties Features, Conversations
6 mins

Smooth ‘N Shine’s Brand Manager Discusses Changing with a Changing Multicultural Market

Consumers now have the power to really tell brands what they need and think, and brands have to be able to respond or get left behind.

ByAntonia

#Hairties Features, Conversations
7 mins

Larry Sims on the Evolution of Beauty and the Hair Industry

Remember the tour de force that was Lupita N’yongo when she made her rounds on…

ByTeam Unruly

#Hairties Features, Conversations, Who We Are
4 mins

If You Could Set Beauty Standards, How Would You Define Them?

If someone gave you a blank slate and said, ‘you’re the boss; you can determine what is pretty,’ what would you say? How would you define it?

ByAntonia

Conversations, Who We Are
5 mins

Colorism in England and the History of Black Brits

Slavery (during the Atlantic Slave Trade) never actually took place on British soil. So then we have to ask, how did its effects trickle into England?

ByAntonia

Conversations, Features
6 mins

How I Stopped Comparing Myself to Other People

Even though we know and tell ourselves that we shouldn’t compare ourselves to other people, we’re kind of programmed to do so. Here's one small way I got around this.