What makes you Black, British, Nigerian or all three?
Photographer Tols Abeni explores identity in her new project 'We Are: Black British Nigerian.’ The photographs and interview series explores the nuances, comple...
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The One Where My Mom Dies
As a Black woman, grief was a luxury that I didn’t have time for and no one else had time for me to fall apart.
What It Was Like Getting My Second COVID Shot
Like many, I had my reservations but I realized they were rooted in fear and not logic.
Dealing With The Fallout: How Black Women Work Through Postpartum Hair Loss
"Breathe, postpartum hair loss is normal. Your body just went through a whole lot. Take your vitamins, drink your collagen and it will be fine..." Read on for a...
My Relationship With Therapy #BlackMentalHealth
No one really tells you the proper way to heal from rejection or failed relationships, you need someone to process those feelings with and that’s what a therapi...
My Belly or My Hair?
I know one thing for sure: I look like a totally different person and instantly gain acceptance, attention, and the assumption that I am what my educational and...
2020: A Blueprint for Surviving all the Sh*t Life Will Continue to Throw At Us
One day we’ll be looking back at 2020 wondering, how the HELL did we get through all that?!
Ice, Ice Baby: Why I Froze My Eggs at 24
To me, the choice was always for me, by me and my health and age shouldn’t have had a role in that choice. I wanted to give myself options. So, I did.
(I Think) I’m a Fraud
I was 30,000 feet in the sky, on a private plane, surrounded by white men old enough to be my dad - when it hit me: this table wasn’t made for me, but I snatche...
My Student Debt Sent Me to Therapy
This point in my debt-free journey wasn’t just incredibly discouraging because of a lack of progress, I was anxious and ashamed. I started having panic attacks ...
Does Love Only Belong to the Young?
How dating changes as you get older
My Graveyard of Dead Hairstyles and Relationships
When it came to my hair, Jordan insisted on me using products without chemicals. When he came to visit me at my dorm, he went through my hair products with the ...