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.
Who We Are
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."
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?
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?
I Immigrated to America on a First Class Flight
The matter of immigration is a complex one, but we can't forget that underneath that complexity are pleas for help.
Being Female in Kenya
Like most capital cities, Nairobi has pockets of glamour and pockets of seediness. It’s a wonderful place, and it’s also my home.
How Synead Nichols Got Thousands of People to Protest in NYC
Synead Nichols and Umaara Elliott organized one of the largest protests in recent US history, Millions March NYC. We speak with Synead about activism in the age of technology.
The Power of Beyoncé’s “Ratchetedness” in Formation
Beyonce's new video is a philosophical blueprint of how, despite the issues we’re facing, we can still win as a community.
When Will Natural Hair Stop Making History?
It’s a bit unsettling that Black women still make news for doing mundane things like wearing their natural hair to work.
Should Hyphenated Americans Drop the Hyphen?
We are a nation of immigrants. But at what point do you no longer identify as an immigrant from a homeland far away and become fully American?
Thando Hopa: Choosing Pretty
Thando's story is not one of being confident despite being different; it's one of understanding difference in a larger unifying context as well as tuning into our innate ability to decide who we are.
