Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy Highlights the Inequity In Breast Cancer Treatment For Blacks, Poor
First, let me say this: I think that Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a preventative double mastectomy to address her exceptionally high risk of breast...
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Don’t Let Their Kids Google Them—And For Good Reason
Let Google tell it and Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are great parents or absolutely suck as a mom and dad to their six kids,...
Angelina Jolie Put Synthetic Braids In Zahara’s Hair. And We Care Because… Why?
Deep, deep sigh. So Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s baby girl, Zahara Jolie-Pitt has synthetic braids in her hair and the innanets are all up...
Ashy Knees and Dry Hair: When Mixed Children Grooming Raises Eyebrows Abroad
Mixed children grooming becomes all the more precarious in foreign countries where racial stigmas aren't as obvious as here in America.
A White Adoptive Mother Married to a Woman Wants You to Know: ‘Our Son Is Black, He’s Our Son, End of Story’
A white woman with a white wife and a black baby boy recounts the puzzling, infuriating reactions she gets to her family from the rest of the world—and shares her wishes for her son.
Black Women & Breast Cancer Research: Black Moms Needed For Important Health Studies
By TARA PRINGLE JEFFERSON Each year, 19,000 new cases of breast cancer occur among African American women. That’s 19,000 too many. According to the American...
Jada Pinkett-Smith On Willow Smith’s Hair, Beauty And Her Daughter’s Right To Own Her Own Body
Jada Pinkett-Smith gives sound advice on raising confident Black girls—and we're here for it.
Nia Long & Sons On Essence Cover: Black Celebrity Single Moms Are Worthy of Celebration, Too (UPDATE)
UPDATE: This piece, on Nia Long’s cover story in Essence, has been updated with the actress’s quotes about marriage and motherhood and her choice to...
Jada Pinkett-Smith Explains Willow Smith’s Independence, Quirkiness In Red Table Talk Series
During my Mother’s Day yesterday, I was taking a much-needed book writing break and tooling around on the internet when I stumbled on Jada Pinkett-Smith’s...
Facebook Pregnancy Pact: Black Teens Proudly Show Off Group Baby Bumps
News of pregnancy always has been a cause for celebration in my book—new life, a little baby, is a beautiful blessing. A miracle. But this...
