Bones, Baggage, Black Girl Curves and Mama Bears
Okay, yeah—I’m sensitive about weight and body issues, particularly when it comes to my girls. I lay blame squarely at the feet of my childhood...
{Bringing Up Boogie} My Boy and the White Barbie Cozying Up Under the Christmas Tree
By BASSEY IKPI Boogie is in that can you buy me that? stage of life. I dread commercials with anything that races, flies, explodes or...
My Brown Barbies Are Beautiful
By DAREE ALLEN We all know that taking a child with you to the store for what is supposed to be a quick trip never...
A Beautiful Black Girl Finally Says, “I Love My Hair!”
By DENENE MILLNER Mari was three when she practically scalped herself with scissors fluffs of her curly afro clumped like polka dots across our beige...
Where’s Tyra Banks When You Need Her?
So just the other day, I read THIS STORY about how model scouts in Brazil continue to search for and export to the runways tall,...
The Way We Move: Why I ♥ Being A Black Woman
A little over a month ago, the incredibly talented and gracious Lynya Floyd, an Essence magazine editor and friend, asked me to write a poetic...
Something Stinks At Seattle's Thurgood Marshall Elementary School.
Sweet baby Jesus. It took me a minute to shake the tomfoolery that went down last month when a high school teacher one in the...
The Skin They're In: Healing African American Babies' Skin Naturally
by TERESHA FRECKLETON-PETITEof Marlie and Me When it comes to our brown babies, we take pride in keeping their skin healthy and blemish-free. So it...
In The Mix: Great Natural Hair Care Recipes For Brown Babies On Up
By KAREN PETERS Our hair is a beautiful, curious institute. We can have loose spirals, free-flowing coils, tight corkscrews, strong and determined tresses, or even...
Styling a Black Girl's Hair Is No Job For Daddies!
By MOCHA DAD My daughter, Nee, has absolutely no confidence in my ability to do her hair. Whenever I attempt to style it, she becomes...
