Angry Mom Launches Positive Natural Hair Project
By AYA de LEON I do not have time for racism this week. I’m a working mom, with a high maintenance marriage, I’m writing a...
White Mom, Black Daughter, Natural Hair: When Beautiful Means “Different.”
By Stacey Conner “Who does her hair?” she asks me gruffly. I look up from the table where I am trying to manage my four...
Viola Davis Wows On ESSENCE With Natural Hair, Vows Not To Traumatize Her Daughter About Her Hair
After running through a gauntlet of hateful attacks against black girl beauty and natural hair these past couple of days, I’m so happy to end...
The March On Washington: Sybrina Fulton, The Head Nod and the Thumbs Up—A Translation
When I go for a run in Washington, DC, I take for granted the history that I pass as I plod out my mileage. I...
Defending Black Women’s Honor: Where Are the Brothers Who Will Sing A Black Girl’s Song?
That incredibly insensitive, freakishly foolish Harriet Tubman “sex tape” parody that showed up on Russell Simmons’ new YouTube channel, Def Jam Digital, with a “this...
Thick Lips, Brown Skin and Kinky Hair: A Black Girl’s Journey To Loving the Skin She’s In
By DARLENE ROBINSON MILLENDER My eight year-old daughter said something the other morning that made my heart skip a beat. We were in her room...
Keep Your Head Up Gabby Douglas: Celebrating the Olympian, Her Strength and Black Girl Beauty
By DeNEEN L. BROWN Hang in there, Gabby. Just like you did when you dipped your hands in chalk and prepared to soar on the...
Confession: I Let My Kids Watch The Kardashians and Love & Hip Hop Atlanta
So yeah, a day after talking all that yang about the Dark Knight Rises shooting and how I refuse to take my kids to adult...
Blue Ivy Carter Is Adorable. So Why the Shade Over Her “Black” Features? Plus: More Fresh Links
A picture of Blue Ivy, Beyonce and Jay-Z’s darling daughter, hit the internet this week and my God, that baby is a beauty—curly afro, chubby...
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...
