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#TBT: Willow Smith, The Hair Whip, and Coloring Outside the Lines

What if your parents had just encouraged you to pursue your passion—no matter what everyone else had to say about it, no matter how outside of the “norm” it was?

– May 15, 2014

The Adorable Preschool Tap Dancer Who Will Totally Be Beyonce When She Grows Up (VIDEO)

Oh. My. God. This pint-sized, preschool tap dancing goddess gave me absolutely LIFE this morning.

– Nov 1, 2013

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.

– Nov 26, 2012

Jada Pinkett Smith Shares A Touching Photo Of Willow And Will

It’s hard to believe that Willow Smith has anything close to a normal childhood, but a touching picture posted online by her mother has shown otherwise. Jada Pinkett...

– Jul 17, 2012

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...

– May 14, 2012

Willow Smith’s Shaved Head: Why Does This Child’s Short Haircuts Get Black Folk So Riled Up?

Willow Smith debuted a freshly shaven head last week—a new down-to-the-scalp hairdo that, of course, elicited all kinds of uproar across the internets, as the...

– Feb 7, 2012

Willow Smith & The Stripper Pole: Kids Will Be Kids—Even Will And Jada’s

I mean, I get Willow Smith rocking the curly, hot pink-laced powdered wig that her musical mentor, Nicki Minaj, gave her after the two worked...

– Jan 12, 2012

Score Two In The Black Girl Battle Against Lazy Beauty Standards!

Near impossible.I’m pretty sure I hadn’t even wiped the sonogram goop off my belly before I rushed to Benjamin Moore, Babies ‘R Us, and ABC...

– Oct 22, 2010

That New, New: Willow Smith, The Hair Whip, and Coloring Outside the Lines

About this, I’m really clear: If Lila, my littlest one, were left to her own devices (and her parents had more time, cash, connections and...

– Sep 17, 2010
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