Self care has been the name of the game for the trainwreck that is 2020. We are finally entering the final stretch of what has been a difficult year, to say the least. Unfortunately, the majority of us are forced to spend the holiday season separated from our loved ones for the first time due […]
Bad Hair premiered on Hulu last weekend. Part of Huluween, Bad Hair is Hulu’s attempt to add more inclusion to the platform after canceling High Fidelity, the only series that had a majority Black cast. Let’s start by pointing out the elephant in the room, the film’s trailer. The trailer debuted last month, and it
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FENTY Skin debuted at the end of July and it sent the internet into a frenzy. If you are not aware of the Fenty agenda, Rihanna has begun to dominate the beauty, luxury, and lingerie industries. With the popularity of FENTY Beauty, it only seemed natural to segue that into skincare. When the ingredients list
Photo courtesy of Fashion to Figure\’s website Tabria Majors is one of the most recognizable plus-size models in the industry right now. If you visit any plus size website she is all over the site. No really, go look. She was also featured in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue! I have been following her career
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I have been avoiding my White friends. I am angry, rightfully so. Once again, we are forced to relive trauma that reinforces the fact that our Black lives do not matter in this country. I am tired of educating “upstanding” White people on racism. My personal reasons for not assisting in White enlightenment are as
Kenya Barris’ new Netflix Series #BlackAF was loathed almost instantly. The initial trailer was released in the middle of summer 2019 under the name Black Excellence. Almost immediately, people were upset at the series. At first glance, it appeared to be yet another incarnation of Kenya’s other show, Black-ish. More specifically, yet another show where
Are you one of the “lucky” ones that have been allowed to work from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic? I use the term lucky very loosely because while we are fortunate to remain employed during this frightening time, having a job that is deemed essential usually comes with its own set of stressors. I have
The Hulu Original Little Fires Everywhere is a series based on Celeste Ng’s novel of the same name. Starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon, the series explores race, motherhood, and interpersonal relationships in the late ’90s. Hulu releases one episode a week, so it isn’t something you can binge-watch over a weekend. However, I watched
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The untimely passing of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and the others aboard the helicopter was an enormous tragedy. One of the most prominent and beloved figures in sports suddenly passed and it stopped the world. We were left to process grief among strangers on social media, which can be a toxic environment, to say
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If you have ever seen the first Bring it On, the film’s subject matter while wrapped in fluff and the world of cheerleading is just as relevant now as it was then. The idea of White people coming in and co-opting ideas created by Black people just to end up calling it their own. David
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