Serena & Olympia By Erickka Sy Savané For many, the days can seem long and staying UP can be an uphill battle. From #45 to police brutality to the snow storms that keep slamming the East Coast like a pro-wrestler, sometimes we need a diversion. Serena’s IG page is a good start. There we can find enough photos of her…
Adut Akech By Erickka Sy Savané There’s a saying that goes, ‘don’t miss your entrance.’ Well, S. Sudanese model Adut Akech, who grew up in a Kenyan refugee camp before making her way to Australia as a kid, and just graduated high school last year, did not miss hers. When Vogue.com released a series of videos from New York Fashion…
Oprah & Tiffany on the Ellen DeGeneres Show By Erickka Sy Savané One of the reasons we love Tiffany Haddish so much is that she keeps it all the way real. Like, really real. So we wouldn’t expect anything less when she went on the Ellen DeGeneres show the other day and got to meet the Queen of TV Ms….
Danai Gurira By Erickka Sy Savané One thing we can say about the film Black Panther (now the #1 movie in the WORLD) is that it’s bridging a long over-due gap between Africans and African Americans. To see the movie is to be proud of where we come from and that’s just facts. As an African American woman who grew…
Actress Keesha Sharp & Husband Brad Sharp via IG By Erickka Sy Savané You may have seen beautiful, Brooklyn-born actress Keesha Sharp lighting up your television screen on shows like ‘Are We There Yet,’ ‘American Crime Story,’ and currently ‘Lethal Weapon,’ since early 2000. But you may not know that when she’s not doing her acting thang, she’s spending time…
Photo of Latitiaky via IG By Erickka Sy Savané Young, Ivorian artist Latitia Ky is someone to watch. Using hair (yes hair!) she’s creating beautiful, thought-provoking images to spread body positivity and draw attention to the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that we body shame young girls. Here’s a story, in her own words, taken from her IG that may have…
Isan Elba By Erickka Sy Savané Ain’t nothing like an adoring dad, and when that dad is none other than sexy ass Idris Elba, well, we all gotta stand up and cheer- Go Daddy! Idris’s oldest daughter Isan, who has been a staple with dad on the red carpet since she was a little-itty-bitty-thang, recently turned 16 and dad posted…
By Erickka Sy Savané It was supposed to be a quick trim before an event. My husband had been cutting my hair for the past few years and was largely responsible for my hard fought independence from hair. Obviously, I still had hair, but I’m talking about my freedom from twisting, curling, ironing, and curl defining. I’d finally embraced a…
By Erickka Sy Savané Your husband turns his back on you and goes to sleep. In less than five minutes the room is engulfed by the steady sounds of his snoring while your mind is still fixated on the argument you just had. How can he sleep with so much hanging in the balance? He knows you’re not supposed to…
By Erickka Sy Savané I’m sitting in a chair in the middle of the living room while my husband holds some electric clippers. The buzzing sound is deafening because they are as old as Methuselah. “Do you really wanna do it?” he asks. Man. The truth is, as sure as I was a few minutes ago that I wanted him…
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