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May 04

‘This Is Us’ Actor Lonnie Chavis Has an Epic Question for Internet Trolls

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Lonnie Chavis By Erickka Sy Savané If 11-year-old Lonnie Chavis looks familiar to you it's because he plays adorable young Randall on the Emmy-award-winning show 'This Is Us.' An actor since age 4, Lonnie has grown up in the business and has 145k instagram followers to prove it. But where there's love, there's also hate. Lonnie's celebrity status makes him…

Dec 18

You Can’t Pray Someone Else’s Prayer to Manifest a Man But You Can Do This…

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Actress Yvonne Orji and Emmanuel Acho via IG By Veronica Wells Years ago, I was attending a cultural parade downtown. Having reached my limit of human interaction for the day, at the parade’s conclusion, I announced that I would be returning home. This was a deviation from what the rest of the group was doing: following up the parade with…

Sep 21

Have You Been Gaslighted During Sex? Chances Are You Have.

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By Lauren R. D. Fox If you’ve ever used mascara by Too Faced called ‘Better Than Sex’ you’ve probably chuckled because in some instances the mascara is indeed better than the unfulfilled sexual encounters some of us have had. On top of engaging in less than satisfactory sex, some of us have dealt with toxic partners who spew false rhetoric…

Dec 18

The Truth About Domestic Violence From Family Left Behind

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Antoinette White and her niece By Erickka Sy Savané 3 or more women are murdered by their boyfriends or husbands every single day in the United States. It's the type of tragedy you pray never happens in your family, and then it does. Antoinette White knows this story all too well because her younger sister Heather was brutally killed by…

Sep 21

Dear Black Women, We Can’t Pray Mental Illness Away

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By: Lenora Houseworth What words come to mind when you think self-care? Bubble baths, facial masks and meditation apps? If you haven’t already noticed, the self-care revolution has become big business--and with good reason. Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from stress and depression, with Black women uniquely impacted by race-related daily stress. It took me many…