Image: @darknslay Loving your natural hair is a learning experience. Your entire life you are exposed to images of hair that shape and transform your perspective of the person you see when you look in the mirror. That person – you should be happy with her. You should love her fully, from her crown to her heels. But sometimes it is…
Aren’t you tired of crashing before noon and needing a coffee refill multiple times throughout the day? Believe it or not, the more coffee you consume on a daily basis, the more dependent your body becomes on that caffeine-fix. Continue Reading Trust me. I’ve been through caffeine withdrawal and it is not pretty. Headaches. On top of headaches. Anger. Fatigue….
How many times have you tried a new diet that didn’t work for you? How did you come across this diet? And if you thought it’d work, WHY? Continue Reading Too often do we find ourselves adopting lifestyles that “look” like they will do just as much good for us as the girl we saw in the video or on…
How often do you feel that the portrayal of black women’s bodies is narrow, misconstrued? Or maybe you feel that it’s hyperbolic, exaggerated. Continue Reading In such an advanced digital age where women are now able to share their individual experiences with body image through platforms like Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, it is important to recognize the diversity of these…
It’s no secret that our metabolisms begin to slow down as we get older. But the truth is that this has more to do with our activity levels than it does our actual age. Regular exercise is one of the best ways to maintain muscle mass and lower body fat in order to keep your metabolism at its highest. However,…
Earlier this week, rapper, T-Hood, posted a video of actress, Maia Campbell, pumping his gas and saying she wanted some crack. In the video, Campbell is clearly missing a tooth and is barely dressed in a bra and spandex shorts. Continue Reading It wasn’t long before the video went viral. Right now, a search of ‘Maia Campbell’ on YouTube yields…
Photo Source What would you say if someone told you, “You have a good heart!” Would you feel good about yourself and say thank you? Probably. But what if? One day, you went to the doctor and were told, “You have a bad heart.” Continue Reading What would you say then? You’d probably be speechless. Heart disease is a touchy…
Photo courtesy of Alza Vegan Do you ever feel like you SHOULD give up meat but LOVE good food? Yup, me too! Continue Reading Sometimes, taking a break from eating ingredients like meat and other animal products can be good for your body. You’ll make more room for plant-based foods while making less room for an acidic environment that is…
Photo Credit: Adobe Stock In a recent video on Instagram Live, 20-year old American rapper, Kodak Black, let his fans know how he felt about black women stating, “… I don’t really like black girls like that, sorta kinda.” Continue Reading Following his comments, many black women took to social media to let Kodak know that they were not looking…
For many of us, this year has been one to remember while, for others, it’s been purely heartbreaking. Suicide has become somewhat of a “trend” on Facebook Live in the recent months. Continue Reading Headline after headline, we are discovering that so many of us struggle with deep depression or mental illnesses from which we see no way out of….
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