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Sep 21

Celebrating Black Women’s Firsts in 2017

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Emmy Winner Lena Waithe By Winnie Gaturu You’d imagine that having a first for a black woman would be rare in 2017 but it’s not. There are black women breaking barriers everyday all around us. Whether it's in school, work, politics or in seemingly normal activities, there are firsts happening everywhere. Since it is human nature to admire people you…

Sep 21

Hands Off: Things I Wish I’d Said to the Flight Attendant Who Touched My Hair

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By Veronica Wells via On She Goes My friends and family asked if I was nervous about traveling to South Africa with my boyfriend to meet his family over Christmas. I wasn’t. What I was anxious about was getting there, which involved 28 hours of travel, including a nine-hour layover in Saudi Arabia before heading to Johannesburg. During the…

Sep 21

Natural Hair Women Are Relaxing Their Edges? Yes, It’s A Thing!

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Beauty vlogger Jai Marii. By Samantha Callender for Essence.com While many Black women across the globe are embracing their natural kinky and coily texture, there is one thing that they still want to be sleek and straight: their edges. Of course there are no shortage of edge control options (this one by Creme of Nature is a favorite), but many are finding…

Sep 21

This Cancer Is On The Rise In Millennial Women. Know The Symptoms.

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By Mwabi Kaira A week before Thanksgiving in 2014, we celebrated my brother and sister’s joint birthdays with a party. Somewhere between the dancing, the drinks and cutting the cake, my big sister casually mentioned that she hadn’t been feeling well and google had told her that she probably had colon cancer. I rolled my eyes and thought…

Sep 21

The One Thing I Regret Not Doing In My Last Job

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Getty Images By Tee Elle I had a habit of establishing myself as a crucial team-player on the job. It was usually unintentional, though. I liked finding ways to make standard processes easier because extra steps annoyed me and I liked working on different projects to break up the boredom that came with crunching monthly sales figures. But I also…