Aevin Dugas By Erickka Sy Savane Some women know how to make a statement and Aevin Dugas is one such woman! Hailing from a small town outside of Louisiana called Napoleonville- “Eve’s Bayou” was filmed there as was parts of Beyonce’s “Lemonade”- you know she knows how to spice things up! Natural for 20 years, and currently holding the Guinness…
Photo: Annabel Mehran By Ebony F. Obesity in America has reached epidemic levels, and according to a Special Report on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obesity a few years back, African-American women are at the helm of this alarming trend. Statistics show that four out of every five black women are overweight, and one out of four middle-aged black women are living with diabetes. We are facing a…
Nicole Murphy By Brenda Alexander When I saw the picture of Nicole Murphy stepping into her 50h birthday party with a bedazzled catsuit and matching bustier, her boobs lifted, ass sitting high, coca cola shaped figure and Halle Berry inspired short cut I gagged. To make matters worse, she had the audacity to twerk and dip it low while Beyonce’s…
By Erickka Sy Savané I’m looking at a picture of a friend on Facebook, about to throw up my chips. This girl had her baby around the same time as me, yet she looks like she should be on the cover of Fitness magazine and me, well, that’s another story. I’ve been working on this for four years! Why is…
Photo of Shanna Tyler by Tom Lew By Shanna Tyler “I am not flexible.” That’s the first thing I thought when I started practicing yoga. I hear the same exact words very often from my students as a yoga teacher. Flexibility and yoga seem to be synonymous now. From Instagram to Yoga Journal, so many images are circulating of yoga…
By Winnie Gaturu I have a close friend, Janice, who always adds a piece of lemon to the water in her water bottle. I’ve always thought it looks pretty cool so in a bid to improve my water intake on a daily basis, I decided to add a piece of lemon to my water bottle too. After all, I’ve heard…
Runners in Berlin #berlinblackish2017 By Mwabi Kaira It was winter 2012 and I had my fuzzy slippers on, sipping on a cup of tea with my feet up flipping through my copy of Essence magazine when I read something about Black women runners. I took a mental note and thought one day I’ll run something and went about my day….
Alison Desir: Founder of Harlem Run Activist, athlete and visionary Alison Desir etched her spot in history this past January when she led a group of runners from New York City to Washington, DC in support of women’s rights. Now, she’s sharing some of the backstory behind the initiative as part of the TIME Inc. American Voices video series. Continue
By Erickka Sy Savané “You can’t have more cookies until you work off that pudge! Your sister already lost hers. But you think you’re going to sit around here and get fat,” says my friend to her little girl. She puts her head down. She’s seven years old. Her sister is three. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard my…
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