by Charise Frazier via MadameNoire.com Oprah Winfrey is opening up about the last days she spent with her mother before she died on Thanksgiving day. Winfrey’s mother Vernita Lee, 83, died on November 22 after a long battle with diabetes, the media mogul revealed. Lee passed away at home in Milwaukee. Winfrey also revealed her …
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How to Stay Forever Young!
source by Julia Austin via MadameNoire.com Nobody can stay physically young forever (unless you know of some witchcraft we don’t). Sure, there are things you can do to look a bit younger. But eventually, age catches up with us all. A fifty-year-old may find ways to look 39 but if you’re lucky enough to turn …
Postpartum Hair Shedding is Real & a Lil’ Traumatic: Vlogger India Shares Her Story
MyNaturalSistas Pregnancy has a way of bringing on the thickness! Hair thickness that is. However, it also has a way of bringing on postpartum shedding. If you’ve ever been there you know it can be very traumatic. Well, you’re not alone. Tune in as India of MyNaturalSisters shares her story. Continue
True Story: My Mother Shut Me Out When I Started Suffering from Depression at Age 14
By Shanice-J-Douglas It has been about 10 years since the relationship that I once had with my mother transitioned into the crumbled shell that it is today. Today, the status of this non-relationship is not a bother to me, and I know that many people wouldn’t understand that. Continue
This Woman Says #SaggyBoobsMatter & We Couldn’t Agree More
Chidera Eggerue by @michaelatphotos for @blogosphere_magazine By Erickka Sy Savané If you’ve ever felt bad because of saggy boobs, this one’s for you Boo! Continue Full disclosure, my boobs started sagging when I was in high school, maybe even sooner. I was a chunky kid who grew out of her weight by high school so when the weight …
Finding Comfort in Discomfort
By Kira Sparkles Recently, I decided to make a huge change in my life by applying for a job in a field I’m only somewhat familiar with. I touched up my resume and was rejected so many times I wondered if I was meant to permanently be a barista until after three months of applying, …
No Hollywood Snapback for Tia Mowry & We Love Her For It!
Tia Mowry By Mwabi Kaira Let’s face it – pregnancy does a number on women’s bodies; the weight gain, the acne, the heartburn, the frequent trips to the bathroom, swollen ankles, you name it and we get it during pregnancy. And then we hold our precious babies in our arms after they are born and …
True Story: I Witnessed a Murder in Amsterdam
By Erickka Sy Savané His eyes meet mine. They are the coldest, darkest eyes I have ever seen, and this I can tell from all the way across the street. What a life this person must have lived to have eyes that could damn near kill you. I force myself to look away. As does …
If Suicide Seems Like Your Only Hope, Try This Instead…
Anthony Bourdain By Ta-ning Connai I watched Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown on a barely working television when I was living in a rinky dink hotel. It was a depressing period in my life and there was hardly anything that could cheer me up. By stumbling through the channels one day, I was instantly captivated by …
True Story: I Married a Weed Head.
By Angela Perry Let me start by saying that I didn’t know that I was marrying a weed head. Well, I kinda did. I found out that he was a closeted daily weed smoker after we’d already been dating a year. I was already in love with him so it wasn’t a reason for me …