The Melanin Shop By Erickka Sy Savané Figuring out the right products to use on my two daughters’ 4c hair has been a struggle for this mom. Even though their hair is short, keeping it moisturized has been the biggest challenge. Fortunately, I’ve been able to find some holy grail products that work, along with a few videos that have…
Photo via BlackWomenofBrazil By Marques Travae And once again, coming from the land of “we are all equal” in a “racial democracy.” The mother of a four-year-old black girl was asked by the girl’s school to change her daughter’s hairstyle so that her classmates would better accept her. Continue
Allegra Hill & Kimberly Durdin of Kindred Space By Ta-ning Connai America is a leader, but when it comes to leading maternal death rates in dozens of countries, including some third world nations, it’s a label we might not want to claim. For black women it fares worst because we die during birth at a rate of 3-4 times that…
Ray J & mom Sonja Norwood By Mwabi Kaira I’ve noticed a trend when it comes to “our” reality shows; mothers of grown black men stay in their business. First there was Mama Jones on Love and Hip Hop New York, who stayed in Jim Jones and Chrissy’s relationship in the first season back in 2011. She didn’t like not…
Yhanni & tribe via IG By Sharon Pendana Yhanni Jamila Brown, founder of Mama Makers Collective, a movement of mother creators, has embraced the lush glory of her natural mane all her life, rocking it all from super long locs to a super low Caesar. These days she keeps it simple with her thriving tribe of five: husband, Bobby and their…
By Khadijha Alexander In 2016, my seemingly normal 2-year-old son regressed and lost all speech. Within the same year, my aunt was diagnosed with a brain tumor. At first, I thought there was no commonality between these two occurrences. However, after embarking upon preliminary research in efforts to help my son I soon discovered there was a common thread between…
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
By Onicia Muller “Get out of my house! You think you grown?! After seven long years of high school (it’s a Dutch/Caribbean island thing), I had less than a month before leaving for college. I could practically smell the jet fuel and salted peanuts! However, what was supposed to be a summer of fun parties and sappy goodbyes became known…
By Erickka Sy Savané As the mother of two young African American girls, I’ve been thinking about homeschool for a while. There’s been this knowing inside of me that I can’t let my kids continue to be taught in a school system that was never set up for them in the first place. I mean, we had to fight to…
By Erickka Sy Savané I was reading an article recently about a South Carolina dad whose 8-month-old baby died after being left in a hot car all day. We hear these stories and wonder how this could happen? Actually, statistics show that it happens to the tune of 36 babies dying each year in the United States. We also wonder,…
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