By Erickka Sy Savané My bunion was hurting me something fierce! For the longest I didn’t even know I had one. One day, I noticed this little round bone poking out the right side of the ball of my foot like a little door knob. Sometimes it would get sensitive when I wore certain shoes …
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Dedicate the Next 6 Months to Your Goals. No Announcements. Just Do It. #BeHerNow
Comment below, if you’re in! Continue Remember though, powerful action is a by-product of true alignment. Find the way your Soul feels in your body and while rooted in that natural, peaceful-joy, take action. Start writing that book, launch that podcast, take that course… #justdoit. But do it in and from that peaceful state. Do …
True Story: I Got Pregnant & I Went Bald
Photo BlackLove.com By Courtni Guevara I didn’t want to wash my hair. No, that’s not accurate. I wanted to wash my hair, but I was scared. My scalp burned as if it were on fire. The water would soothe it, but it would also cause so much more of it to fall out all at …
The Truth Behind Why I Stopped Lying About My Age
By Kerika Fields Nalty When I turned forty-eight in March, someone asked me how old I was and I found myself faced with a conundrum: To lie, or not to lie? Continue On a good day, I can get away with saying forty-two. On a great day (in the right lighting with a pink lipstick …
Does a Growing Obsession With Granny Panties Make You Old?
By Erickka Sy Savané Okay, this isn’t easy to write. I’m a woman and as such, age is one of those things we hate to talk about. Whether it’s grey hair, that dreaded menopause (we hate our periods, but having them stop to enter into the world of hot flashes is just criminal), or panties. …
Why the Natural Hair Movement Has Been a Gift & a Curse to Black Women
By Arah Iloabugichukwu I made it all the way from the Just For Me craze to the infamous wrap era without so much as a curling iron touching my head. Well, there was this one time for picture day in 5th grade that my mom decided to bless me with some Shirley temple curls. She …
Insecure Hits a Home Run Tackling the Reality of Living With Bad Credit
Insecure By Mwabi Kaira I saw something watching Insecure the other night that we rarely get to see on the screen; the bad credit struggle. A whole scene was dedicated to it and Issa’s dreaded score was right there on display. Our favorite awkward girl’s score is 425. She’s gone to see her friend Kelli …
True Story: I Became a “Trailing Spouse” and Hated It
By Nissa Francisco Over seven years ago I left Canada to live in London where my husband was pursuing a work opportunity in his career. The idea of moving to a different country to be with him was something I didn’t think twice about at the time. There was nothing more thrilling to me than …
The Nappily Ever After Trailer is Here & It’s Just What the Therapist Ordered!
Sanaa Lathan By Erickka Sy Savané If you’ve ever wondered what it might look like to see all your black girl hair issues on film- can’t leave the house without your hair whipped, growing up with white dolls as the standard of beauty, spending yo’ last dime to get yo’ hair did- uhhhh, the Nappily …
True Story: I Was Dying Until I Took Out My Breast Implants
Photo courtesy of Sabrina Nelson By Sabrina Nelson I was 21 when I got breast implants in 2002. My boyfriend at the time suggested I get them and even offered to pay for them if I lost 10 pounds and I was only 110 pounds at the time. He was 10 years older than me …