Tess Thompson, Lena Waithe, Tiffany Haddish, Danai Gurira By Michelby Coco Whitehead Have you ever taken a deep breath and thought to yourself, “God, I love being a Black Woman in 2018?!” From Amara La Negra to the women of Wakanda, and Ava DuVernay’s highly anticipated A Wrinkle In Time film, being a sister is lit! And this year’s…
Model Naomi Campbell By Erickka Sy Savane There was a moment a few months ago when I was getting ready for an event, standing in the mirror with a tube of lipstick, wondering why I was about to paint my face. I’d done it a zillion times without question, but this time, I just felt silly. What I really wanted was…
Actress Sanaa Lathan By Lenora Houseworth-Weston Shakeya “Shakey” Mervin, known as “Shakey-da-Celebrity-Barber” on instagram knows about a bomb cut. The self-taught, Harlem-based barber began professionally cutting hair after she struggled finding a new job as a teacher just six years ago. During that time, she leaped head first into the male-dominated field after reading a Craigslist ad–and soon found…
Sidra Smith Life has its challenges when you’re an identical twin. People are always mistaking you for the other person… sometimes navigating the case of mistaken identity can be both fun and frustrating! Peep this video shared on Sidra Smith’s instagram, of what happened in Harlem over the weekend when she was mistaken for her identical twin, actress Tasha Smith!”…
By Mwabi Kaira Imagine, 18 years ago, before ‘Queer As Folk,’ ‘The L Word,’ or ‘Noah’s Arc,’ a film centered around the lives of four black lesbian women navigating friendship and love. The name of the film was, ‘A Luv Tale,’ it was written, directed and produced by Sidra Smith, and it starred Tichina Arnold, MC Lyte,…
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