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Dec 19

Muscles Pop On Darker Skin: One Black Woman’s Bodybuilding Journey

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Muscles Pop On Darker Skin: One Black Woman's Bodybuilding Journey As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com How were you introduced to the concept of bodybuilding? I went to the Arnold Classics two years ago and experienced a bodybuilding competition for the first time. I saw women doing different fitness categories: bikini, figure, and physique. Bikini is sassy, lean, and…

Dec 19

Black Women and Mental Health: The Pressure to Say We’re OK When We’re Not

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Photo by Claudia Wolff on Unsplash Black Women and Mental Health: The Pressure to Say We're OK When We're Not As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com When would you say you noticed that you were having feelings of anxiety that were a little more intense than they should be? College was when it started getting noticeable for me. I’ve…

Dec 19

Single Motherhood: I Feel Like There’s A Child Who Wants To Come Into This World Through Me

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Photo by Charles Eugene on Unsplash Single Motherhood: I Feel Like There's A Child Who Wants To Come Into This World Through Me As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Last week, we detailed Alexis Garrett Stodghill's journey to freeze her eggs and conceive a child in more technical, scientific terms. This week, she's speaking about the spiritual aspect of…

Dec 19

Pain, Plans & Picking A Donor: A Black Woman’s IVF Journey

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Photo by Baptista Ime James on Unsplash Pain, Plans & Picking A Donor: A Black Woman's IVF Journey As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Alexis Garrett Stodghill shares her very intimate, emotionally, and physically draining journey to freeze her eggs and have a child. NSNC: Were marriage and children something you always saw for yourself or was it something…

Dec 19

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Being Pro-Black When You’re Perceived As White

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Photo by Juli Kosolapova on Unsplash Being Pro-Black When You’re Perceived As White As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Originally published on MadameNoire.com When I started to interview therapists and parents about raising pro-Black children, I didn’t consider all realities. Being that the story idea was based on Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, I was thinking about parents who…