By Erickka Sy Savané When news reporter Dana Whyte of Michigan recently took to her twitter account to profess that she had worn her her natural hair on-camera for the first time, ending an internal struggle that had plagued her since the beginning of her career, I thought, “Whoa, baby, we still got work to …
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“Code Switching” Is Part of Our Daily Routines Without Us Realizing It
Screenshot via Refinery 29 IG Video By Brenda Alexander “I need to find something for my hair to lay my edges down before this TV interview tomorrow. I cannot be on camera with fuzzy edges,” I say to my aunt, who looked at me in shock before she proceeded to preach about my edges and camera …
A Man Will Distract You From Your Work…But How Much is Too Much?
Shonda Rhimes By Veronica Wells Shonda Rhimes shared more than a few gems in her memoir Year of Yes. But it was her thoughts on marriage that have haunted me, especially since I’m embarking on marriage within the next few months. In the book, one of the reasons Rhimes says she won’t marry is because she …
Why I Started Rocking Box Braids in the Boardroom
By Chantal Kai-Lewis Last week, Malia Obama was spotted out and about in NYC sporting box braids. That “event” made it to a Harper’s Bazaar headline. The blog and media flurry surrounding Malia’s departure from her straight hairstyles brought me back to a conversation I had several summers ago on a balmy late-July day in …
5 Things I Learned When I Quit My Corporate Job
By Sharee Silerio Two years ago, I was sitting at my desk, trying to wrap my head around all of the work I had to complete, with very little time or support from my colleagues. I felt trapped, undervalued and overwhelmed. For several months, I had been trying to perform with the same enthusiasm and …