Lupita Nyong’o Celebrated Her Birthday With — You Guessed It — A Coming To...
Lupita Nyong’o rang in her 34th birthday in elaborate fashion: with a Coming to America party. Why? Because Black folks all across the diaspora clearly have an affinity for the Eddie Murphy classic...
View ArticleHollywood Y’all Listening: The Short List of Books By Black Authors That Will...
Jordan Peele’s Get Out opened two weeks ago with an impressive $30.5 million in box office sales and you know what that means? We can expect to see 22,378 versions of this smash hit in theaters by...
View ArticleClaressa Shields To Headline First Women’s Boxing Bout Given Main Event...
At only 21, Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields has been making history for quite some time now. After winning gold at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in Women’s middleweight boxing, she...
View ArticleGabrielle Union Shows Off Her Natural Hair For Those “Who Needed Proof It...
Gabrielle Union just recently released her first venture into beauty products on March 1 through her line, Flawless by Gabrielle Union. The hair collection includes everything from oil treatments,...
View ArticleCelebrity Offspring You Rarely Get To See In Public
Earlier today we showed you a very rare image of the late David Bowie and Iman’s daughter Lexi Bowie. The supermodel shared a picture of the teen on Instagram this past weekend. When we thought of the...
View ArticleThe Lesson Even Beyoncé Could’ve Learned From Emma Watson’s Feminism
When I first saw Emma Watson’s titties on the pages of Vanity Fair I didn’t think anything of it. She’s a woman. She has breasts and that day she felt like showing them. No big deal. But then came all...
View ArticleThree Sisters Create Afreekmoji To Celebrate African Culture
Lord knows the digital and tech world could use more people of color. Not to mention women. For representation purposes alone, we’re excited about this new app Afreekmoji. Like Ebroji and other...
View ArticleFirst Black “Bachelorette” On The Pressure To Pick A Black Man: “I’m Not...
In February, we told you that the newest “Bachelorette,” make that “Black Bachelorette,” had been picked earlier than usual. She is 31-year-old Rachel Lindsay, a civil defense litigation attorney from...
View ArticleIf You Could Only Listen To 3 Jodeci Songs For The Rest Of Your Life, Which...
We’ve been having a male ’90s R&B session in the office today, but after skipping around songs from Tevin Campbell, Mint Condition, and others we settled on Jodeci and never looked back. After...
View ArticleCousin Ang: 10 Beyoncé And Destiny’s Child Songs You Didn’t Know Angie...
You know Angela, also known as Angie Beyince, as the cousin to Beyoncé Knowles. She’s also been known as the former long-time assistant to her powerful cousin and held the position of VP of Operations...
View ArticleDating While Woke: RIP Fred Hampton
Y’all. Each and every struggle is real. The struggle to simply exist, let alone thrive as a Black woman; the struggle to overcome micro and macro aggressions at work, at school, in the world; and of...
View Article#ADayWithoutWomen: There’s More Than One Way To Protest
In case you missed the general premise of today’s protest, Tamika Mallory, the co-chair of the Women’s March, explained the purpose. I know there are quite a few of us who couldn’t take the day off,...
View ArticleSafaree Sits Down With Wendy Williams, Though Nicki Minaj Didn’t Want Him To.
One thing I’ve always admired about Safaree Samuels is the fact that he’s never thrown Nicki under the bus. While she’s been less than kind to him, he’s taken the relative high road. Though he appears...
View ArticleLaverne Cox To Star In New ABC Series “The Trustee”
Laverne Cox is out here y’all. In addition to her role on “Orange Is The New Black,” her Emmy-award winning documentary for Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word. Then there’s her activism work. Now, she’s...
View ArticleThe Only Shirt You Need To Let The World Know Women Entrepreneurs Of Color...
We know you know about the study that found Black women are the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the country, but sometimes folks need a friendly reminder that multicultural women are and have...
View ArticleThe Moana-Themed Party Apryl And Omarion Threw For Their Daughter’s First...
Our feelings are still a little hurt by Apryl and Omarion’s split last July, but our hearts were warmed seeing the former couple come together to celebrate daughter A’mei Kazuko’s first birthday March...
View ArticleYou Can Help Emplower Women Just By Buying This Eyeshadow Primer
Usually the only thing most of us consider when buying an eyeshadow primer is how well it will do its job of keeping color on our lids, but this International Women’s Day we’re challenging you to...
View ArticlePro Hijab: Nike Launches Performance Hijab For Muslim Women Athletes
Nike is representing for women in major ways these days. Just last week we told you that the sportswear company launched a plus-size activewear line for women that goes up to a 3x. Now they’ve...
View Article8 Hair Minis Perfect For TSA-Proof Traveling
Hair care products always make or break my carry-on travel dreams. I’ll set out with the best intentions of not checking a bag, but if it’s between having everything I need to make my curls pop or...
View ArticleMind Your Business: 10 Reasons Entrepreneurship Isn’t Working For You
Being your own boss is lit for so many reasons. You can set your own work schedule, go to lunch when you want, and there’s no cap on how much money you’ll bring home each week. If you’ve been in...
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