Fresh off the holiday weekend and you’re not feeling like getting back to the grind? Check out this interview of Nick Minaj for Time Magazine. Video Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uckt7hqmvFg Compiled by Leslie Matthews Continue reading
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I Can’t With Ya’ll And My Unprofessional Hair
If you have been on any Social Media lately, you would see that Google has a problem. The problem is that the search engine portrays black women with natural hair as unprofessional. SIGH. I became natural in 2011. More specifically on the last day of 2011. I got home from reading the news at the … Continue reading
That Scary Biological Alarm
How was your mother’s day weekend? Sorry, I have to take you back there. Was your house all colorful, rosy and sparkling or you had one boring weekend like mine? Maybe it’s time to pop the ‘mini me’ ready for next year mother’s day. I have 2 weddings in June and about 3 in July … Continue reading
![[VIDEO] Do Black Women Age Slower Than White Women???](https://mygirlsquad.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/black_don_t_crack_019_grande.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[VIDEO] Do Black Women Age Slower Than White Women???")
[VIDEO] Do Black Women Age Slower Than White Women???
Black Don’t Crack and here’s why. Tell us what you think below. Video retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/user/thisisfusion Continue reading
Chloë Ellis Is Bringing Lady Back.
We love inspiring stories from amazing people across the globe who are doing great things. This week’s feature focuses on Chloe and Connie Harrison owners of Chloë Ellis, online clothing boutique for women. Who are Chloe and Connie Harrison? Like Mother, like daughter… My Mother and I have always loved fashion since as long as I … Continue reading
When ‘Enjoying Life While Black’ Goes Wrong
Less than a year after 11 women (ten Black and one White) from the book club Sistahs on the Reading Edge were kicked off the Napa Valley Wine Train for apparently ‘laughing and enjoying life while Black’, the ladies recently settled in a discrimination lawsuit against the company for an undisclosed amount. As expressed by the … Continue reading
7 Days With A Lazy Naturalista
Being Natural has its moments, especially during wash day and humid days! But nothing grinds a lazy natural more than dealing with days like that and more. If you’re a lazy natural you’ll definitely relate! Day 1 – Saturday Washed my hair. Did not pre-poo because I wasn’t in the mood. In fact, I didn’t … Continue reading
Black Girl Story: 100 Hearts Program
Dedicated to the girls in the 100 Heart Program at Fairfield High Preparatory School, this poem intertwined their motivational stories. I flunked the first grade. My mom on drugs, my father in love with another being that wasn’t me From then on I was blind, flunked everything. I couldn’t see. Fifth grade I learned … Continue reading
A Valedictorian’s Speech to an HBCU College Graduating Class
Congratulations! Once again we’ve managed to get through the tough years of education and impossible teachers. The caps and gowns worn through our preschool, elementary, middle and high school graduations has served their true purpose for getting us ready for the next years of learning. The purpose this time—to get us prepared for reality. HBCU’s … Continue reading
I am the black friend
Dearest friend We have known each other for many years. Over a decade in fact. We have lost and gained friends in our group but at the core of it all I have always had you. You are my other half who happens to be white. Your parents love me and mine love you. After … Continue reading
