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Tag: black women

VIDEO BOX ROUNDUP, #TBT EDITION: Fefe Dobson’s “Ghost”, Skye Sweetnam’s “Tangled Up In Me” And Gloria Steinem Credits Black Women For The Start Of The Feminist Movement

I scrolled to Fefe Dobson on my iPod today, in hopes that her song “Ghost” was already there. Thankfully it was (because you know that feeling when you’ve just got hear a certain song at the moment) and I pressed play only to push the repeat button six more times. Such a good pop song. And while later…

March 26, 2015
Reflections Of Black Beauty: How I Viewed Every Last One Of JET Magazine’s Beauty Of The Week + Valentine’s Day Jam Of The Day

In January, there was a lot of talk about colorism amongst Black and brown people. The topic was re-booted with the recent airing of Light Girls on Oprah Winfrey‘s OWN, a sequel to the melancholy documentary Dark Girls. The latter featured everyday darker-skinned women who talked honestly about being discriminated and feeling less beautiful because of their skin tone, while Light Girls…

February 14, 2015
Dear White Gays and Black Women, You Are Not Each Other’s Enemies

The following incident I’m about to transcribe really took place and it’s interesting how a good 5-7 years later, similar sentiments were shared, yet the discussion hasn’t made much progress. Years back, during the MySpace era, I had a small core group of friends and that included my go-to girl, who was black, and all…

July 17, 2014