Days After Marvel Announced Its New Iron Man HollyWood is Already Erasing Her Dark Skin
Marvel Comics recently announced its new Iron Man as Riri Williams, a 15-year-old black MIT prodigy who catches Tony Stark’s attention after reverse engineering his trademark Iron Man suits. The art Marvel released for Riri’s character shows a dark-skinned girl... Continue Reading
5 Anti-Police Brutality Organizations You Can Join and/or Support
The executions of black women and men by police, often caught on film, can be difficult to process. There is pain, anger, rage, hopelessness, despair, shock and even numbness. There is no right or wrong way to grieve these traumas... Continue Reading
Marvel Comics’ New Iron Man Will Be a Black Girl Named Riri
Marvel’s comics tend to be a lot more progressive than their actual films (case in point, in the comics the new Spiderman is Black and Puerto Rican and in the upcoming film he is white), so we can only hope... Continue Reading
A Non-Black Man Gave His Wife Permission to Touch Naptural85’s Hair
Naptural85, aka Whitney White, is currently at Essence Festival as an ambassador for Shea Moisture. While most of her social media updates from the festival have been downright adorable… Styled by THE @chuckielovehair ! Loved meeting you Chuckie, you are... Continue Reading
Azealia Banks Says Her Skin Bleaching Doesn’t Negate Her Pro-Blackness and Some Black Women Support Her and Agree
In a live video streaming through her Facebook fan page, Azealia Banks addressed her controversial decision to bleach her skin. Banks claims her choice to lighten her skin shouldn’t take away from her pro-black platform: I think that for so many... Continue Reading
History Made: Two Black Women Qualify for the 2016 USA Olympic Swimming Team
Stanford swimmers Lia Neal and Simone Manuel haven’t even competed at the Summer 2016 Olympics in Rio and they’re already making history. Early last week, the two women competed in the Olympic trials and secured their place as contenders on... Continue Reading
Sanaa Lathan Reveals Full Natural Curls on Instagram, Vows to Have a “No Makeup No Weave” Summer
A couple of years ago, actress Sanaa Lathan took down her weave and showed Facebook her gorgeous, healthy mane. This year Sanaa did the same for the gram, only this time her fans got to see her natural curls instead... Continue Reading
[Pics] In the Aftermath of Jesse Williams’ Speech, Photos Resurface of Drake Wearing Pro-Black-Woman T-Shirts
To be clear, both of these photos were taken before Jesse Williams’ powerful BET Awards speech. But they have resurfaced as discussion swirls about what role high-profile black men should take in advocating for black women. The first was taken... Continue Reading
[Pics] Olympic Gymnasts Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas STUN as Teen Vogue Cover Girls
For the past month I’ve been watching videos of Simone Biles on my phone. I first heard of her two years ago, when there were rumors she could surpass Gabby Douglas as Rio 2016’s gymnastics champion. But it was a... Continue Reading
This is the Mystery Celeb Who Slayed the BET Awards Red Carpet
The BET Awards red carpet was stunning this year, but one woman stole the show in a black and white dress with symmetrical details. Nandi Mngoma is the rising South African singer whose red carpet dress slayed us all! Here... Continue Reading
15 More Stunning Natural Hair Pictorials
Are you bored with your usual puff or bun? Do you need fresh summer hairstyle ideas with how-to instructions? Well, here are 15 stunning natural hair pictorials to get you started. Brosia shows us how to get fluffy curls with perm... Continue Reading
Some Black Men Were In Their Feelings After Jesse Williams Praised Black Women at the BET Awards
The 16th annual BET Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles this past Sunday. Through all the comedic bits and star-studded performances (Bey herself came through to perform her black power anthem Freedom with Kendrick Lamar) the most memorable moment came... Continue Reading
This Black-Owned Fashion Label Models Its Designs on Women of All Sizes
Women come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but fashion companies rarely showcase their pieces in a variety of sizes. While there has been in increase of plus-size clothing options, they are often separate from the mainstream lines. Indie... Continue Reading
10 Incredible Facts About Jesse Williams’ Amazing Wife Aryn Drake-Lee
Jesse Williams’ BET Awards speech has been trending since Sunday leading us to wonder about his better half, Aryn Drake-Lee. When we began to dig, we discovered a Renaissance woman who is every bit as dynamic as her famous husband.... Continue Reading
10 Viral Afrocentric Dance Moves that are Breaking the Internet
Of course we’ve all seen the videos of folks doing the #runningmanchallenge, nae nae, whip etc. Now, we’re giving way to the viral videos of afrocentric dance routines that require such skill and technique, it would put anyone doing the... Continue Reading





















