Hi Everyone! So with a new year comes new adventure. I am writing to formally announce my podcast: Blackness. Under-Represented. Listen to the trailer here: https://anchor.fm/blacknessunderrep Blackness. Under-Represented will include episodes eight minutes or less that provide insight into happenings relevant to black people and black culture. This announcement is not a farewell to blogging;…
Category: Black Business and Entrepreneurship
Spotlight on black women who created their own opportunity!
Six Businesses Every Black Woman Should Support This Summer!
Marjani Beauty A Black Girl’s Paradise, this gem brings body and skincare to the brown girl’s fingertips! With a shop in DC and shipping throughout the states, there is no excuse not to get your fix! From lipsticks, to body scrubs and exfoliants, Marjani brings products that speak to our unique beauty. Some of my…
Streaming, Salons, and Lingerie–A Black Business Spotlight
BlackandSexyTv.com Founded by Numa Perrier and Dennis Dortch, this streaming service lives up to its name. Albeit most of the shows are about sex, the platform though is not raughy or even risque, but depicts the under-discussed questions and conflicts that arise our sex—whether celibate or sexually fluid. All shows have a predominately, if not…
Why OWN’s Checked Inn Checks all of Boxes in Positive Black Portrayal
Typically, black portrayal in white media proves a medley of stereotypes. From the welfare mother, to the jezebel, the mammy, the buck, tom, sapphire, and tragic mulatto, the black body remains confined to the caricatured imprisonment of the oppositional gaze. OWN’s new series Checked Inn strikes a new chord in black representation. The series focuses…
They Called Her a Liar, A Book Review
The Tawana Brawley case is a prominent page in the black female narrative. Despite its vivid illustration of the dehumanization faced by the black female body, this page remains unread or glossed over by those most impacted by its truth. Brawley’s treatment in crime and consequence illustrates the low regard to which the white world…
Black Beauty Spotlight/ Mented Cosmetics and Nubian Skin
Transformation remains a central component of beauty. From foundation and contour powder that function to rework a woman’s face, to spanx —designed to instantly slim a woman’s figure—beauty is a quick fix designed to distance the female body from what she possesses naturally. Beauty, therefore, is toxic in nature and execution, conditioning the female body…
Lipstick and Heels: Black Business Spotlight
Beauty is a central to the female experience. Originally excluded from the term woman, femininity–a privilege not allotted to the traditional black female, circumscribed black female beauty into an imposed masculinity. Contemporary culture welcomes black consumers– a relationship that falsely suggests an inclusion not manifested by popular brands. Brands like MAC, NARS and Sephora earn…
Eat This Not That: Unveiling Food Appropriation in the Black Community
Appropiation is perhaps one of the greatest areas of distress for the contemporary African in America. From Iggy Azalea as a hit making rapper, Angelina Jolie as the epitome of luscious lips to Kim Kardashian as the portrait of round derrieres, black people witness their ridiculed attributes celebrated on whites and non-blacks. While appropriation is typically…
Black Business Spotlight: Nude Barre
A medley of personal style and professional aspiration, stockings, tights, or hoisery- are a part of my daily life. However, despite its essential status to my lifestyle, the cost is often overwhelming to my meager earnings. This cost, while personal harmful, was also an expense outside black economics– marking its true detriment. This detriment finds its…
Spotlight on Upcoming Showcase: Be Tina, A Tina Turner Tribute
Be Tina is a live tribute performance dedicated to Tina Turner and the incomparable gift of a legacy she has graced us with! With a 5 piece band, 3 dancers and myself as Tina, we are hoping to capture the true essence of a Tina Turner performance. My role extends from creator/producer to lead of show.
Whispers of a Womanist 