The CDC recently released its report on maternal health, and the results are grim. According to the CDC, in 2021, there was a 40% increase in maternal death from the previous year. The U.S. rate for 2021 was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, which is more than ten times…

Bethany Mandel sputtered and stalled. When asked by journalist Briahna Joy Gray to define what the word “woke” meant, Mandel, in a viral clip, seemed to struggle to define the word. …

This is a reminder that Black Women are allowed to feel emotions, whether you are comfortable with it or not. Angela Bassett has been nominated only TWICE for the Academy Awards. TWICE. Once in 1994 and again in 2023. With a career as prolific and impactful as hers, one would…

“I was raised!” Chris Rock yelled into the microphone. “I was raised that you don’t fight in front of White people!” His Netflix special, “Selective Outrage” ends. I sat mouth agape. Sure, I expected Chris to have things to say about “the slap,” when Will Smith stormed the stage in…

“Emasculate” is one of those words I wish more folks simply hadn’t learned. Case in point, it’s overuse in recent conversations surrounding magazine covers; specifically the covers of British Vogue, featuring Rihanna, ASAP Rocky, and their son, and Ebony Magazine, featuring Jonathan Majors. …

Four times, Beyoncé, one of the most prolific artists of our time, has been snubbed by the Grammy’s for Album Of The Year. Four times. While many of us long ago gave up the need for validation from “established“ entities, folks cannot in good faith look at this situation…

Trigger Warning: This story contains descriptions of violence, racism, and sexual assault. Black women had been murdered. Black women were missing. The community of Excelsior Springs, Missouri was uneasy, many residents speaking out about the disappearances themselves. One of the loudest voices was that of Bishop Tony Caldwell of Eternal…

Kanye West is acting like a white supremacist. Full stop. It sounds harsh, but what are we left to believe? In his latest attention grabbing antics, Kanye West presented during his surprise Paris Fashion Week presentation, Kanye wore a shirt with the phrase “White Lives Matter” emblazoned on his back…

When beauty and racism combine — For weeks, beauty sites and pages have been promoting the “clean girl” aesthetic, a look that is essentially a maturation of the “model off duty” look with minimal makeup, glowing skin, full natural brows, pulled back hair (bonus points if you are using a claw clip) a glossy lip, and…