Centering, Uplifting & Celebrating Brown Girls
Children of the African diaspora are broken. Yes, you, my darling. Scattered bits, held together with pain and glue. We travel through this life, carrying generations’ worth of hope and desire to survive, and spend so little time thriving. That is not our fault. The world we live in has been built for the explicit …
As Jenina mentioned back in February, we have been working for almost six months crafting our line of bath and body care products to bring them to you. We have slathered our bodies in butters and balms and our skin has never been happier. This weekend was a great one to share our products with …
*Contains Black Panther spoilers* My women Are glue Are courage Are fire. I get shit done. I start the uncomfortable conversations. I help move heavy things. I cook the food, rally troops and make a way. I make the plans, coordinate calendars, check in on folk and make sure that people are okay. I am …
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Happy 1st anniversary to us! It had been such an honor to work with with Jenina this past year. It has been an honor to explore the world with her, parts of myself and to share awesomely beautiful, fun and emotionally raw things with you. Its been great to do giveaways to get goodies to …
Brown Girls Out Loud is exactly ONE year old today! BLESS! It has been an incredible year full of learning and growth. This, by far, is the most satisfying work, meant for me and there is no other person I could have imagined fulfilling this with other than Asia Renee. She is a true creative …
I was fully prepared to lie to each and every one of you if #ProudMary did not turn out great...Para la cultura. There was no way I was gonna play Taraji like that. (I imagine we are BFFs and on a 1st name basis now) Fortunately, I do not have to tell lies. Was it …
Last year's critically acclaimed visual album, Lemonade grabbed hold of every sister circle in earshot and refused to let them go. The celebration of love, scorn and redemption carefully woven together with poetry by Warsan Shire is Beyoncé's greatest non-human creation to date. As we coasted through our days screaming, "Don't hurtchoself!" and "I AINT SORRY!", …
We are celebrating legends because we love centering Black and Brown excellence, and there is no greater legend to start with than Eartha Kitt. Eartha Mae Kitt - 1927 - 2008 - was a singer, actress, activist, and outspoken personality, she was a force! Not sure who she is? Look no further than the original …
They are here, officially, and fabulous. And so is their mother. In the middle of the night (for us East Coast folk), Beyoncé hopped onto Instagram to make her first announcement of the arrival of her divine progeny to celebrate their first month of life. By the time I woke up, over six million people …
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Author: Sherronda J. Brown We have Black women to thank for the amazing Afrofuturistic aesthetics seen in the Black Panther teaser trailer. Ruth E. Carter and Hannah Beachler are two of the film industry's most promising creatives, working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure that the world displayed on the screen is immersive, authentic, and …
Continue reading "The Black Women Behind the Beauty and Brilliance of Black Panther"
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