I don’t know if there’s a catchphrase for today’s generation of kids, but if I could coin one for six-year-olds, it would be ‘The Age of Endless Questions,’ a description that Nia personifies to a T. No matter where we are—pushing a cart through the grocery store, on our way to dance class or leaving… Continue reading Cleavage Cool, Breast-Feeding Bad? The Breast Milk Baby Doll Backlash
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Get Right Or Get Left: The Art of The Compromise
When you live in a society that glorifies independence and emphasizes the concept of ‘self,’ it can be hard to recognize the difference between upholding one’s standards and refusing to compromise. Since the beginning of time, stories of men and women who bow to nothing or no one have spawned legends, regaled stage and screen… Continue reading Get Right Or Get Left: The Art of The Compromise
Like a Boss: Voting Your Voice in 2012
A native of Kenya, Mr. Alex Armagoha (Ar-ma-GO-uh) was the instructor of my Government 2301 class. With an audience of fifty students a night twice a week, it would’ve been easy for him to recite statistics, discuss the levels of leadership and test us students on the most tried-and-true aspects of local and national politics.… Continue reading Like a Boss: Voting Your Voice in 2012
Rene Syler: Relating To & Moderating at 2012’s “Nappiology Inc.” Expo, DMN Version
Whether we choose to twist it, press it, Afro it or lock it, few topics ignite friendships or frictions among Black women faster than how we choose to wear our hair. What’s usually a matter of preference or practicality for women of other ethnicities, the style choices of African-Americans are often a meld of the… Continue reading Rene Syler: Relating To & Moderating at 2012’s “Nappiology Inc.” Expo, DMN Version
Rene Syler: Returning to D-Town & Her Natural Roots At Nappiology Inc.
If terms and phrases like ‘The Big Chop,’ ‘Protective Styling,’ ‘Transitioning’ and ‘Twist-Out’ make perfect sense to you, then there’s a good chance that you or someone you live with is a Black woman who’s embraced, or is learning to embrace, her natural hair. In the last couple of years, relaxer sales have… Continue reading Rene Syler: Returning to D-Town & Her Natural Roots At Nappiology Inc.