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No, You Still Cannot Touch My Hair

Hair, Opinion, The Culture Posted by Kayla Peeples

For some reason, I never thought about the issue of people touching my natural hair until it actually happened. My friends and relatives who I know personally do it, but what about when it’s a stranger-who’s white? I’ve felt beautiful, ugly, insecure, nappy, good, bad, #flawless, and flawed the five years I’ve been natural. Accepting…

Michael B. Jordan Didn’t Offend This Black Woman

Opinion, The Culture Posted by Kayla Peeples

When I wrote my post as to why I didn’t think Michael B. Jordan was bashing black people—particularly women—in his GQ interview, I was simply trying to address some of the allegations plaguing him as a self-hater. In each article I read, there were a minority of positive comments and content. It left me wondering,…

Melaninated: Do Our Black dollars and Patti LaBelle Owe James Wright a Check?

The Culture Posted by Kayla Peeples

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I’ll dedicate this post to all the empty boxes of Patti LaBelle’s sweet potato pies everywhere. I’m sure, matter of fact, I’m super sure, you’ve heard of the Internet sensation, James Wright, who catapulted Patti LaBelle’s pies to become an overnight success with his singing sweet tooth Facebook videos. Many…

My Dentist Told Me My “Big” Lips Were Causing Plaque Buildup

Opinion, The Culture Posted by Kayla Peeples

Magazines, movies, television, music videos, model agencies, casting directors, relatives, friends, Internet bullies. All of the above will tell us what they think is normal or beautiful in regard to Black beauty, but I didn’t expect it to come from my dentist office. Or, did it? When I was growing up, I was teased tremendously…

Mizzou Showed Us the Strategic Way to Make Our Race Matters Heard

The Culture Posted by Kayla Peeples

Maybe you still have no idea as to why the head president of the University of Missouri, Tim Wolfe, and chancellor of the Columbia campus, R. Bowen Loftin both resigned. Noise. The Black students of Mizzou are making lots of it, led by Concern Student 1950, 1959 being the year Mizzou admitted it’s first Black…