Tag: Black women

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Bringing back the conversation about black women bleaching their skins

"It is an embarrassment to see an African woman bleach her black skin. Black is too Beautiful!" Fast-rising Artist, Ajaeze, wrote on his Instagram status. He had written "Black is Beautiful",…

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The Thread: How white women use tears to oppress black women

Apparently, apart from blatant racism which is alive and kicking despite what Kendall Jenner's Pepsi advert may have misled you into thinking, there's also 'white tears'. What's white tears? Kelechi…

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Ezinne Ukoha: Why we will miss Michelle Obama more (because, black woman in The White House)

by Ezinne Ukoha President Obama is awesome, but First Lady Michelle Obama is where it’s at — and now that she’s passing the torch to Melania Trump — there is…

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The Media Blog: Forbes AFRICA has 3 women on its cover – and none of them is black

This is the very latest issue of Forbes Africa Woman (August/September 2016). To commemorate Women's Month in South Africa. The latest issue. Not a 1985 edition. Forbes. Africa. That is: the…

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Depression – The secret illness women don’t want to talk about

by  Marie Roker-Jones Being a strong black woman is not a syndrome, it’s a myth. Strength is not determined by our ability to do it all, but by our ability to…

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I’m coming, Lauryn: Mary J. Blige bodyslammed with a $3 million tax bill

    Taxes are the biggest curse of nearly all celebrities in America.  You fall a little bit behind, and before you know it, you’re in a seriously bad situation.  Lauryn…

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Opinion: Why black women don’t need men

by Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses What I’m more concerned about is a young woman who grows up in a home without a father and then adopts the false belief that being without…

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