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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Natural Hair: 4 Ways to Achieve Growth & Retain Length
When I first went natural back in 2006 my friends thought that I was insane. My hair was shoulder length at the time. I did not transition long, opting to first cut my relaxed hair into a short style one month before my Big Chop (cutting off relaxed ends). So the change was very abrupt and drastic. What’s the first thing you think when a woman cuts her hair? That she is going through something. Right? Well I wasn’t going through anything per se. I … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Natural Hair, Our Natural Kids
Tagged hair care tips for natural hair, how to grow natural hair, natural hair care, retaining length fine natural hair, retaining moisture curly natural hair
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Black Man & White Woman Tell Their Stories In Each Others Voices #LostVoices (CUPSI 2015)
At a recent CUPSI (College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational) event the audience was blown away as a Black man and a White woman performed their poem “Lost Voices”. The spoken word type poem is unique in that they tell their stories in each others voices. He speaks experiences as a white woman dealing with sexism and she speaks experiences as a Black man dealing with racism. It was a very awesome performance and as a Black person who is also a Woman I was very … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, lifestyle, Uncategorized
Tagged Black Man and White Woman Speak In Each Others Voices, College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, Lost Voices at CUPSI, race relations in the United States, Slam Poetry competition, Spoken word poetry, Without a voice
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Sistah Spotlight: K & S Ice Hut Owner Trent Hogue
Sistah Spotlight is a way to showcase women who I think are accomplishing wonderful things and it is also a way to promote what they were doing through my blog. Through Sistah Spotlight I will feature an African American woman who is doing great things both in social media and also face to face out in our community. In honor of Father’s day, this month we are pleased to change things up a bit by honoring an African American male for the 1st time. It … Continue reading
Kick Off Your Summer With a FREE Cookbook From Kraft!
This post is sponsored by Lunchbox, all opinions are my own Happy Summer! I hope everyone is enjoying the sun! One of the things that I love to do in the Summer time is get outdoors, cook out and have family and friends over. I have a few tried and true family recipes but its always great to find something different and quick to throw together for the family. Thanks to Kraft I now have an awesome cookbook to refer to! Its filled with quick … Continue reading
Dear Rachel Dolezal: I’m Not Flattered By Your Choice to Imitate Me
By now you’ve all seen the headlines: “Spokane NAACP president Rachel Dolezal Outed as White” If you haven’t the story is that Rachael Dolezal, a white woman and head of the Spokane NAACP has been outed by her parents on national TV for lying about being white. “A lot of people knew that Rachel was white and for a while it seemed like she was just doing more of her artistic expressive representation of her identifyng with African Americans by doing her hair in extensions … Continue reading
Sistahs Do Brunch - Black Girl Power Edition #BlackGirlPower
Sistahs Do Brunch is a series of micro events designed to allow women to meet & truly connect over good food & conversation. Since 2014 we have been gathering like minded women together and have been successful at helping those women to connect for business and friendship. Buiding trustful relationships among Black women is very important and Sistahs Do Brunch allows women to break stereotypes in a safe environment. Sistahs Do Brunch: Black Girl Power Edition When I told Tanya Tibbs, Owner of Wombtique, about … Continue reading
Posted in ATL, atlanta, events, Featured, Kids, Our Natural Kids
Tagged Empowerment Event, Events for girls, Girls Empowerment Event, Womens Brunch in Atlanta
Summer Fun For The Whole Family at Camp Macy’s!
This post is sponsored by Everywhere Agency; however, all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. Summers here and the time is right…for (dancing in the streets) Ok ok so I started writing and out of no where that song came out. But Summer is here and as a parent I am ALWAYS looking for something free (but not cheap) for the kids to do. It’s a real struggle keeping them busy and summer camps are just way too expensive but are your options, a fortune … Continue reading
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Tagged American spirit, Camp Macy’s, family fun, Macy's, Summer, Summer activities
3 Steps to Achieve the Perfect Twist Out Style for #NaturalHair
I have worn my hair natural for the past 9 years. For those of you who may not know “going natural” for the Black woman means to wear your hair using no chemical straightening process aka “relaxer”. A lot of women refuse to go natural because of the time that they believe it takes to maintain. I am here to tell you that as working wife and mother I often did not have the time to do a lot of fancy braided or twisted styles, … Continue reading