I attended a watch party here in Atlanta for BET’s hot new series “Being Mary Jane”. After an explosive first season, BET is bringing this exciting drama back for a second season and I’m ready!. The screening was held at the Suite Lounge and as always the venue was perfect. There was a full house … Read more
Back in 2010 I used to do this bi monthly blog feature called “Sistah Spotlight”. It was a way to showcase women that I thought were accomplishing wonderful things and also a way to promote what they were doing through my blog. I decided to bring this back to my blog for 2015. Each month … Read more
Every year like clockwork the world’s livest, hippest, coolest circus on earth hits Atlanta. This year they are taking over Turner Field parking lot to bring you a circus like you’ve never seen. The UniverSOUL Circus is not your regular, everyday, boring old circus! It’s been a long time since I have gone to one … Read more
Have you seen Dove’s latest ad campaign? In a video that just hit You Tube, Dove launches their new Ad that encourages girls of all curly textures to love their hair. When mothers love themselves then they set a good example for their daughters to have self love, according to this commercial. I loved seeing … Read more
I am so happy to be supporting my colleague, New York Times best-selling author Denene Millner, editor of MyBrownBaby.com and her friends Angela Burt-Murray, former editor of ESSENCE magazine and founder of CocoaFab.com, and Mitzi Miller, EBONY magazine editor-in-chief. Together these ladies wrote a novel, “The Vow” that has been turned into an original Lifetime … Read more
An awesome video featuring natural hair model Marshay, has been released by Cut.com. The video presents a decade by decade time lapse video of this model getting make up and hair to match the times. “100 Years of Beauty: Marshay.” It’s such an awesome representation of Black hair and just how wonderful and versatile it … Read more
I want to make sure that I start my New Year off right. I plan to do that by giving back and also by supporting organizations and ideas that I believe in. I became acquainted with this wonderful group over a year ago through their producer Shakethia “Queen” Robertson. I covered Fusion Teen Talk Show Episode … Read more
Film maker, Bill Duke has done it again. Last year he brought us the award winning documentary, Dark Girls which was an expose of painful and real issues as they were experienced by dark skinned women. This time he shows us the other side of the coin with, Light Girls. In the same fashion as … Read more
My son was home from college for a week during the holidays. He is a young man with natural hair. By that I mean that he has grown his hair out, and there are no chemical processes applied. He often wears it in an afro, twists, or just a nappy look (which I adore). Everyone … Read more
While doing what she does best during the Hopman Cup 2015, tennis goddess Sarena Williams ordered an Espresso during the middle of her match! We’ve all been there. You’re at work, a little tired so you either pick up your favorite “joe” on the way, or get some on your break. Sometimes you just need … Read more