America, we finally have a United States Attorney General! She had to wait over 160 days for it,  but Loretta E. Lynch is now officially t...

To understand the significance of this ESSENCE magazine cover, I have to take you back to the late 80's Tracy Africa Norman was in the...

As an unapologetically proud Black trans woman, one of the cornerstones of this blog is working to build self esteem, confidence and pride...

A few months ago I wrote about on these electronic pages former 2003 Miss America Erika Harold running for Congress in the Illinois Republic...

Well peeps, y'all know I have much love for multimedia personality Tyra Lynne Banks, who is having a milestone birthday today.   S...

Y'all know I love my people and my culture across the African Diaspora.  But damn, I wish elements of y'all would grow up and join t...

Y'all know how much I love Kerry Washington, and was happy to hear that she has received an Emmy nomination for her critically acclaim...

January 15 is not only Dr. King's birthday, but is also the 105th anniversary of the founding on the Howard University campus of Alpha...

Another tennis season is about to start with the first Grand Slam tournament of the year in the 2013 Australian Open and yep, my fave tenni...

The latest episode of the 'Post Racial America My Azz' department involves ESPN columnist Jemele Hill. I love watching her live up...

Today is the 80th birthday of iconic actress and space enthusiast Nichelle Nichols who was born on this date in Robbins, IL in 1932. All...

Move over Danica Patrick, there's another female driver about to hit the NASCAR circuit and she's a sistah. She's 25 year old ...

Was sent a link by reader Segmoh Hareema Akinak to a Clutch magazine story by Ella Vincent discussing how Black LGBT women became visible ...

As part of this year's Women's Media Awards, the Women's Media Center is opening the voting of its Social Media Award to the...

You peeps who have been longtime readers of my blog know that I long ago revealed my unabashed love for all things disco on the electronic...

About two months ago Renee of Womanist Musings and I were having a conversation about the 2012 presidential race, in which we are as of to...

I've written a lot of posts in which when I talk about femininity and how it's expressed in Black women, I mention the 'unwoman&...

All Black women get smacked with the 'unwoman' meme, but it's even worse on the dark skinned sisters. Check out this clip fr...