"My whole life has been a fight . From being bullied at school consistently, kids threatening to kill me and going into graphic detai...

When I stated life as my true self 25 years ago, one of the things I started doing was picking up copies of Sophisticates Black Hair from ...

And I don't give a rat's anus what you peeps wallowing in unrealistic beauty standards or not doing the human rights work think. ...

Sisterhood should not end when Oprah goes off. Truth be told, there will always be someone prettier, sexier, stronger, and smarter. I&#...

Kylan Wenzel makes history today when she steps onto the Pasadena Convention Center stage along with 229 other contestants vying for the M...

While trans women aged 18-27 now have the opportunity starting this year in the Miss Universe pageant system to enter the pageant and beco...

I posted in the wake of Jenna Talackova's attempt to win Miss Canada Universe and make it to Miss Universe 2012 the story of Jackie Gr...

After Nigeria's Sahhara got screwed for the 2011 title and it exposed a problematic pattern of dark skinned women and African descende...

Right now trans models are getting more attention and media exposure.   From my homegirl Isis King to Dutch model Valentijn de Hingh ...

In the feminist ranks I hear a lot of railing about the beauty standard that women are judged by.  Far too often that chatter is coming from...

Interesting documentary that focused on Rio's 2011 edition of International Fashion Week.   It's one of the few that has no problem ...

From my Timmy's Ice Capp drinking homegirl at Womanist Musings who is all that and four bags of ketchup flavored chips. I don&...

Guest post from Renee of Womanist Musings So as readers know, I have had natural hair for about 10 years now.  First I wore dread l...

Demetria L.Lucas wrote in a recent VIBE Vixen article about girl crushes and defined it in this way. The girl crush is more along the...