Is Bella Hadid the most beautiful woman in the world? Yes, no, maybe. It depends on the tastes: some would say “too redone”, others would reply “simply perfect.” However, the London-based cosmetic surgeon Julian De ...
Every day we hear a lot of people talking about gender stereotypes. And even more often we are ourselves victims of these specific stereotypes, which follow men and women in a very different way since ...
“Everyone wants to be black until it’s time to be black.” This phrase has never been truer. There is a desire from non-black (N-B) people to emulate black features and black cultural practices in today’s ...
The unrelenting vulnerability of Dev Hynes’ album Negro Swan celebrates and extends the meaning of blackness beyond stereotypes. He challenges expectations of beauty, masculinity and other constructs that attempt to limit the way people take ...
The natural hair conversation is something I have taken part in for five years. I waved goodbye to chemical relaxers and never looked back. Since then, I have seen the movement continuously grow as more ...
You cannot deny the mayhem that 2017 brought us, so we can’t let it pass or enter a new year without creating a 2018 wishlist. We were shocked both positively and negatively, having our minds ...
In 2014, Kim Kardashian discovered racism after allegedly coming up against racial abuse, directed at her daughter during a flight. This led to her penning of an “open letter” detailing a new found understanding of ...
#BlackGirlMagic was coined by CaShawn Thompson back in 2013 to celebrate the beauty, power and the achievements of black women. Thompson explained in an interview with Los Angeles Times that she used the word “magic ...
When Rihanna launched her beauty line in September 2017, it sent shockwaves through the beauty industry. There was no longer a finite number of women or men who could use make-up, stunted by the shade ...