There I was, in The Bronx… minding my business and working on a story about Nathalie Emmanuel’s Emmys makeup when an email came through my inbox. In big, bold (all cap) letters read “REGINA KING JOINS CULTURECON” in the subject line. After screeching for a millisecond, I immediately opened the email. It was an invite to CultureCon 2019. What I…
If you’re a Black woman reading this, then you all-red-y know that braids season is upon us. I’ve already left my iconic space buns/puffs in the dust and traded my statement look for box braids. I Find Black Joy in Box Braids Despite the fact that I’m a naturalista and wouldn’t dare get my hair wet, I live for this…
Being a fat person, I was always told that darker colors were always going to look “flattering” on me. Little did I know, finding bright colors for dark skin is what I should have worried about. The notion that darker colors are better for fat people isn’t blatantly placed on a sign in some store. However, the dull and boring…
