Posts Tagged: Black women

A Body-Culture Revolution?

What we need is a body-culture revolution in black America. Why? Because too many experts who are involved in the discussion of obesity don’t understand something crucial about black women and fat: many black women are fat because we want

A Body-Culture Revolution?

What we need is a body-culture revolution in black America. Why? Because too many experts who are involved in the discussion of obesity don’t understand something crucial about black women and fat: many black women are fat because we want

The Tanning of America Continues

The Pew analysis found that among newly married couples, 14.6 percent were mixed in 2008, compared with 11.2 percent in 2000 and 8.3 percent in 1990. (Among all people currently married, 8 percent of marriages were mixed in 2008, compared

The Tanning of America Continues

The Pew analysis found that among newly married couples, 14.6 percent were mixed in 2008, compared with 11.2 percent in 2000 and 8.3 percent in 1990. (Among all people currently married, 8 percent of marriages were mixed in 2008, compared

All the Business Ladies

Excellent article in the Wall Street Journal last week – women business numbers with suggestions on how to close existing gaps. The phenomenal growth of women-owned businesses has made headlines for three decades—women consistently have been launching new enterprises at

All the Business Ladies

Excellent article in the Wall Street Journal last week – women business numbers with suggestions on how to close existing gaps. The phenomenal growth of women-owned businesses has made headlines for three decades—women consistently have been launching new enterprises at

Hair Matters

Check out this fantastic interactive page at the New York Times. I’m sure the comments page with have all kinds of goodies in it. I’ll check back later today after more people have had time to comment. The “good hair”

Hair Matters

Check out this fantastic interactive page at the New York Times. I’m sure the comments page with have all kinds of goodies in it. I’ll check back later today after more people have had time to comment. The “good hair”

Black Beauty in Popular Culture

I picked up the July Vogue Italia at the newsstand yesterday, excited to see the Barbie anniversary tribute to Vogue Italia‘s The Black Issue (get that? good) I went and pulled out the 2008 Black Issue and leafed through it

Black Beauty in Popular Culture

I picked up the July Vogue Italia at the newsstand yesterday, excited to see the Barbie anniversary tribute to Vogue Italia‘s The Black Issue (get that? good) I went and pulled out the 2008 Black Issue and leafed through it