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A Case For Capitalizing The “B” In “Black People”

When The Word “Beautiful” Really Means “Different”

What Toddlers Can Teach Us About Ourselves

What’s Wrong With Telling A Little Girl She’s Pretty?

I cringe a little every time someone tells my 4-year-old daughter she’s pretty. Only because it’s true—and because it happens a lot, and because I’

How I Want To Talk To My Kids About Sex

I quickly took the pregnancy test out of the bag and fumbled with the instructions: Pee on the stick, wait three minutes, discover if your whole world is a

Natural Hair & Words That Hurt: When Colorism Strikes Our Kids

It was innocent enough: my daughter sent this picture of her adorable 3-year-old baby girl to a popular natural haircare website, excited to share the choc

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Natural Hair Love: An Open Letter For Our Babies & Their Tresses

I’m tired. Sick and tired, really. It is rather exhausting to constantly debate the value and beauty of girls like me, whose very basic existence from ou