Click ‘Read More + Comment’ for additional photos. “Mater Mea was born from a simple idea…that mothers come from all different walks of life. It’s a truth that one sees while strolling down countless streets, but one that is rarely reflected online. And that’s where Mater Mea comes in — this site is a celebration(…)
Click ‘Read More + Comment’ for additional photos and video. “I’m from London and I have 4 blonde sisters and a blonde brother, we have a different dad. Growing up in a very white working class environment and being brown with an afro, kinda already put me on the outside, so I was able to(…)
Mater Mea is a incredibly breathtaking “bimonthly online magazine that celebrates the lives of high-profile women of color as they balance work and motherhood. Using stunning photographs and in-depth profiles, readers are immersed into the lives of awe-inspiring women in the most intimate settings: at home, with their children.”–Mater Mea Mengly & Ousmane (…)
Click ‘Read More + Comment’ for additional photos. Featured photo by Chuck Johns. Writer/Actress/Radio-Presenter, Erickka Sy Savane shares with us her personal journey of struggle, in what others deemed her beautiful tresses as, “Bad” hair. Giving power to a label, Erickka realizes the struggle ended with herself. “Bad Hair” by: Erickka Sy Savane (…)
Click ‘Read More + Comment’ to view video. For some, hair is just hair but for others, including myself, a natural hair journey is more of a personal reflection, revealing a visual timeline to the transformation of who I really was…ME! Meet Kayla Enigma of ‘Revealing the Roots’ who shares her one year natural hair(…)
Click ‘Read More + Comment’ to view video. “On our body image roundtable we begin the conversation about how painful the inauthentic, unattainable, cookie-cutter norms have been to females and why mass culture accepts these (or any standards) that diminish women. Style and beauty is a self confidence that comes from a willingness to be as(…)
Click ‘Read More + Comment’ to view video. A documentary feature, almost eight years in the making, ‘Free Angela & All Political Prisoners’ gives us an intimate look behind the woman that launched a revolutionary movement. Directed by Shola Lynch with Executive Producers, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jay Z, James Lassiter and Sidra Smith, ‘Free(…)
Even the basics of handling natural hair is lost in translation if a stylist is unfamiliar with the natural world and as simple or silly as this sounds, the basics of natural hair is just that…basics! For example, I went to a very well-known salon in New York 7 years ago and let’s just say(…)
Click ‘Read More + Comment’ to view video. Want to stay focused or looking for motivation? Watch this inspiring video mantra from TO-FU Designs, that I follow religiously. 29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo.
Click “Read More + Comment” to view video. Introduction of my twin sister, Lyricist /Singer/Songwriter, TK Wonder in part 2 of this in-depth 4 part interview series.
