I drank, I smoked, I had sex. When I was in junior high my mind went crazy, it was like some­one pulled a switch and forced me into over­drive. I could blame my friends for …

Who is Hen­ri­etta Lacks?  This woman made a sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tion to the field of can­cer research.  Although her cells have helped save thou­sands of peo­ple, she was not a sci­en­tist or a doc­tor.  Although there …

Baby­girlz, do you know any sis­tas with fierce­ness that keep it real and stand up to injus­tice?
This month we take a moment to give props to a His­toric Hot Mama (HHM) who sued a racist …

By: Jen­nifer Tam­plin
Once first loves have come and gone,
And mate­r­ial pos­ses­sions are lost and worn out,
One pair of earthly eyes will con­tinue to gaze long­ingly into yours,
That is, if you will allow her to.
When the …

By: Dafina Dai­ley
Every girl goes through iden­tity issues. Who am I? Who do I want to be? This is a ques­tion that we search for the answer to through­out our lives. This ques­tion is answered …

In my life, con­fi­dence has not been an easy thing to hold on to. You see, I did not always know that a woman is not born with this thing they call con­fi­dence, and I …

Gwen Thomas of Vacav­ille, CA.  Gwen is a 19-year old, soon-to-be, first year col­lege stu­dent.  I first encoun­tered this young woman through read­ing her blog Per­ma­nent Issues — with a cap­tion that says a mouthful…“i’m …

By Tracey Brown
Skin is in!
Youth is your time to glow!  Lit­er­ally!  While time is on your side, now is the per­fect oppor­tu­nity to revel in your fresh­ness.  And I don’t mean a diva atti­tude.  I mean …

Nazyia Imani Kellogg

My niece was born Fri­day, August 24, 2007…2 months ahead of sched­ule. You see, her actual due date was Octo­ber 27th. She is a beau­ti­ful lit­tle thing that was born at a very …