I often hear people say, "Why can't we just get over this light skin/dark skin hype"? In my opinion, the answer is obvious: People keep the skin color divide alive today via commentary and actions. Very rarely do you hear someone officially reignite the divide with some official announcement. More often than not, it is…

I'm only in my mid-twenties, but I can honestly say that over the course of my life, I have become increasingly appalled at what is considered acceptable for young girls to wear today. In fact, I'll just go ahead and say that it creeps me out. If you watch me at the mall, you'll see me slightly cringe…

I'm incredibly disappointed with Google results when it comes to a particular search term: "black girls". I googled that term in order to find a particular organization geared towards young black women, only to find that the first several hits dealt with porn websites and disgusting, offensive language re:…

It is nothing new that rappers today show very little respect for women. However, I haven't really noticed much push back from women listening to the lyrics over the past few years. I often see women in audiences dancing to and lip-synching lyrics that are obviously designed to diminish the value of a…