6 Things #HurtBae Taught Me
Unless you were under a rock last week you saw what is now being called the #HurtBae video. The Scene released the video and within hours it was all the talk on the internets. Kourtney aka "Hurt Bae" and her ex-boyfriend Leonard came face to face to talk about his...
#Beyoncé Grammy Snub Is Bigger Than The Awards.
Beyoncé's Grammy snub was a snub against Black culture Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter should have won Album of the Year at the 59th annual Grammy awards. Fact. These are not alternative facts, this is not subjective, and it’s not because I am a Beyoncé fan. It’s...
#SistahGirlReview “Nevermore” by Danielle Allen
Sistah Girl Book Review "Nevermore" by Danielle Allen Warning: This review will read like a conversation. I finally realized why I always hesitated writing reviews, it’s because I tried to follow the standard unspoken rubric of book reviewing. It's usually is your...
#SistahGirl Journal Entry: Transition feels like growing out a perm
Transition Feels Like Growing Out A Perm I recently read the interview that Beyoncé did with her sister Solange in Interview Magazine. In the interview, Beyoncé asked Solange what inspired her cover art. “I wanted to put these waves in my hair, and to really set the...
#HiddenFigures A Film For Black Women
Hidden Figures Film Review When I purchased my ticket to see “Hidden Figures” I had to make sure it didn't have another film title on it. In the sixties, America was segregated and in 2017 even though I don't have to drink out of a colored water fountain, the very act...
Dear Black Men, Say Our Names #TiarahPoyau
St. John’s graduate student Tiarah Poyau, 22, died during J'Ouvert a Pre-Labor Day Parade festival held in Brooklyn, New York. Did she get hit by a car? Did she die from an illness that she didn’t know she had? Did a mosquito bite her giving her the Zika virus causing...
5 Black Women on #BookTube
BookTube is not a white thing BookTube sounds like this place where a bunch of books is funneled off into never never book land but it’s not. BookTube is a community of vloggers (video bloggers) who are passionate about their books. They create videos for YouTube...
BookReview: After The One (The One Series Duet) by Danielle Allen
After The One by Danielle Allen “After The One” by Danielle Allen is the follow up to “The One,” if you have yet to read that book please check it out. This book review was done to provide my personal feedback. Synopsis The insta-love. The perfect couple. The...
The App That Allows You to Read Books for Free
Now you can read for free using the OverDrive App! I like my books how I like my films, diverse. However, I realized that I don’t like taking chances on books in other genres. *Confession: I am not an adventurous reader* I also don’t feel confident about...
Why Black People Love OWN’s #GreenLeaf
Greenleaf has us side eyeing Pastor every Wednesday night Greenleaf is Oprah’s new hit series, I know I was supposed to say “The Oprah Winfrey Network,” but do I really have to? Oprah, switched up her programming big time since the network launched in 2011, it got a...