Our very own First Lady Michelle Obama slays the October issue of InStyle Magazine. Y’all can’t tell me my First Lady doesn’t look good. Somebody come get Malia’s and Sasha’s mama and tell her to stop making these young women look bad. This is a prime example of what I would like to call Black […]
Beyonce’s 35th Soul Train Birthday Party
The Queen has turned 35 and is now eligible to run for the presidency of the United States. Meanwhile she spent her birthday weekend with First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters at Camp David on Saturday 3 September and was spotted on her actual birthday 4 September in Philadelphia at the Mad in America […]
#VeteransForKaepernick Trends on Twitter
Yesterday I felt the need to speak out in support of Colin Kaepernick as a Black woman in America and today although I hardly ever mention it, I will speak out and support his actions as a Veteran. When I woke up the morning of 31 August 2016 I had quite a few notifications about […]
A Black Woman who stands with Colin Kaepernick
Throughout time Black Women have continuously had the backs of Black Men and we will continue to do so, therefore I stand with Colin Kaepernick and his decision on not to stand during the national anthem. I truly do not understand what all the uproar is about when it comes to a man who just […]
SOUTHSIDE with you (movie review)
All I have to say is that President Barack Obama set the standard for first dates. He showed up and showed out on his first date with Michelle, but according to Michelle it was not a first date. She was persistent to remind the audience along with Barack of it not being a date all […]
Dethrone Miss Teen USA 2016
I’m so over the Miss Universe Organization at this point. First they let their newly crowned queen Deshauna Barber continuously get disrespected while they remain silent. Now their newly crown 2016 TEEN USA queen thinks it’s okay to freely use the N-word. From what I see, the Miss Universe organization condones this type of behavior and […]
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PAGEANTRY
As a young black girl in America, I enjoyed all things that fell into the beauty realm, to include BEAUTY PAGEANT. Every year I would watch our gorgeous state delegates in the Miss USA and Miss America pageant on national tv and someday dreamed that I could be one of those fabulous women on […]
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MODEL
Modeling is something that I have had a passion for all my life. Growing up every sidewalk was literally my runway. I would walk around crossing my feet in one front of the other with the goal of perfecting my fierce catwalk. Nobody could not tell me I was not a mini Tyra Banks or […]
Lela Victoria
Shalela Victoria Dowdy is a native of Mobile Alabama. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in American Legal Studies from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2012 and is currently working on a Masters of Arts degree in Leadership Studies from the University of Texas at El Paso. She is passionate […]
Birth of a Nation trailer
The trailer for “Birth of a Nation” has finally been released. The story is a powerful one indeed and depicts the story of NAT TURNER and his will to fight back. For those of you who are lacking a bit in the history of black folks in America, Nat Turner led a massive slave rebellion […]