Black Women

PHOTOS: JET Picks Its 'Beauty Of The Week' Finalists

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 05.14.2012

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Atlanta was ground zero this weekend for JET magazine's first-ever open casting call for its coveted "Beauty Of The Week" (B.O.W.) feature. JET ed...

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PHOTOS: Become A JET 'Beauty Of The Week'

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 05.10.2012

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For more than 60 years JET magazine's "Beauty of The Week" page has served as a weekly snapshot promoting and supporting the message that black is bea...

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New York Times ‘Black Women And Fat’ Writer Responds To Critics

Hello Beautiful | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Black Women, Obesity, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

"Many black women are fat because we want to be," Alice Randall stated in her NY Times Op-Ed piece that sparked a firestorm of online criticism and ba...

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Are Black Women Obese Because We Want to Be?

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Black Women, Women, Exercise, Health Disparities, Food, Fat, Physical Fitness, Obesity, African Americans, Childhood Obesity, Sugar, Women News

African-American women must not be reluctant to discuss the issue of obesity if we are to address the health disparities that make us, and the children for whom we are primary caretakers, live sicker and shorter lives.

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Oprah Doesn't Know Everything

Stephanie Covington Armstrong | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Black Women, Eating Disorders, Oprah, Bulimia, Body Image, Black Voices Life, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

Being Black prepared me for an eating disorder. Bulimia is a closeted disease, usually practiced in secret, in silence, in isolation. Secrets were the glue that bound my community.

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What Every Black Woman Needs to Know About Hair Loss: Part 1

Dr. Susan Taylor | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Skincare, Hair Loss, Beauty and Skin, Black Women, Bv-Fashion-and-Beauty, Black Voices News

In the twenty years that I have been in practice, I have gone from seeing five women with hair loss each week to seeing 25 or more. Most women have no idea that there are many causes of hair loss.

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Dwyane Wade's Sister and Other Black Women Share Keys to Success

Zondra Hughes | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Black Women, Internet-Business, Female-Success, Women Entrepreneurs, Tragil-Wade, Dwyane Wade, Personal Branding, Digital Space, Chicago News

"This is so much bigger than basketball," Wade said as she detailed the journey that took the family from poverty to a position of philanthropy with the Wade's World Foundation.

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WATCH: The TSA Gets Touchy With Gabby

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 04.20.2012

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The TSA is getting touchy again. This time around Gabrielle Union was the subject of some hairy handling by the TSA and shared her tales on the "C...

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'Origin of the Universe' Takes On Art History Greats

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Santa Monica Museum of Art, Black Women, Mickalene Thomas, Video, Gustave Courbet, Foxy Brown, Slidepollajax, Black Artists, Female Artists, Female Gaze, Matisse, Henri Matisse, Arts News

Mickalene Thomas' works range from paintings of fractured interior spaces to thought-provoking riffs on famous works of art, yet her themes remain con...

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Blacks Have Trouble Clearing Cervical Cancer Virus: Study

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Black Women, HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, Cancer, Human Papillomavirus, Video, Black Voices News

CHICAGO -- Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer: Th...

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Are Black Men Afraid of Successful Women?

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Black Women, Black Scholars, Relationships, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

For the busy and successful women who are reading this, I will try to save your valuable time and cut to the chase. Your success may be standing in the way of you finding a meaningful relationship, but not for the reasons you might think.

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Trend Alert: Policing Women's Behavior

Angela Stanley | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Women, Women's Rights, Black Women, Mitt Romney, Women Poverty, Planned Parenthood, Black Voices News

In an era where many people are claiming to be post-everything, so many old school tricks of the discrimination trade seem to be ever-present. What women do and how we are doing it appears to be a major cause for concern. From marriage to healthcare, many men are at the forefront of "tackling" women's issues and are very invested in policing our behavior.

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Black Women Don't Need Anymore Dating Advice! Or Do They? Q&A with Demetria Lucas

Erica Watson | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Black Men, Relationship Advice, Love and Relationships, Vajazzling, Sex, Dating Advice for Women, Dating, Black Women, Demetria Lucas, Black Voices Life, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

I am so tired of black men writing dating advice books for black women! I love all of the amazing men in my life, but many of them do not know how to...

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HIV Rates For U.S. Black Women Now Rival Rates In Africa: Report

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Black Women, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Video, Cdc, Hiv, Global Motherhood, HIV/AIDS Africa, Slidepollajax, Johns Hopkins, Black Voices News

As the health community geared up to recognize National Women and Girls HIV Awareness Day today, startling new research revealed that the disease is f...

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Black Motherhood Re-Examined: Are We Always Doing Our Best?

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Black Mothers, Black Women, Black Children, Black Voices Life, Black Voices News

Janelle Harris wrote an interesting article at Essence.com, discussing stereotypes of Black mothers in America. Like everyone else, I thought back to the women who've influenced me in my life, namely my mother, aunts and grandmothers.

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PHOTOS: The 'Beauty In Black' Project

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.01.2012

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It's hard to forget the ugly and disturbing Psychology Today article “Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?” written by...

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Thandie Goes Au Natural For Her Daughters (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.15.2012

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Thanks to Viola Davis' bold and beautiful natural 'do at the Oscars, the media is now on curl patrol--scoping out any and all curly-topped actress of ...

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Study: Black Women Heavier And Happier With Their Bodies Than White Women

Washington Post | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Black Women Body Image, Black Women, Women Body Image, Black Women Body Issues, Body Image, Bv-Life, Black Women Weight, Black Voices News

In the pre-dawn darkness, the gym doors close, and the black women start to move. House versions of Whitney Houston's "I'm Every Woman," and Adele's "...

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Celebrating Black History Month and the Achievements of African American Women

Donna Brazile | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Obama Administration, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Black History, Barack Obama, Lilly Ledbetter, President Obama, Black History Month, Black Women, Michelle Obama, African-American History, African American Women, Black Voices News

The strength, talents and successes of contemporary black women have deeply influenced the Obama Administration and continue to shape American history and improve the lives of all our citizens.

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Open Letter to Triumphant Scientifically Attractive Marriageable Single Black Women

Ama Yawson | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Black Women, Valentine's Day, Black Women Satoshi Kanazawa, Black Voices News

I understand that for the past two years the media has been throwing spears in your direction. But I have a question for you. When have you ever allowed stereotypes, negative statistics or notions of beauty heralded by the mass media to define you or circumscribe your aspirations?

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Black Women Make History Too -- An Interview On Coretta Scott King

Martha Burk | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Peace Movement, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Martin Luther King, Mlk, King Memorial, Black History, Coretta Scott King, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Black History Month, Black Women, Coretta Scott King Interview, Civil Rights Leaders, Politics News

Before her death in 2006, in preparation for a new biography, Coretta King met many times with Dr. Barbara Reynolds, one of the founding editors of USA Today. I recently interviewed Dr. Reynolds on her time with Mrs. King.

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Sisterly Love: The Rise of the Black Girl Crush

Marjon Rebecca Carlos | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Black Women, Black Unemployment, Working Women, Les Tulieries, Girl Crush, Post Racial America, Black Female Journalists, Women Writers, Solange Knowles Style, Black Girl Crush, Style-Journalism, Michelle Obama, Writers' Strike, Hair & Beauty, Hair-Beauty-Beauty, Black Voices News

While Black female creative professionals try to gain footing in the wake of such staggering facts, it is no wonder then that the rise of the Black girl crush has emerged. In fact, it has crested in my own life, as I have been working freelance since May 2011.

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Nars Cosmetics Keeping Black Women In Mind

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.06.2012

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Black women might not be able to find a bra to match their skin tone, but now there's a better chance of finding the perfect hue of makeup. Nars C...

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Are Hair Extensions Deadly?

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 04.03.2012

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Can hair extensions actually kill you? That's what a doctor in London is speculating after Atasha Graham, 34, died from a possible allergic reactio...

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NBA Winner Nikky Finney: The Bare Arms Of Angry Black Women

Nikky Finney | Posted 04.02.2012

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We are called angry Black women because we are not afraid of bare arms. We pay close attention to our arms, holding our children tight inside of them.

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