African American Women

Julee Wilson

PHOTOS: The 'Beauty In Black' Project

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Black Women, Harlem, Photography, Bv-Fashion-and-Beauty, Beauty in Black, Paul Edward Phillips, Video, Paul Phillips Beauty in Black, Paul Phillips Photographer, Psychology Today, Hair-Beauty, Beauty, Paul Phillips, African American Women, Satoshi Kanazawa, Black Is Beautiful, Black Voices News

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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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
Donna Brazile

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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The Golden Years: One Step Forward or Several Steps Back?

Gerry Hudson | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: African-American Voters, Wealth Inequality, Retirement, Economic Crisis, Seiu, Black Unemployment, Wealth Disparity, Pensions, African American Unemployment, Labor Unions, African American Women, Wealth Gap, Working Poor, Labor, Senior Citizens, Senior Living, Economic Recession, Saving for Retirement, Working Families, African-Americans, African Americans, Bv-Life, Black Voices News
Gerry Hudson

While the recent drop in unemployment numbers is great news, I wonder about how it will impact older African-American baby boomers. Our looming retirement security crisis, disproportionally affects African Americans, many of whom are retiring in poverty after a lifetime of work.

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Will You Join The 'What's Your Nude?' Campaign?

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Black Women, Holly Robinson Peete, Under Underwear, Flesh-Tone, Nude Bras, Whatsyournude, Skin Tone, Hair-Beauty, Brown Bras, Bras, What's Your Nude, Chrisette Michele, African American Women, Black History Month, Black Voices News

Black women can pretty much expect that anything labeled "nude" from cosmetics to undergarments isn't going to match our skin tone. The blushes, b...

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What's Missing From Television Coverage of Missing Persons?

Ava Thompson Greenwell | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: White Women, Missing Women, Find Our Missing, African American Women, TV Networks, TV One, Rtdna, Media News
Ava Thompson Greenwell

Frankly, I am tired of tuning in to the morning news shows only to see extended coverage of missing females who do not look like me. So from now on, I will be watching or recording TV One's "Find Our Missing" on Wednesday nights with great gratitude.

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Salvador Dali's Favorite Supermodel

Ben Arogundade | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Black Models, William Claxton, Kate Moss, Donyale Luna, Diana Vreeland, Lucien Freud, Salvador Dali, Paco-Rabanne-Dress, Vogue Magazine, Helmut Newton, African American Women, Jourdan Dunn, Andy Warhol, Art, Harper's Bazaar, Federico Fellini, Paco Rabanne, Black Beauty, Richard Avedon, African American Beauty, Damien Hirst, African Americans, First Black Supermodel, Hair & Beauty, Hair-Beauty-Beauty, Black Voices News
Ben Arogundade

The renowned surrealist painter Salvador Dali's meeting with seminal African-American supermodel, Donyale Luna, at his hideaway in the Spanish fishing village of Cadaqués, Catalonia in 1966 marked an amazing moment where art and beauty collide.

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Not a Dream Deferred: The Photography of Kali-Ma Nazarene

Jim Downs | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: African American Women, Kali-Ma Nazarene, Kali-Ma Art, Kali-Ma NY, Art Gallery Kali-Ma, African Americans Photography, James Baldwin France, African American History, James Baldwin Niece, Nazarene NY Art, Baldwin Kali-Ma Nazarene, Arts News
Jim Downs

Photographer Kali-Ma Nazarene's uncle fled to France many decades ago in order to escape discrimination. Like her, he was an artist in search of solace in another country. His name was James Baldwin.

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How Anita Hill Taught us to Stand Up

Rebecca Walker | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Gen X, ACT UP, Anita Hill, LGBT Rights, Third Wave Feminism, Feminism, African American Women, Clarence Thomas, Chicano, Women News
Rebecca Walker

She made sure her story was on the record, and that encouraged so many of us to do the same.

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Janell Ross

Single Mothers: Poverty Climbs Without Jobs Or Help

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Marriage, Heritage Foundation, Video, Single Mothers, Poverty, National Women's Law Center, Women Income, Economic Policy Institute, Food Stamps, Third World America, Minor Children, African American Women, Business News

On a steamy summer morning inside the 116th Street food pantry in Harlem, Georgiana Williams moves slowly through the aisles. For Williams, this is im...

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Redirecting The Dialogue On Black Singlehood

Danielle Jackson | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: African-American Women, Marriage, Singles, Black Marriage, Single Women, Bitch Is the New Black, Black Voices News
Danielle Jackson

Implicit in all of this discourse is an underlying message that most black women have been going about things the wrong way (becoming pregnant while single), or prioritizing the wrong things (careers, education, personal development).

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Provincetown's Not Safe for Black Lesbians

Irene Monroe | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Black Women, Jamaica, Jamaica Violence, Gay Rights, Lesbian, Provincetown, Gays and Lesbians, Gays, African American Women, African Americans, Gay Issues, Travel News
Irene Monroe

At the tip of Cape Cod is the LGBTQ-friendly haven, Provincetown, fondly called P-town, and known as the best LGBTQ summer resort on the East Coast. But this doesn't mean there is no sexual and homophobic harassment.

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Women in Corporate America

Christine Bork | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Catalyst Study, Women of Color, Ceos, Senior Leadership Positions, Promotion, Glass Ceiling, Human Resources, Women in Business, Job Training, Women Executives, African American Women, Chicago News
Christine Bork

Although women are making inroads in management positions, they have been unable to reach the heights of men with similar education and experience. Why aren't women advancing to senior leadership positions?

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Black Women Are Not (Rated) Less Attractive!: Independent Analysis of the Add Health Dataset

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Black Women, Scott Barry Kaufman, Attractiveness, Representative Sample, Lse Spokesman, London School of Economics, Ethnicity, Add Health, Adolescents, Adulthood, Native American Women, Academic Freedom, Psychology Today, Race, Internal Investigation, Jelte Wicherts, Student Organization, African American Women, Firestorm, Controversial Conclusions, Evolutionary Psychology, Outrage, Empirical Findings, Satoshi Kanazawa, Psychologist, Style News
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

The low convergence of ratings finding suggests that in this very large and representative dataset, beauty is mostly in the eye of the beholder. What we are looking at here are simple ratings of attractiveness by interviewers whose tastes differ rather strongly.

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'Womanist': Saying Who We Are

Irene Monroe | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Women's Issues, Feminist, Gays and Lesbians, Gay, Third Wave Feminism, Womanist, African-American History, Alice Walker, Feminism, African American Women, Black History Month, Second Wave Feminism, Gay Rights, Blacks, Black History, African-Americans, African Americans, Gay Issues, African-American Issues, Healthy Living News
Irene Monroe

Black History Month is that time of year when the achievements and courage of people of African descent are acknowledged and celebrated.

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Somebody, Anybody but Tyler Perry Sing a Black Girl's Song

Bassey Ikpi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: For Colored Girls Movie Review, For Colored Girls, Tyler Perry, Black Women, African American Women, Tyler Perry for Colored Girls, African American Film, African-American Issues, Entertainment News
Bassey Ikpi

Tyler Perry never gives his audience a chance to "get" the message. He wants to deliver it, wrapped in a cannon ball and shot across the room, but the poems in For Colored Girls need to breathe on their own.

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Sesame Street Writer Pens "I Love My Hair" Song to Empower Daughter

Jenee Darden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sesame Street, Chris Rock, Joey Mazzarino, Beauty, African American Women, Sesame Street I Love My Hair, Chris Rock Good Hair, Black Hair, Hair Beauty, Style News
Jenee Darden

Last year, Sesame Street's head writer noticed his then four-year-old daughter, Segi, didn't embrace her hair. He shared with me why he wrote the "I Love My Hair" lyrics for his little girl.

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Women of Color Greatly Misrepresented on Daytime TV

Victoria Rowell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minority Women, African American Women, Minority Women Tv, Soap Operas, Daytime TV, Women of Color, Entertainment News
Victoria Rowell

Though there are more minority women onscreen than ever before, they often fall into "specialty-act" roles or negative stereotypes, lessening their power in Hollywood as well as their worth in the industry.

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So Just Where Are The Women In Hip-Hop? My Mic Sounds Nice Review

George Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck D, Hip Hop, Entertainment, Mc-Lyte, Russell Simmons, Bet Hip-Hop, Entertainment News, Bet, Hip-Hop, African American Women, African Americans, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News
George Alexander

What's an art form without women's voices? That's a question that kept popping in my mind as I sat mesmerized in a screening of BET's first-ever origi...

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Mother's Day 2010: Mothering on My Mind

Emilie Townes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Women, African American Mothers, Mother's Day, Black Church, Sexism, Black Mothers, Black Churches, Mother's Day 2010, African American Women, Religion News
Emilie Townes

Mother's Day was a high holy day for us when I was growing up. We arrived at church proudly wearing our roses, and the entire service was designed to honor the mothers in the congregation.

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Lena Horne Was More Than Skin-Deep

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African-American, Women, Women's Issues, African American Women, African Americans, Lena Horne, Entertainment News
Irene Monroe

Lena Horne discovered her light-skinned complexion opened doors for her. But once she got through she faced other racial problems, the biggest one being her light-skinned complexion.

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"Rockin' the Red Pump" for HIV/AIDS Awareness

Bessie A. Winn-Afeku | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV Prevention, HIV/AIDS, Social Media, Teens and Sex, AIDS Awareness, African American Women, Women's Health, Impact News
Bessie A. Winn-Afeku

I'm an African-American woman and my age falls within the range of 25 to 34. The number one killer of women with in my demographic is HIV/AIDS and it can easily be avoided.

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Act Like A Pretty Girl, Think Like an Ugly One!

Erica Watson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sexy Women, Black Women, Skinny, African American Women, Body Image, Dating Advice, Sex, Dating, Men, Fashion, Plus-Size, Beauty, Single Women, Sexy, Comedy News
Erica Watson

It's official: Ugly Girls Have More Fun! Or at the very least, they have more sex. During a visit to my GYNY the other day I noticed that most o...

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It's Not OK: A Black Girl 101

Angela Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Women, Good Hair, African American Women, Diversity, Comedy, Comedy News
Angela Tucker

It's not OK to confuse me with another black girl. It's not OK even if the girl bears a passing resemblance to me. I don't care if you feel bad. You should feel bad.

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Guide To Fighting Uterine Fibroids

essence.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Benign Tumors, Fibroids, Ob Gyn, Uterus, African American Women, Health, Healthy Living News

They can be uncomfortable, annoying and downright bothersome, but fibroids need to be dealt with as soon as they become a problem. Not sure what they ...

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Minorities and Health Care: What's the Real Story?

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Low Birth Rate, ?€œInfant Mortality Rate?, African-Americans, Recidivism, Incarceration, Classicism, President Barack Obama, African-American Women, Melting Pot, Healthcare Reform, HIV/AIDS, African-American Infants, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Senator Ted Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Socialism, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Rehabilitation, Town Hall Meetings, Medical Care, Prenatal Care, Minorities, Stomach Cancer, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

While health care is in need of radical reform for millions of Americans, minorities and especially blacks have historically suffered disproportionately from poor or non-existent health care.

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