Consider this your daily reminder, courtesy of an old school Sesame Street clip! I grew up a Sesame Street junkie, and this song was always one of my favorites. The empowering message resonated with me at an early age — “just look around you, it’s easy to see. There’s NOTHING we women can’t be!” This…
Randomness
Beautiful Black Bloggers – Zandile Blay
I’m a girl who clicks around the Internets, and I’ve noticed something — whenever there’s a list of “bloggers we want to see in bikinis” or “most beautiful bloggers,” there’s a distinct lack of melanin in the women featured on the list. What’s with that? It’s noticeable to me because I am part of a…
My Two Cents
I’m going to be on NPR’s News and Notes today! If you’d like to hear my perspectives on the political and cultural issues of the moment, check your local listings and tune in! For those of you who aren’t able to listen live, I’ll post the link as soon as it’s online, which should be…
Afrobella, Interviewed by Belle Noir!
Bellas, I was recently interviewed by the beautiful ladies at Belle Noir magazine. In case you haven’t heard of Belle Noir, it’s a wonderful site for big, beautiful women of color. Check them out. And I liked the questions she asked me in the interview! In case you were wondering what’s in my makeup bag,…
Discussing Obama and Beyonce on NPR
I got snowed under by a work avalanche, but I am poking my head out long enough to announce that I was on NPR’s News and Notes blogger’s roundtable again yesterday, alongside Ambra Nykol of Nykola and Robert Redding of The Redding News Review. Click here to listen!
Sandra Hordatt’s Tips for Carnival Wow!
At the risk of not sounding like a true Trini, I have a confession to make. I haven’t been home for Carnival in a decade. TEN YEARS! What can I tell you? College, then the workplace, then financial constrictions always seem to conspire against me. I must admit, I feel very left out and more…
Afrobella, Interviewed
Today yours truly was on NPR’s News and Notes for like, five minutes. Click here to listen — I come in towards the end of the exchange. I was super nervous and very excited, can you tell?? I wish circumstances allowed me to be on for the entire roundtable, I had a LOT to contribute…
For You Aspiring Bronze Beauties
So I had lofty ambitions of posting a big Ask Afrobella today, but I have jobby job stuff-to-do and an atypical deadline. Sorry, bellas! Duty calls. Next week I’ll deliver the goods, but I’ll still hook you up with a little Friday review teaser and an awesome giveaway! Summer beauty is all about warmth and…
You Glow, Girl
This incredibly trite headline is brought to you by… I kid, I kid. But I had to use it and share the adjoining photo, to underscore this here product review. Normally I’m shy about sharing photos of myself, and without makeup? Forget it. But that’s me, at the Bullpen Bar in Chicago’s Comiskey Park. The…
My Father’s Father’s Day
Much thanks to all of you who shared your feedback about the true meaning of fatherhood. My dad gave all four sermons at All Saints’, the church I was baptized in and grew up going to. He sent me a complete copy of his speech, which I will post as a link as soon as…