Kansas City-based freelance journalist Esther Honig held an international experiment exploring how women’s magnificence standards range from nation to nation. In her project, known as “Before and After,” she despatched a plain photograph of herself to amateur and professional freelance photo editors worldwide, asking them simply to make her stunning […]
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43% of women said they would be less likely to share breast health concerns (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk) New research shows that one in five women have deprioritised their breast health and nearly half are less likely to share their breast health concerns as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. According to […]
WASHINGTON – As it tends to do, inspiration came to Cierra Lynn Taylor in the form of a whim. She had already turned furniture, clothes and bathroom stalls into canvases when she decided to sweep a paintbrush across her daughter Jaela’s skin. She covered the girl’s back with black paint, […]
“I am,” she wrote in block letters between the girl’s shoulder blades. In her next strokes, she surrounded that phrase with words she wanted her daughter to remember: Worthy. Powerful. Beautiful. Black and Proud. Enough. It was one of the first pieces of body art the Black D.C. artist, who […]
Beyond police brutality and systemic racism, Black people, because of their hairstyles, music of choice, sexual orientation, and culture, often face discrimination, microaggressions, and prejudice in everyday life. Still, a tenacious pride abounds in the Black community. This is the story of five Memphians’ experiences as Black people in America. […]
Black Interior Designers Network Chances are, you’ve been hearing the term “ally” a lot lately. As the country—and, indeed, the world—sees a new reckoning with systemic racism in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and more, there’s been an increased movement for non-Black individuals […]