Mental drainage is real….. I wish I could describe how hard it is to be a black person living in the United Kingdom or Britain which ever term is better, today I’ve been feeling overwhelmed as if there is a elephant on my chest and I can’t breathe but yet I just about manage to….
Category: Black British
Love peace and hair grease
So it’s 2018 and we are still having the same conversations and rightly so. Let me explain I want to understand why texture discrimination is still going on?, I want to understand why there is such a thing as people who have locs or dreads. Or whatever you feel to call them is not natural?,…
BLack girl chronicles 17
Black girl magic is not me sacrificing my principles for your pleasure sorry I don’t play that…….. Black girl magic is a term used to describe we black women all the world in all our glory, yes black British girls, black West Indian girls, african American women etc it is a word that brings a…
Black girl chronicles do I trust relaxer companies
A wonderful thing is happening hair relaxers sales are on the decrease. As more and more black women embrace their natural hair free from chemicals that are in fact poisonous. Companies that made them are now introducing natural hair care lines to keep up with demand. For example dark and lovely arguably the biggest manufacturer…
29 not dead…..
Let me tell you I feel like screaming at the top of my lungs!!! Why you ask? Well let me tell you I’m tired of being made to feel as if I’ve not achieved anything because I’m 29 and not married nor have I completed my degree yet. Who created the standards, of what you…
Black girl representation
Black girl representation is so important right now!! How do we teach our little melanated angels that it is ok to be them? That it is ok to be black and full of passion and creativity, young black girls are wise beyond their own years and it’s time we remember that. Teach them well and…
Black British power movement
I as a black woman am incredibly disappointed with the fact that john Ridley the writer of 12 years a slave defence as to why his chosen not to include black women in the forefront of his new to show geurilla. To completely deny the black woman the right to be acknowledged for their contributions…
Black girl chronicles part 13
Girlllll don’t do too much…… what is this foolishness I’m seeing colourism we’re still doing this in 2017 yuh mussi crazy come on now. Only now it’s not just dark skinned black women and men being alienated being told they’re not worthy because they’re too dark. Now black people of darker hues are actively segregating…
Black girl chronicles part 12
Let’s talk about facial hair shall we because it seems we do not cover this topic enough sure we talk about love and men and other issues but let’s get down to the nitty gritty and say yes I’m a black woman who has facial hair. I’m not going to lie majority of the time…
Barbados 5oth
Barbados has treached a landmark milestone November 30th 1966 it achieved full independence from Britain. Becoming a standalone country. Now as we mark November 30th 2016 Barbados has been independent for 50 years which is a huge achievement. Barbados is a country very close to my heart as my mum was born there and…
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