Yup can you believe it I know I can’t it’s been four years since i returned back to being natural it’s gone by so quick in the blink of an eye as they say….. A few things I’ve learnt over the years well?! 1. Not everything good for goose is good for gander what I…
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Natural hair segregation
Natural hair segregation is running rampant in the natural community let’s not talk on how darker skinned women with tight coils in their head aren’t attractive. Natural hair companies and those who ad placements are neglecting we who don’t fit their main target audience. So you mean to tell me you want to brag about…
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…
Once, twice three times a maybe?!
Taking your ex back is like pinching yourself on the arm to see whether you’re still awake it just causes unnecessary pain…….. I have a bad habit of running back to my ex I don’t know the hold he has over me, maybe it’s his voice or his touch or his sweet kisses. Or maybe…
Love lessons
My heart was broken but the journey to find me is not over…., I wish I could say I was an expert on love but I’m not I don’t know everything about love, being in love or most importantly loving myself. They say how can you hope to love another if you can not love…
Natural hair lessons
One thing I’m learning as I progress on my natural hair journey, which is almost four years deep. Is my hair does not like braids or kinky twists aka any fake hair entwined in mine my scalp rejects it. Its so hard to take care of natural hair in this cold weather. So I try…
Black British artists are undervalued!!
Yesterday I was scrolling through my instagram feed, when I came across something that stopped me in my tracks Laura mvula posted a vid of her playing a piano and stares in the caption she had been dropped from her record label. I was in shock why is it the most talented artists always get…
Black women and body image
My body is slim, skinny but my mind is big…. As you can tell I’m not exactly the biggest woman from as far back as I can recall I’ve always been the slim black girl. I do fit into the stereotype that a black woman is fuller figured with a round derrière, hips thighs and…
Black girl chronicles part 11
Why I dislike train journeys There is always one idiotic white person who travels on the train whose mission in life is to disrupt you from travelling comfortably. Take for example yesterday I was heading to university, I got on the train there was a seat next to white man so of course I politely…
You speak like a whaaaaa!!!
Who came up with this fallacy of speaking like a white girl like who I’m not saying this is my recent experience but I want to have an open debate about it?! It seems to me that when we talk on the idea that black women have to speak a certain way in order to…
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