20 Perfectly Professional Work Hairstyles For 4A, B, And C Hair
I’ll save you the rhetoric about natural hair being unprofessional because we all know it’s a lie. Nevertheless, there are still many unspoken and sometimes written rules about African American hair in...
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How A Single Mom Of Four Shattered The Stereotype To Get Her PhD
When Sharita Mathis-Lawson found herself a divorced mom of three teens, with a fourth child from a recently failed relationship on the way, it would have been easy for her to throw her hands up in...
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How Delusional People Expect Love To Be
[caption id="attachment_832713" align="alignleft" width="1068"] Bigstockphoto.com/Close up portrait of young woman outside leaning against wall daydreaming[/caption] Most romantic comedies over the...
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Laverne Cox On Staying In Abusive Relationship: I Didn’t Think Anyone Else...
Photo: WENN Women (and men) stay in abusive relationships for a lot of different reasons: fear, lack of financial independence, distorted views of love. But Laverne Cox had a wholly unique reason for...
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10 Weight-Loss “Compliments” That Are Actually Kind Of Shady
Earlier today we told you about Gabourey Sidibe's feelings about people who congratulate her on losing a lot of weight. In case you missed it: What had been happening is, since I’ve been losing weight...
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Convincing Reasons To Stop Drinking Today
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How Dressing Like A Man Could Make You Happy
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After Being Diagnosed With Clinical Depression, Former Exotic Dancer Helps...
Author Sashe Omigate is making it her mission to encourage women to speak their truth and learn to love themselves despite their past heartbreaks, set backs and disappointments. The former exotic...
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Roxane Gay Turned To Food After Being Gang-Raped At 12: “I Thought If I’m...
Known for her short stories and fiction, Bad Feminist author Roxane Gay’s next piece of work is set to tackle the effects of sexual violence, in particular, Gay’s own life-changing experience with it....
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Quick Ways To Neutralize Sexual Harassment At Work
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#TBT: Remember When You First Started Experimenting With Makeup?
Not too long ago, I logged onto Facebook and received one of those unfriendly memories notices — you know the kind that makes you question, what was I thinking? This time, however, I wasn’t shaking my...
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Why Would You Want Your Friend To Reconcile With A Man Who Repeatedly...
Most of us are rejoicing over the fact that Tiny is pulling herself away from her husband T.I., for the simply fact that not only did he cheat on her (likely multiple times), he’s publicly...
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Behold The First Supper Of The Unapologetics
If 2015-2016 was the year of Black Girl Magic, 2016-2017 has become the year Black men and women basically decided, you gone get all this blackness today and if you don’t like it, IDGAF. To capture...
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Unspoken: I Saw Him First, But My Friend Is Interested In Him Too
While many of us would like to believe that we’re good friends, some of us slip up and both say and do things that can leave our friends feeling some type of way. Do you truly know what is and what...
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Buy Black & Support Women At The Uptown Underground Market This Saturday
Image via CreateHerStock, Design by Vanessa Rae Wells If you were reading MadameNoire, earlier this year, you might have heard about our Uptown Underground Market. The brainchild of Andrea Reed in...
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We Were Rooting For You! Shows With Black Leads That Were Canceled This Season
In April, we told you about all of the shows you could look forward to watching in the spring season, but now that it's about to be summer, a hefty amount of programs have already been axed. And while...
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Woman Who Went Viral For Photo With Fit Husband Says He Helped Her Love...
A little less than a week ago, Jasmine “Jazzy” Owens shared a simple photo of herself and her husband walking on the beach, holding hands. The caption though, was about body acceptance. Owens had...
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Did You Know There Was A Black Man Inside Barney?
Image via WENN Growing up, I’d heard tell of rumors that the man inside the legendary Barney suit jumping around and clicking his heels was a brutha. But like a lot of Urban legends of the nineties,...
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Menu Tricks Not To Fall For
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Ways Men Trick You Into Dates
[caption id="attachment_833012" align="alignleft" width="1068"] Bigstockphoto.com/lovely african american couple using laptop in living room[/caption] It’s rather pathetic when men choose to trick a...
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