UPDATE: No, you don’t have to fake it until you make it. They hired you for you, not who you think they think you should be. This blog post was written to encourage you to be your ENTIRE SELF in order to get ahead in your professional career.
4 Ways to Stick to Your Health Goals During the Holiday Season
The past few months have been a little crazy for me. I suffered two close personal losses within weeks of each other. I came to the realization that I was unfulfilled in the role I have spent the past four years doing. And I found myself in a weird state of confusion constantly wondering, “What’s…
How To Get Your Animated Bitmoji, Using Snapchat!
My text game entered a new level when I was introduced to Bitmoji a few years ago. It’s so fun to use a comic version of yourself as text replies. It only gets better when the person you’re texting has a Bitmoji too! But with levels, comes new levels, and I’m here to show you how…
Blacks & Wealth: Here’s What You Need to Know
“You find first-generation, even second-generation African-American and Latino households that have professional jobs and are making ‘middle-income money’ – but they have the wealth of a white high-school dropout,” Asante-Muhammad said.
Best of My Roaring 20s, So Far….
It’s ya birthday, It’s ya birthday, Bad ______________ contest, YOU IN FIRST PLACE! –2 Chainz WOW, I am 29—Twenty, fine! This is the last year of my roaring 20s and I’ve learned SO MUCH over these past few years. I’m forever grateful that God saw fit, for me to continue on this journey called life….
Black Content Appreciation Post
Let that sink in. Quite frankly, it’s long overdue. Have you seen the ultimate GLOW of black women–across the world– as of late? There is an entire natural hair festival— dedicated to our coily hair and kinks of love. There is so much culture appropriation of black women in particular, that I stopped keeping up. There…
Why I Stopped Showing Up To Every Sponsored Event
Free Drinks! This event is brought to you by (insert adult beverage company). Okay, I get it. Drinking is fun, social, and a great way to “network.” But, I’m noticing a trend among my peers, and it involves the rush to have a free drink. Now let me be FIRST to say, there is nothing…
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
To be young, gifted and black, Oh what a lovely precious dream To be young, gifted and black, Open your heart to what I mean In the whole world you know There are billion boys and girls Who are young, gifted and black, And that’s a fact! Young, gifted and black We must begin to…
Taco + Margarita Festival This Saturday in Atlanta
Did someone say Tacos?! This Saturday, Food-O-Rama is bringing Atlanta’s first Taco + Margarita Festival happening in the beautiful Grant Park! Here’s your chance to shamelessly indulge in tacos and margaritas all day long! You can visit the event website for allll the details. Don’t say we didn’t share the good news! ### Photo Credit
6 Swimsuits You Need to Buy For Summer
Fashionistas, Can you believe summer is mere weeks away? It feels like just yesterday we were ushering in the New Year and now, 2017 is almost over. Crazy! As you rush get your body ready for upcoming beach days, tropical vacations and fun in the sun, the last thing you want to stress over is swimwear,…
9 Most Swoon-Worthy Red Carpet Moments
Fashionistas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala is arguably the biggest fashion event of the year. It’s the one place where our favorite celebrities, models and designers come together to celebrate the museum’s exhibit in glamorous pieces fit for a showroom. Because the ball is all about elevating your sartorial A-game and bringing…
Two Cents for the Undecided Black Girl
Should I speak up, protest, boycott, and get all uneasy about the many social injustices around this country? Go out and march? Haul ass to Washington, D.C. to join the Women’s March on Washington? Flee to Africa to save all the little girls from genital mutilation and violent military units? Go block EVERY PERSON on social…
