Are you a single black woman and need help finding a man? Look no further for help than Natalie Clarice on the Oxygen Channel. She’s the host of a new show on the cable network called “Find Me My Man.” It will premiere tonight, Tuesday, April 9 at 9pm ET/PT. Clarice, known as the “Titan of Love,” […]
According to a new study published by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, scientists discovered that two out of every five Black women or 40…
(Via Health Day News) – The link between chronic stress and weight gain is much stronger in black girls than white girls, and may help explain why black girls are more likely to be overweight than white girls, according to a new study. In the United States, the obesity rate in blacks is 50 percent […]
Front and center in the ongoing debate around women’s rights are the issues of health care and freedom of choice. During a tense election cycle,…
Wendy Williams has taken some heat for going under the knife, and now the talk show host has something to say to her haters — in particular, Black women who look down on her for her multiple plastic surgeries. “They are jealous. Because if I said to that person, ‘I got the doctor and I’m going to pay […]
Alice Randall has written and interesting essay/article for the NY Times on fat black women. Randall notes that FOUR out of five black women are seriously overweight. And one out of four middle-aged black women has diabetes. She thinks what’s really needed is a body-culture revolution in black America. Why? Because too many experts who are […]
By Donovan X. Ramsey Beginning in March, a black woman will be at the helm of a major fire department for the first time in U.S. history. SEE ALSO: Obama: I Deserve Re-Election Top 5 Winter Travel Destinations Theresa Deloach-Reed, 52, was named chief of the Oakland city fire department. Reed has been fighting fires […]
By Donovan X. Ramsey Beginning in March, a black woman will be at the helm of a major fire department for the first time in…
Dear other woman, Stop being trifling. Signed, Womanhood (well, minus all polygamists) This Valentine’s Day some woman will again feel like “shyt people feel on…
Black women and weight loss is something of a literary two-headed monster, but with Jennifer Hudson, Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey promoting weight loss products between football games and prime-time television sitcoms, the subject is not only becoming less contentious, but it is also reviving black actresses’ careers, The Daily Beast reports. SEE ALSO: Is […]
Men tend to get all of the credit for everything, especially the Civil Rights Movement. While Dr. Martin L. King Jr. and Malcolm X are known as the faces of the movement, black history is brimming with women whose contributions are equally noteworthy. Here’s our list of black women who helped to advance the race […]
As much as we would prefer not to discuss it, skin tone complications of the past still afflict the psyche of present-day America, according to an article by TheGrio. And, to be sure, the studies the article cites don’t isolate the issue to the black community alone. Rather, the studies report that the issue is […]
