The Root's contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas writes at Clutch magazine that while it feels wrong to write anything other than "congratulations," she has a few other thoughts to share about Kim Kardashian's recently announced pregnancy.

From bath-salt mania to sweet little Blue Ivy, these people and things defined the year.

In part, says Shake Your Beauty's Tia Williams, because she hates the message that the celebrity couple sends to an entire generation of young black girls.