On the one hand, I feel Tyra Banks. The supermodel-turned-entrepreneur has been on a mission as of late, trying to undo the beauty standards set by the fashion industry—standards that pivot on the idea that European features are better than others.  During an appearance on the Live! With Kelly and Michael show, Banks was shown…

Time usually does heal all wounds, even the ones you’ve acquired after being publicly humiliated. Actress and singer Vanessa Williams knows that all too well.  Williams is returning to the Miss America Pageant this year as one of its judges. She was the first African American to be crowned Miss America, in 1983, and was…

Black Twitter let out a collective “You tried it” directed at Forbes magazine Tuesday night.  You would think that much of that evening’s chatter about sports would have been about Venus and Serena Williams’ tennis match that was taking place at the U.S. Open. And if a news organization was going to tweet about a…

All people have their “come to Jesus” moment, when all their trials and tribulations make sense, and they realize why they were put through the storm. For Taraji P. Henson, that happened in Paris after a screening of her hit TV show, Empire. An audience of approximately 1,000 Parisians applauded her performance as Cookie Lyon, and…

Beyoncé may be a bit of a recluse, but she keeps her ear to the streets when it comes to sound bites that inspire her as a woman. First it was Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who gained even more fame when Beyoncé used a portion of the writer’s TED speech in her song “Flawless.”…

The creators of the “Playing History: Slave Trade” video game heard everyone loud and clear. The portion of the game that showed enslaved Africans being dropped and packed into slave ships has been completely removed from the game, the Associated Press reports.  “Apologies to people who were offended by us using game mechanics to underline…

As the credits rolled in Straight Outta Compton, I couldn’t help thinking about what came next: the era of Death Row Records and the musical careers it produced or launched, including Tupac Shakur’s, Snoop Dogg’s and Dr. Dre’s. There’s a lot more to be told about the rise of West Coast hip-hop.  Well, that story may…

Who said U.S. textbooks don’t teach enough African history? Black Twitter remembers learning a thing or two about what life was like when much of Africa was under European colonial rule during the middle of the 20th century. So when Taylor Swift released her music video for the song “Wildest Dreams,” which features her frolicking alongside…

If Donald Trump doesn’t learn how to respond to criticism in a constructive and substantive way, then I don’t know how he’s going to continue on in the Republican primaries. Legendary Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s criticism of Trump and the press wasn’t even that vicious. Abdul-Jabbar said what a lot of people have picked…

Venus Williams is quite the degree collector.   In addition to being one of the world’s highest-ranked tennis players, Williams earned her associate degree in fashion design back in 2007, and earlier this month, she earned her Bachelor of Science in business administration at Indiana University East.  Talk about being a student-athlete.  Williams explained that…