• Lil' Kim and Our Relationship With Beauty

    It’s no secret that the face of Lil’ Kim has changed over the years, but Ebony contributor Esther Amrah was upset by a recent photo of the MC. Amrah breaks down Kim’s path to beauty and its twists and turns. Lil’ Kim’s transformation isn’t new, nor is it news, but I ran across some recent…

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  • The 'Real Black Man' Is Dead

    In a piece for the Huffington Post, Esther Armah argues that Frank Ocean’s revelation that he had a relationship with another man is a sign that black people are shedding the “narrow straitjacket that is conventional masculinity.” Frank’s love letter was a display of freedom, a call to action for all men. Our association with…

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