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Watch: Michelle Carter, the Shot-Put Diva, on Loving Your Body, No Matter Your Size
USA Track & Field star Michelle Carter walks into any space exuding confidence, with a bright smile, carefully combed tresses and a freshly beat face. Carter is the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the women’s shot put and an entrepreneur. Can you say, #BlackGirlMagic? But life hasn’t always been a crystal stair for this three-time…
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#BlackGirlMagic: Children’s Book Little Professor Skye Shows Girls Endless Possibilities Through Learning
It’s not a book about princesses, castles or your regular fantastical adventures. Instead, in the first book of an anticipated series, Munson Steed, CEO of Steed Media Group and the publisher of Rolling Out, depicts young black girls as doing and being anything they want—including doctors, scientists, artists and more. Little Professor Skye: Favorite Things…
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Say Goodbye to Rio, Where Black Women's Bodies Were Celebrated
Simone Biles is known for her body: its power, its capabilities and the heights to which it propels her. I am completely mesmerized by it. I’m not sure if it’s the beauty of her black body prancing; her short, muscular legs seemingly defying physics; or the ease with which she does it all—with a confident,…
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More #BlackGirlMagic: Michelle Carter Wins Gold for Shot Put
Michelle Carter made Olympic history when she won the very first gold for an American woman in shot put in Rio on Friday. But what made her feat that much more spectacular (and sweet) is that her coach also happens to be her dad, Michael Carter, who won a silver medal in the very same…
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The Simones Sprinkled #BlackGirlMagic In Rio Last Night Like Bawses
You know by now. Simone Biles rolled into Rio and put 100 percent into every line she dropped. Simone Manuel went out there and didn’t know she swooped into the history books by winning the women’s 100m freestyle in swimming. They are some bad women. I’ll bet if you go into their purses and pull…
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An Ode to Lisa Nicole Carson
This past Saturday, while I was out of town and couch-crashing, I managed to come across a very interesting show on Centric TV. It was called Being: Lisa Nicole Carson and it chronicled Carson’s rise in the acting game throughout the ’90s up until her sudden disappearance throughout the 2000s and, now, her return. I…