It’s been almost five months since Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, tragically passed away in a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of all nine people on board. But their memory lives on through the people they left behind, including Kobe’s loving wife and mother to their […]
This year, Pride month — which marks the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, when Black LBGTQ+ activists like Stormé DeLarverie and Marsha P. Johnson led demonstrations in NYC after the police raided Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn — intersects with a moment in history when the racist treatment of Black […]
On the late afternoon of 1st June, Toni Sanders headed to Lafayette Square, near the White House, with her wife and nine-year-old stepson. For days, Sanders had been out protesting the pattern of police brutality that was killing a growing and alarming number of Black people. The 36-year-old and her […]
No modern grassroots uprising is complete without a robust social media component, and the racial insurgency that has followed George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers has been no exception. In the weeks of anti-police brutality actions that have followed Floyd’s killing, Instagram timelines have been flooded […]
On Saturday — while people globally marched in protest of systemic racism and police violence against Black people and people of colour — author JK Rowling decided it would be a good time to send a tweet taking issue with a headline that used the phrase “people who menstruate.” “I’m […]
For Black women, accessing mental health care is more important now than ever. Black people have watched as a disproportionate number of their loved ones die from coronavirus, all the while witnessing people who look like them be threatened or violently killed – for nothing other than being Black in […]
Angry breakouts, eczema flare-ups… Lockdown has a lot to answer for when it comes to skin bugbears. Among the wide range of contributing factors are stress, anxiety and changes to our daily routines but, for many, there’s one clear solution: a good skincare regime. From targeted treatments to quell spots […]
After discovering the worlds of plus-size fashion blogging and fat liberation advocacy in 2012, I began taking steps to reclaim my own fat body, one of which was changing up my wardrobe. Sartorially, my teens and early 20s were characterised by shapeless dresses, dark colours, A-line silhouettes and anything oversized […]
Trigger warning: This article discusses rape and sexual assault. “Prior to being raped, I never took much notice of being a woman. I was busy being Black and poor.” –Arabella I May Destroy You might sound like the title of a fast-paced, thrilling tale of revenge and retribution. But writer, […]
Millions of activists lined streets around the world last week in solidarity with the US Black Lives Matter movement, following the brutal murder of 46-year-old George Floyd. His death sparked a global outrage with protests taking place in cities from London to Tokyo, Sydney to Auckland, Paris, Rome, Rio de […]
