Adiba Nelson

Where did you even get that statistic from? Did you make it up?

[CN: mention of suicide] How did we get through love before Lemonade? We examined our lives through Mary’s shamelessly honest storytelling on My Life.

That, my dear, is self-care 101: You must take care of yourself if you want to take care of others.

Dark brown girls should never ever ever ever EVER wear frosty pink lipstick. EVER. I don’t give a rat’s ASS what Cosmo says - just NO.

There wasn’t going to be any sparkle. There wasn’t going to be any new mommy magic.

“Why would you do that? You have a daughter. Why would you put yourself in that position?”

Want to go on a carbs and wine tour of Italy? Break out the leggings and go for it. This time is yours.

I would break girl code. And if you love me, I hope you would do it for me too.

I’m about to bring you some pint-sized deliciousness, and a whole lot of fierce! Meet Ify Ufele, or just Ify if you’re cool like that.

Apparently, we Black women have a smell. And it’s been bottled and labeled and is being offered up for consumption by Sunflower Cosmetics. Yep. You read that right. There is a legitimate company out there who is selling a perfume called “Black Women.” If my girlfriend hadn’t posted a picture of it in a local shop, I would have called her a damn liar.