Aja Barber

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Have we all been problematic in the past? Oh hell yes. I know I have.

“I love my husband President Barack Obama and our children, Sasha and Malia,” ”

We can never get enough handy gift guides, so we asked our lovely writer Aja what she has planned for her holiday shopping this year.

The TJ Maxx beauty section is lit right now, and I made you a full list of the products you can currently find on their shelves — basically, what I bought last Sunday.

How does one advertisement go so magnificently wrong, managing to center whiteness in the story of the battles of marginalized people, while playing down the horrific effects of police brutality and concluding in a white savior grand finale?

So in case you didn’t hear, everyone’s favorite conservative sweetheart Tomi Lahren was permanently banned from The Blaze after her appearance on The View on March 17th, 2017.

In 2015, to be a woman (and a black woman at that) among the general public means having to keep your defenses up.

Marc Jacobs claims he doesn't "see" color, but people of color beg to differ. Whether he recognizes it or not, Jacobs is part of the cultural appropriation problem, turning black natural hair into his own "trend."

It’s going to be a very frugal holiday season in 2017. Let’s get crafting and make homemade holiday presents for everyone!