Aja Barber
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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."
Read...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.
Read...Whenever Lena Dunham starts trending on Facebook or Twitter, it’s become this thing where I suddenly morph into Angry Tyra.
Read...In 2015, to be a woman (and a black woman at that) among the general public means having to keep your defenses up.
Read...I watched again and again, as reporters asked President Trump news related questions, and repeatedly rephrased their questions, in hopes of receiving anything close to a credible answer. As he continued to discredit the press by telling them their questions weren’t “nice,” I felt more and more as if I was living in some bizarro universe where the President is actually a huge baby.
Read...In fashion, the mantra is “never say never.” Never claim that you’ll never wear it, because that's the easiest way to end up eating your words, prancing about in a style you once referred to as “unsuitable.”
Read...Can we all agree that whether in public or private spaces, don’t put your feet in other people’s spaces and keep your shoes off the furniture?
Read...Aja Barber gives us her first-hand account of the Women's March — the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Read...I refuse to write some sort of inane rubbish about how sweatshirts are the new sweatshirt.
Read...Hugh Hefner - people either love him or hate him, and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of room for middle ground. He was an abuser and civil rights advocate.
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