Aja Barber

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

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.”

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.

There are so few people in this world who can bring very many strong, stoic people to their knees in the hour of death.

I first met Darlene Howell McNerney through my sister.

I may not be thrilled to vote for her, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to let the misogyny and toxic masculinity we fight so hard against control the campaign narrative of the first major woman presidential candidate.

Hiiiiii people! These issues aren’t going away. And neither am I. So scroll on by if it bothers you.

I am shocked, perplexed and a little bit dismayed over the amount of “good liberals” who have pushed my friendship to the point of no return over the term “white feminism." As a matter of fact, I would go so far as to say the cries over white feminism vs. intersectional feminism is the new #BlackLivesMatter vs #AllLivesMatter. You might not see it that way now but you will by next year. Trust me. I’ve been through this before and damn, am I tired.

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.