Aja Barber
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Aja Barber Articles
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.
Read...Recently I went through another round of unfriending on Facebook. It keeps things tidy, the arguments thoughtful and my head from exploding. This time around I just got rid of any white person that felt passionate about "certain political topics," but wasn't showing up for people of color, as we watch the meteoric rise of fascism in America and police violence. I’m not obligated to educate anyone for free, especially if they don’t appear to be absorbing what I’m saying or having the tough conversations on their wall with their peers.
Read...Aja Barber gives us her first-hand account of the Women's March — the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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...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...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...I refuse to write some sort of inane rubbish about how sweatshirts are the new sweatshirt.
Read...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.
Read...I've been really trying to think about every purchase I make and its overall impact on the world. However, I recently broke code and indulged in the Marimekko for Target collection.
Read...Can women have it all? Just kidding! I hate that question!
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