Maybe the Way to a Woman’s Heart is Through Her Hair
Maybe the Way to a Woman’s Heart is Through Her Hair How about something similar for obesity and black women? Call it, "Beauty and the 'Besity." How about something similar for obesity and black...
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Losing Weight to Find Love Is Feminist brittney.cooperCrunk Feminist Collective columnist Brittney Cooper argues that despite her feminist values, she believes that losing weight will increase her...
View ArticleOn Blacks and Fat: Erika Nicole Kendall
Black Obesity: Women and Weight Loss This weight-loss blogger, who has lost 160 pounds, says it's a myth that black women accept obesity. jenee.desmondharrisThis weight-loss blogger, who has lost 160...
View ArticleOn Blacks and Fat: Mark Jenkins
Black Obesity: Mark Jenkins Interview This celebrity trainer says that black people need to put health before image and hair. jenee.desmondharrisThis celebrity trainer says that black people need to...
View ArticleBlack Women Are Fat Because We Want to Be
Black Women Are Fat Because We Want to Be alice.randallIn an opinion piece for the New York Times, Alice Randall says that black fat is different, culturally, from white fat. But she is determined to...
View ArticleDiary of a Mad Fat Chick
Diary of a Mad Fat Chick janelle.harrisAlthough "black aesthetics made it totally acceptable to have some extra padding on your package," Essence's Janelle Harris says that she's had enough of...
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