WASH DAY MADE EASY?…YES PLEASE!

I have to share the goodness that is the wash-day visor. Why didn’t anyone tell me about these before?  Essentially they are plastic visors that sit at the front of your wriggly child’s head and prevents water from falling into their face or eye.  I need one of these. NOW! Washing the little madam’s hairContinue reading “WASH DAY MADE EASY?…YES PLEASE!”

OFFENSIVE IS DISNEY’S MIDDLE NAME

So as #woke individuals, I am going to assume we all understand the problems with representation, sexism, racism etc. that Disney has. Yes they’ve made efforts and strides towards being more inclusive, but even those efforts are fraught with problems. It’s fantastic that there’s a black ‘princess’, and maybe I shouldn’t read too much intoContinue reading “OFFENSIVE IS DISNEY’S MIDDLE NAME”

DEAR KHLOE: CULTURAL APPROPRIATION OF BLACK HAIRSTYLES DOES MATTER. HERE’S WHY

For a long time, I couldn’t quite place my finger on what exactly bothered me about seeing a non-black women rocking cornrows or faux fros or… bantu knots. But watching my daughter out of the side of my eye, trying to twist her doll’s hair while I casually perused my Facebook feed, it hit me.Continue reading “DEAR KHLOE: CULTURAL APPROPRIATION OF BLACK HAIRSTYLES DOES MATTER. HERE’S WHY”