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Roses for Grace Jones: In Celebration of a Cultural Icon
By: Niki Igbaroola A Review of Sophie Fennes’ Documentary Bloodlight and Bami There is something in the way Fennes chose to shoot this documentary that melded perfectly, with Jones’ enigmatic nature. The…
8. November 2017 -
Brown Bodies
by: Mica Hamilton I wanted your brown body To find my brown body I dreamt of your brown body Before I became enough cells to dream I saw our…
3. August 2017 -
Stills in Solidarity – A visual story that explores the intimacy among girls and women.
The photos shared were captured during my photo walk/ exploration sessions in Nigeria and a photo shoot I was commissioned to do for a clients birthday. Irrespective of the situation, there is…
27. July 2017 -
Five things to do in Seattle
By: Wonuola Lawal 1. Attend a baseball game: I saw a baseball match between the Seattle.Mariners and the Philadelphia Phillies. I was rooting for Philadelphia because I’d stayed in Philly for nine…
16. July 2017 -
Berlin for Queer and Queens
By: Adeola Naomi As a grandchild of a WW2 veteran, I have learned to associate Berlin exclusively with war and terror from stories I heard from my grandfather. In these crazy days of…
9. July 2017 -
Visiting Eritrea: A Journey to the Birthplace of my Parents
By: Helen Woldu I had just ended a loving and healthy relationship and I needed to leave Los Angeles. I contemplated whether I should go to Eritrea for I feared for my…
5. July 2017 -
book review: milk and honey by Rupi Kaur
This month we picked up a poetry book from an inspirational woman of colour. Rupi Kaur expresses the complex cycle of love, life, self-worth, healing and more in a beautiful prose. If…
14. June 2017 -
Deconstructing Womanhood
By: Rosalyn Raelyn Ransaw “Too often womanhood is defined in a restrictive manner — feminine, soft, and quiet. The aim of this series of photographs is to combat that understanding by presenting womanhood…
12. June 2017 -
A Letter to My Future Daughter or Things I Would Have Told my Five Year Old Self
by: Joy A E Etukudo There will come days that people may look at your hair, your face, your skin and call you ugly They will stare, with smiles on their faces…
8. June 2017 -
The Woman is the Flower: Personal discovery gave me sanity
Photo series and text by: Olivia Ema 1.) As a black women, we are subject to so many bombarding views as to how we should look, how we should act, what we…
7. June 2017 -
E N D U R E
by: Eyek Ntekim Nne, endure. Protect your home fight for your Marriage accept your birthright Wives, submit to your husbands Remember what the Bible says God will reward you for it Remember…
2. June 2017 -
Viva La Zine Culture
Zines are self-published, small-circulation, usually non-profit, tangible papers that focus on ideas and topics that are outliers in mainstream media. As much as we love the internet, it can become an echo…
22. May 2017 -
Colourful Convo : Wonuola Lawal
There is something powerful, fun, complex about women that Adeola finds inspiring and worth sharing. The colourful convo is a series of video interviews with some inspiring women of colour in various walks…
3. May 2017 -
Baby Bounce
Baby bounce like a supermodel Strut like a queen Our glory does not diminish even if we remain unseen We rejoice in the shell our souls were placed in We drape ourselves…
1. May 2017 -
Note to Self
Note to Self is a self-portrait series captured on 35mm film. It is about a woman writing notes to herself in order to keep track of the lessons she’s learning as…
27. April 2017 -
Exhibition of Distinguished Diva — A Collective Online Community
Athens you have been wonderful! A massive thank you to everyone who showed up for the launch of Distinguished Diva and add to the discussion on what it means for a group…
26. April 2017
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