All images by Dana Scruggs. Welcome to the newly-designed All the Pretty Birds site!… | Continue reading
Read along as Charisse Kenion speaks to the truly inspirational activist, author, and one of the organizers of the Women's March, Sarah Sophie Flicker. | Continue reading
Tamu McPherson sits down with Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman to discuss the evolution of her education and career as a feminist theologian and ethicist. | Continue reading
Graduation season is upon us! But where do women in the workplace go and how will they be supported? Alyx Carolus speaks to a student, a graduate and a senior management leader about how they need support in the workplace and what we can all do to help. | Continue reading
Coming from someone who barely wears makeup – and it is not because I am one of those “lucky” girls; it’s sheer laziness – when I invest in makeup I try to spend wisely on products and colors that can transcend seasons. | Continue reading
Join us to read about LaTonya Yvette's firsts, as shared with Charisse Kenion. “Firsts” is a series of conversations where women share those moments that aren't always talked about, in the hope that they inspire, encourage and comfort. | Continue reading
Difficult times call for strong fashion. Victor Glemaud shows a strong sense of design and style in his Resort 2020 Collection, as inspired by the iconic Grace Jones. The non-iconic (how ironic) Grace Davin shares details on Victor's latest collection. | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news.Iconic trans activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera will be honored with a monument in New York City near the site of the Stonewall Inn. The monument will … | Continue reading
Educate yourself on the recent abortion bans and learn about what pro-choice advocates and activists are doing to ensure women's rights across the United States. Sofia Celeste speaks with NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota's Deputy Director Jessica Markuson on this matter. | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news.The first African American to head the Smithsonian Institution was elected by the collection of museums' board of regents, the organization announced in a stateme … | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news.Lawmakers in Taiwan have approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, making them the first country in Asia to legalize gay marriage.The vote came almost two yea … | Continue reading
In the Beige Series Tamu McPherson offers a list of reasons why we should all embrace the "neutrals" trend that has become one of Spring Summer 2019's hottest moods. | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news.Nike has revealed the new home and away football kits for 14 national teams ahead of this year's FIFA Women's World Cup in France.For the first time since Nike be … | Continue reading
Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that food has the power to strengthen and energize, but also to heal. To achieve this harmony, eating yin-yang balanced foods is imperative. | Continue reading
Our bodies have physiologically evolved to know that beyond nourishment and energy, food is now also a completely acceptable source of comfort, and a reliable coping mechanism. | Continue reading
Retinol continues to reign as one of the most sought after-ingredient in our beauty routine in the fight against acne and fine lines | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news.Ruth Carter won for Best Costume Design, becoming the first African American woman to win in the category. Carter was also the first black person to receive a nom … | Continue reading
Nakeysha Roberts Washington explored how we have become less critical of the news we consume and share on our social media networks. | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news. Under new guidelines by the New York City Commission on Human Rights, the targeting of people based on their hair or hairstyle, at work, school or in public spac … | Continue reading
Beyoncé and Jay Z recently set the internet aflame with their Greenprint Project sweepstakes, challenging fans to adopt (and share) a plant-based lifestyle with the ultimate reward being a lifetime of tickets to their concerts. | Continue reading
The new popular conversation dictates that we now must double cleanse (or use a cleanser twice in one washing), and I have to ask: is this just the industry’s way of forcing us to buy more products? | Continue reading
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell welcomed a border security deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security and said he hoped the Senate can act quickly on the legislation to avoid another government shutdown.It's funding is for the detention of immigrants, both tho … | Continue reading
The radio, my Instagram feed, my friend and her mother (literally, everyone and their mother), everywhere I go they are all pushing one thing: celery juice. | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news. Democratic women wore white in honor of the women's suffrage movement. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is wearing a pin of Jakelin Caal, the 7 year old who died in U.S. … | Continue reading
Spring’s hair trends are definitely leaning toward the childlike, and as a devout child of the 80s and lover of flair, I am definitely here for the nostalgia. | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news. Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of the TV show Empire, reportedly was brutally attacked in what Chicago police are investigating as a possible hate crime. | Continue reading
Just as Kehlani (and most others), I had been naïve to pregnancy depression, and somewhat ashamed to be experiencing it during what is popularly known to be such a happy celebratory time. | Continue reading
A brand we have always loved - not just for its perfect products, but also for its ability to hang with the big boys in the cutthroat makeup industry - is Kjaer Weis. | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news. 25-year-old actor Yalitza Aparicio made history with her 2019 Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role in Roma. She's the first Indigenous woman to be … | Continue reading
Anja Tyson discusses teaching her daughter about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and the true meaning and impact of his work. She calls out the US's tendency of softening the reality of his legacy for the comfort of white Americans. She shares her hopes for her daughter's ability to fi … | Continue reading
Ladies, what shall we borrow from the boys come next season? Is such a statement now utterly and completely passé, given our recent passage to a fluid approach to fashion? Or in relation to our full embrace of the pantsuit. Or really, for some of us, the conclusion that there tru … | Continue reading
Whether you’re still riding high on new year’s resolutions or you’re already counting down to the 2020 New Year New You, sometimes some proper motivation and positive messaging are just what the doctor ordered to keep us focused and ready to tackle each day. | Continue reading
Two years after his decade-long leadership over CK, to the surprise of some but to the dismay of none, Costa has embedded himself in the new wave of beauty, having launched this winter his sustainable, rainforest-sourced line, Costa Brazil. | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, fled to Thailand last week accusing her family of abuse. She fled her family while visiting Kuwait and flew to Bangkok, where she ba … | Continue reading
After finally settling on coconut milk for the last year, I recently discovered (albeit a little late to the party here) the wondrousness of oat milk. | Continue reading
Even while I’m out here in sunny California, whose winter months cruise along unblemished by “snowy mixes” and “polar vortexes”, it’s halfway through the coldest time of the year and my skin is still in need of a hydration boost. | Continue reading
In California Dreaming, Tamu McPherson rounds up the best of 2019's California style inspired trend. Inspired by the Golden State's lifestyle she mentions some of Cali's most iconic elements. | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news. New York City joins California, Oregon, Washington an Danes Jersey and adds a gender-neutral option to Birth Certificates. Parents are able to change the gender … | Continue reading
He questioned the teenager stationed behind those cute little seedlings, and we found that they are Microgreens – a tiny, delicate plant that is jam-packed with vitamins, antioxidants and enzymes. | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news. In Texas, a white man, kills a black girl, 7, in a drive by shooting. The shooter is still at large and there’s a reward for any leads. | Continue reading
Anja Tyson writes a note for those who are weary going into the New Year. In a reflection on her 2018 experiences, she shares that she will not run from the year's discomforts in order to satisfy a marketing calendar placed on women by society. She instead chooses to work through … | Continue reading
"Dance Till You Drop" is Tamu McPherson's ode to the New Year's Celebration. In this note she talks about the challenges and successes that we have all experiences in 2018 and reminds us all to express our gratitude. She ends the piece with a selection of her favorite dresses for … | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news.Death Toll Climbs Past 400 in Indonesia Tsunami Disaster. A tsunami hit the Indonesian islands without warning and has passed 400 deaths with more than 1,400 peop … | Continue reading
The building blocks of gut bacteria - C-section or natural birth, breastfeeding or formula, prenatal nutrition - these all factor in as we enter the world to create our gut microbiome, the collective of bacteria in our gastrointestinal tract that numbers in the millions. | Continue reading
Tamu McPherson shares a project for Carolina Herrera and Bergdorf Goodman photographed by Lakin Ogunbanwo. in Lagos Nigeria. | Continue reading
Milk Makeup launched their first-ever collaboration with Wu-Tang Clan, and honestly they couldn’t have picked a better partner. | Continue reading
Each Wednesday, we recap the most important headlines from our global community to keep you up to speed on world news.Therese Patricia Okoumou, the woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty on July 4 in protest of Trump’s immigration policies, has been found guilty on charges of di … | Continue reading
My life was recently turned upside down in the space of a week – a decade’s worth of challenges in just 168 hours. Forget “too many gifts but, not enough time” – how do you stay sane through the most difficult of life’s challenges? | Continue reading