I've had a few interviews for different feminist and style blogs recently, and the question that I'm most asked is what it was like for me growing up -- before Leah V. was Leah V.
I grew up in the 90's and early 2000's, where nothing on my body was considered beautiful or desired. To add to that, I was Muslim and Black. And very much so fat. Triple whammy? So, confidence was at an all-time low for the most part.
Although natural hair is slowly but surely becoming more mainstream and accepted, I still get letters from women who do not know what to with their natural hair. Last week, I received this note in my Facebook inbox:
Please help! My daughter has gone natural, and her hair is dry and hard. Can you provide me with some tips to make her hair healthy like yours? She currently uses various brands and her hair looks a mess! It always looks matted and dry.
Emma Stone is a brilliant actress who has blessed the masses with her talent in masterpieces like “Crazy, Stupid Love,” “Birdman” and “The Help.”
But if you ask us, the most exciting thing about any Emma Stone movie is not, in fact, the movie itself.
It’s the incomparably fashionable press tour that comes along with it.
“I fucked round and made a dress out of yarn,” Solange Knowles announced on Instagram Wednesday night. Cool, I ate a bag of chips and fell asleep watching HGTV.
In the world of the Kardashians, a two-piece swimsuit is considered to be a full-fledged ensemble, and considering the majority of their going out looks typically consist of little more than a bandeau stretched across their bust and lap, they’re not exactly wrong.
