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How Sarah Baartman's hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSarah Baartman was an international sensation of objectification. British LibraryIn “BLACK EFFECT,”...
Fatphobia Has Racist Roots and Its Limbs Are Steeped in Anti-Blackness
Hypebae via Yahoo Sports· 8 months agoGrowing up, my mother always taught me the importance of being mindful of my words and actions,...
Thebe Magugu RTW Spring 2024
WWD via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe South African designer's spring collection was a tribute to Sarah Baartman, who was sold into slavery and exhibited in 19th-century Europe as the...
10 cultural artifacts the British Empire took from other nations, from the Benin Bronzes to the...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBritish soldiers with objects looted from the Kingdom of Benin's royal palace during the military...
Dear Racist White People, My Hair Is Not A Toy And My Body Is Not A Zoo
21 Ninety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMy Black hair and Black body are not artifacts to be examined. We should not be having these...
Why Are We So Obsessed with Butts?
Esquire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHeather Radke, the author of Butts: A Backstory, explains our cultural obsession with women's rear ends. Turns out, it's all about racism, control, and...
What Black Playwrights Taught Me About Shakespeare
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe author teaches the work of playwrights Jeremy O. Harris, Suzan-Lori Parks, Jackie Sibblies Drury and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins in her Shakespeare class....
Why Black People Can’t Be Sex Shamed
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSex. There I said it. The word that’s been on everyone’s mind since the first time we heard it or saw it in an R-rated movie. We’ve clutched our pearls,...
The Story Behind Will Smith's Scars in Emancipation Is Not Just a Tale From History
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWill Smith in "Emancipation," premiering Dec. 9, 2022, on Apple TV+. Credit - Quantrell...
The 25 Most Beautiful College Campuses Around the World
Veranda via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe 25 Most Beautiful College CampusesSean Pavone - Getty Images There's a lot of learning to be...