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An episode from The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder about Dijonay being rejected from a sorority early recruitment program due to a colorist house mother. (Photo credit: Disney) The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder has taken on the topic of colorism, and fans have had mixed reactions. Still, the show has helped start more conversations…

Zendaya’s latest project is going to be, I think one that defines her career in the best way possible. According to Shadow and Act via Deadline, Zendaya will star in and produce A White Lie, based on the psychological thriller The Gilded Years, a novel by Karin Tanabe. Tanabe’s book is based around “the true…

Francesca Andre has a message for everyone with her short film, Charcoal. The main theme of her film is about colorism and its damaging effects on the black diaspora. Her two main characters go through a journey of self-acceptance and self-awareness, and that journey is something Andre hopes is replicated in her viewers. I’ve had the…

Colorism might be a spectre of a racist past, but it still haunts the African diaspora, especially black women, today. With the popularity of bleaching creams still in existence around the world and systemic prejudices leveled against darker-skinned women daily, Charcoal is a film that aims to get to the root of colorism and extricate it….

Mielle Organics stepped in it big a few weekends ago when they released a Threads advertisement for their Rosemary Mint products. The advertisement shows a Black woman with a blown-out afro on one side and a coily style on the other. The ad is supposed to show how the products “support stronger-feeling, healthy-looking hair,” but…

Several years ago, I made a post about some plus-size women who should be cast in rom-coms. Specifically, I wanted to highlight plus-size women of color who weren’t Queen Latifah and Mo’Nique, since those two have been in rom-coms and, especially in Queen Latifah’s case, are often the go-tos when Hollywood wants to actually open…