When people ask me why I moved from America to Australia, I hate to admit that one of the reasons was gun violence. It seems almost...

A conversation I once had with an Uber driver… Him: How old are you? Me: 28. Him: You got kids? Me: Nope. Him: Are you married? Me: Nope....

About 50 years after racial segregation had been outlawed in the US, Gabby Douglas made her historical Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer...

A few months ago, I wrote an article about the bridewealth custom (also known as bride-price) practiced in many Sub-Saharan African...

The recent outcry over the lack of minority representation in Hollywood (#OscarsSoWhite) highlights the longstanding issue that there...

Don’t have sex until you’re married: that pretty much sums up the sex education I received as a prepubescent girl. Meanwhile, the boys...

Get married, buy a house with a white picket fence, fill it with 2 children, and buy a minivan—this is the “American Dream” and the...

At age 10, there was nothing I wanted more than to wear a bra. Some girls in my grade had already started wearing training bras, and I...

As a Black girl growing up in Sub-Saharan Africa, I never questioned the merits of the long-standing bridewealth custom (locally referred...

In my last article, I left off at the point where I had decided to no longer cover-up my locs with a wig at work. What I didn’t tell you...

People are superficial. Time and time again studies have proved that most people (whether consciously or unconsciously) make judgments...

I gleefully ran my hands up his bare chest; his washboard abs made it easy to forgive his Justin Beiber- hairstyle. He traced his lips up...

It’s officially cuddle season in Australia! The last time you heard from me I had failed to secure a boo thang for the cold months ahead...