Community / Contributors Name Email How would you like to contribute? Submit Creator: Kevin Winter | Credit: Getty Images Culture Netflix Turned Kevin Hart’s Roast Into a Public Lynching of Black Women Netflix’s stage was not just comedy, but the modern repackaging of anti-Black female stereotypes dating back to Sarah Baartman, “Mammy,” Aunt Jemima and America’s long obsession with humiliating Black women for entertainment. There was one reason I watched Netflix’s roast of Kevin Hart, and surprisingly, it had By Dr. Christal Jordan • 5 min read Lifestyle I Spent Mother’s Day Weekend Recommitting Myself to Being a Better Wife There is a strange silence that happens in modern culture whenever a woman openly says she wants to be a great wife. Not a successful woman. Not an independent woman. Not a boss. Not a woman who “has it all together", because all those attributes are celebrated ad nauseam. By Dr. Christal Jordan • 7 min read Why Spirit Airlines Gets All the Hate (And Yet Deserves All The Love) The yellow planes are grounded. The bees have stopped buzzing. And just like that, after 34 years, Spirit Airlines is gone. Scroll through the comments and it's a completely different energy. "You got me there safe every time." "You were that girl." "The By Giovanna Traconis • 4 min read Lifestyle The STEAM BAR Isn’t Just Haircare, It’s a Love Letter to Black Hair For generations, Black women have been sold transformation. Straighten it. Relax it. Lay it flatter. Make it longer. Make it silkier. Protect it with braids, wigs, weaves. Make it look “manageable.” The beauty industry has spent decades convincing women of color that healthy hair was something achieved through manipulation instead By Dr. Christal Jordan • 5 min read Melvin Riley, an acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer, and music trailblazer, still setting the standard for soulful R&B and pop. Melvin Riley’s Legendary Signature Voice, Known All Over the World, Is Gearing Up to Release the Much-Talked-About, Long-Awaited Project No AI – The Album Acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer, and music pioneer Melvin Riley, the mastermind and lead vocalist behind influential R&B and Pop group Ready for the World, is set to release his long-awaited new project No AI – The Album, arriving June 9, 2026. The album marks a powerful return from one By Pamela Broussard • 4 min read Dr. Annise Mabry Goal Getters Dr. Annise Mabry: Building Pathways Where Systems Failed Goal Getters, Where Vision Meets Action or Dr. Annise Mabry, purpose was not born from a business plan or a polished pitch deck. It was born in emergency rooms, school offices, and courtrooms—spaces where systems meant to protect children and families instead revealed their deepest fractures. What emerged from By Datrick Davis • 5 min read
Creator: Kevin Winter | Credit: Getty Images Culture Netflix Turned Kevin Hart’s Roast Into a Public Lynching of Black Women Netflix’s stage was not just comedy, but the modern repackaging of anti-Black female stereotypes dating back to Sarah Baartman, “Mammy,” Aunt Jemima and America’s long obsession with humiliating Black women for entertainment. There was one reason I watched Netflix’s roast of Kevin Hart, and surprisingly, it had By Dr. Christal Jordan • 5 min read
Lifestyle I Spent Mother’s Day Weekend Recommitting Myself to Being a Better Wife There is a strange silence that happens in modern culture whenever a woman openly says she wants to be a great wife. Not a successful woman. Not an independent woman. Not a boss. Not a woman who “has it all together", because all those attributes are celebrated ad nauseam. By Dr. Christal Jordan • 7 min read
Why Spirit Airlines Gets All the Hate (And Yet Deserves All The Love) The yellow planes are grounded. The bees have stopped buzzing. And just like that, after 34 years, Spirit Airlines is gone. Scroll through the comments and it's a completely different energy. "You got me there safe every time." "You were that girl." "The By Giovanna Traconis • 4 min read
Lifestyle The STEAM BAR Isn’t Just Haircare, It’s a Love Letter to Black Hair For generations, Black women have been sold transformation. Straighten it. Relax it. Lay it flatter. Make it longer. Make it silkier. Protect it with braids, wigs, weaves. Make it look “manageable.” The beauty industry has spent decades convincing women of color that healthy hair was something achieved through manipulation instead By Dr. Christal Jordan • 5 min read
Melvin Riley, an acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer, and music trailblazer, still setting the standard for soulful R&B and pop. Melvin Riley’s Legendary Signature Voice, Known All Over the World, Is Gearing Up to Release the Much-Talked-About, Long-Awaited Project No AI – The Album Acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer, and music pioneer Melvin Riley, the mastermind and lead vocalist behind influential R&B and Pop group Ready for the World, is set to release his long-awaited new project No AI – The Album, arriving June 9, 2026. The album marks a powerful return from one By Pamela Broussard • 4 min read
Dr. Annise Mabry Goal Getters Dr. Annise Mabry: Building Pathways Where Systems Failed Goal Getters, Where Vision Meets Action or Dr. Annise Mabry, purpose was not born from a business plan or a polished pitch deck. It was born in emergency rooms, school offices, and courtrooms—spaces where systems meant to protect children and families instead revealed their deepest fractures. What emerged from By Datrick Davis • 5 min read
