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For Every Woman: A Seat at the Table | A Transformational Night in Atlanta

Welcome to For Every Woman: A Seat at the Table — a powerful and intimate evening held at the stunning Thompson Hotel in Atlanta, GA. This unforgettable dinner kicked off a two-day transformational experience designed to help women reset their mindset, methods, and money. In a room filled with laughter, authenticity,

By Datrick Davis • 2 min read

Inside BET+ Closure + Cocktails: A Star-Studded Night with the Cast of Divorced Sistas

We had the exclusive pleasure of attending BET+ Presents: Closure + Cocktails with the Cast of Tyler Perry’s Divorced Sistas—a chic, invite-only rooftop affair at The Retreat by The Gathering Spot in Atlanta. Guests enjoyed skyline views, signature cocktails, and a soulful set by DJ Princess Cut, all framed

By Victor Flavius • 1 min read

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Bygones | Official Screening Event Highlights | A Short Film by Angel McCoughtry

Play Bygones | Official Screening Event Highlights | A Short Film by Angel McCoughtry Step inside the premiere of Bygones — a compelling short film created and directed by professional basketball star Angel McCoughtry in her powerful directorial debut. Bygones follows the nuanced relationship between a young woman basketball player and an older

By Datrick Davis • 1 min read

Tanya Nolan, Teedra Moses, Beyoncé, and Rihanna: How Boss Women Are Redefining Ownership and Keeping Their Masters

In today’s music industry, conversations around ownership have become just as important as chart success. More artists are recognizing that true power lies not only in creating hit records but in maintaining control over the masters, publishing, and intellectual property behind the music. For women in entertainment especially, ownership

By Pamela Broussard • 3 min read

Culture

One Golden Summer Forces America to Reconsider Jackie Robinson

There’s something deeply unfair about watching children become the face of a controversy adults created for them. That feeling stays with you while watching One Golden Summer, now streaming on Max and airing on OWN. The documentary revisits the rise and fallout of Jackie Robinson West’s historic 2014

By Giovanna Traconis • 4 min read

Culture

The Rich Girl Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About

Stormi Steele is the primary of Belle Collective Birmingham, the cast built around her either idolizes, envies, or quietly antagonizes, exposing the uncomfortable truth about wealth, friendship, and female insecurity. There’s a reason wealth changes the temperature of a room, especially among women, because it has a way of

By Dr. Christal Jordan • 3 min read

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