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Let Me Tell You Why The Ava DuVernay Barbie Means Everything

December 16, 2015 by afrobella 5 Comments

Let Me Tell You Why The Ava DuVernay Barbie Means Everything

Like most little girls, I totally grew up playing with Barbie. For the most part, these were Barbies that didn’t look like me. They were Barbies with lives I couldn’t relate to, who couldn’t be more opposite than me. With my brown skin, sturdy frame and Trinidadian identity, there was nothing for me to identify…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Issues, Pop Culture, Style Tagged With: Ava DuVernay, AvaBarbie, barbie, black barbie

My Target Inner Circle Essence Black Women in Hollywood Experience

February 27, 2013 by afrobella 12 Comments

My Target Inner Circle Essence Black Women in Hollywood Experience

  The closest thing I can compare this feeling to, is the end of the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy re-awakens in her bed in the black and white world of Kansas. She opens her eyes and sees the people she remembers from Oz, and says “…it wasn’t a dream. It was a place. And…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Events, Featured, Pop Culture, Randomness Tagged With: Absolutely Afrobella, barbie, Bethann Hardison, celebrations, celebrities, Essence Black Women in Hollywood, Essence Magazine, Events, Felicia Leatherwood, kim coles, Mikki Taylor, Pop Culture, Tai Beauchamp, Target, target inner circle

The Fiercest Barbie You’ve Seen Thus Far

January 29, 2010 by afrobella 27 Comments

The Fiercest Barbie You’ve Seen Thus Far

I’ve thrown a little shade at Barbara Millicent Roberts — better known as Barbie — over the years. But that isn’t because I don’t LOVE Barbie’s style and wish I too could have a pink Caddy, dream house, and a veritable battery of lucrative and fun occupations. I’ve just had a hard time finding a…

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Filed Under: Issues, Pop Culture, Style Tagged With: barbie, barbie LBD, black barbie, Philip Crangi, Randomness

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