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Not a Good Look

How Do Offensive Ads Get Made In the First Place?

August 19, 2011 by afrobella 41 Comments

How Do Offensive Ads Get Made In the First Place?

There’s a cycle that happens in the advertising world. It goes a little something like this. Company goes to ad agency to create a new ad campaign intended to speak to the African American demographic. Ad agency comes up with something that runs the risk of offending the target audience. Ad gets released into the…

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Filed Under: Issues Tagged With: advertising, issues, Not a Good Look

Blog Sister Love!

February 22, 2011 by afrobella 6 Comments

Blog Sister Love!

Every week I’m going to highlight my favorite posts from around the blogosphere, to keep you bellas up to date on what’s happening in hair, beauty, fashion and more! Hair This weekend I had the honor of speaking at a special natural hair meetup here in Chicago. Put together by the dynamic makeup artist and…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Hair, Jams Tagged With: afrobella jams, beyonce, blackface, hair events, hair meetups, natural hair, Nina Simone, Not a Good Look

Yet Another School Hair Controversy

June 6, 2010 by afrobella 47 Comments

Yet Another School Hair Controversy

Our hair is unique. Our hair is beautiful. Our hair requires the use of products that give it moisture and nourishment. And yes, some of those products have fragrances that are remarkable. But it seems to me that a certain teacher at Seattle’s Thurgood Marshall Elementary School is overreacting in a troubling way right now,…

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Filed Under: Hair, Issues Tagged With: hair drama, hair politics, Not a Good Look

Tiger Woods – So. Over. It.

February 19, 2010 by afrobella 26 Comments

Tiger Woods – So. Over. It.

I should have never turned on the TV this morning. All the news channels were reporting on, had to do with the upcoming Tiger Woods press conference — you can read the highlights here. And now that it’s over, all the news channels are reporting on STILL has to do with the Tiger Woods press…

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Filed Under: Pop Culture Tagged With: Not a Good Look, tiger woods, tiger woods affair, tiger woods conference

Vanity Fair: The Beauty of Low Expectations

February 18, 2010 by afrobella 28 Comments

Vanity Fair: The Beauty of Low Expectations

The current “Vanity Fair is racist!” brouhaha involving the shades-of-alabaster cover of their Young Hollywood has been covered quite well by a variety of other blogs and websites: From Jezebel: “What does “Young Hollywood” look like? According to Vanity Fair, it’s pretty, thin, female and white.” From USA Today: “Where are any women of color?…

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Filed Under: Issues, Pop Culture Tagged With: gabby sidibe, Not a Good Look, racism, racist, vanity fair, vanity fair racist, Zoe Saldana

Dear Old Navy

November 17, 2009 by afrobella 25 Comments

Dear Old Navy

I’m gonna need you to quit playing games with my heart. As a plus size fashionista, I’ve respected your hustle for a while now. For years you’ve produced a steady and reliable line of plus size essentials. Tees, jeans, on-trend blouses. I’ve been there as a purchaser when you respected my demographic and sold plus…

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Filed Under: Issues, Style Tagged With: Not a Good Look

Sammy Sosa, Stop

November 9, 2009 by afrobella 52 Comments

Sammy Sosa, Stop

When I saw the photos of Sammy Sosa that have been circulating online, one dancehall classic came immediately to mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c5-J59it7Q There’s a few more photos on Huffington Post that show the sharp difference in his pigmentation. The story Mr. Sosa is sticking to is that a skin rejuvenation procedure has made his skin appear…

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Filed Under: Issues, Pop Culture, Skin Tagged With: Not a Good Look, sammy sosa, sammy sosa bleach skin, sammy sosa skin, Skin

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