Brown Girl Swagger

So way back when on my now defunct personal blog I touched upon this subject once before and not so coincidentally, it also included the same suspects.
I consider myself a pretty conscious, righteous person. I mean like any person I have my conundrums and contradictions but when it comes to music I liken it to […]

What do Marcus Garvey and apples have in common?
Zena Nelson and self sufficiency.
Who is Zena? An ambitious, bright as a whip, Garveyite spearheading a  food co-op in  her native South Bronx as a method of bringing not only a more holistic approach to wellness in the hood but also a little bit of social justice […]

So I am mobile blogging at almost one in the morning. The BBC(British Broadcasting Corporation)had a car to come pick me and my family up. Boston from Muthawit chartered a bus to go down to DC, some real community, organic shit. I am crazy excited and my mind is spinning.
I told y’all I am a […]

RED!
HOT PINK!
MAGENTA!
All shades for the fair-skinned, right?
WRONG!!!
We CGW (Chocolate Girl Wonders) can wear these shades too!
We tend to stray away from the reds and pinks, for fear that our finished look may resemble that of Bozo the clown. Have no fear! If worn properly, red lipstick can turn a simple mouth […]

Perhaps Vast Aire said it best when he said: “Those who have more than them, prepare to be vic - tems”. With so much going on in the world, that line plays in my head a Lot.
I once heard a radio announcer haphazardly announce: (in reference to a string of violent incidents at hip hop […]

So I am here reading the New York Times last Monday and I come across an article about Dominican women and self induced abortions. I’m sure that most colored folks have heard somewhere along the grapevine that there are (sketchy and potentially dangerous) ways to abort a pregnancy. I even remember reading about it in […]

The Ad Campaign is chugging right along and I am so excited ya’ll (say it like Britney Spears).
We are still missing a few things, we need another Faboo Makeup Artist. So if you can beat a face like no other and you are great working with the varying skin tones that make up Women of […]

MTV cube monkey by day, DJ/Radio Personality by night

Name: Tola “the gyrl wonder”
Brown Girl Swagger Column:Bodega Beauty*
Hometown: Bronx, NYC BABY!
Random Fact: I love candy!
In My Former Life: I was an old Italian woman
In This Life: I am a force to be reckoned with
In My Next Life: I’m picking up where I left off
I Can’t […]

I have a great relationship.
It isn’t without some real kinks. I am engaged to be married to a man who is committed to my children, to me and to the blossoming of our family and yet I am extremely insecure. I am a card carrying member of team chunk. I am proud of it […]

I told y’all BLK GRL is making moves and this is a new year with new developments, please consider yourself introduced to Stokely. She will be heading up our Holistic Hood column.

Sarana is native of Hartford CT, a wife and mother to three children. She is fierce advocate of youth, birth, the environment and women’s […]