social issues

I had to touch upon this topic after years of casting one too many “side eyes” to one too many women. If I give one more 20-something year old the …
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Being an introvert – at least for me–means constantly having to disprove people’s definition of what they think an introvert is. When I tell people, I’m often hit with the …
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“Yeah, I love cheeky bottoms even though my butt is big!”

I knew the Victoria’s Secret saleswoman meant well when she said that, but she wasn’t helping my case. …
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I want to look in the mirror and feel great love and respect for the woman staring back into my brown eyes. All the days of my youth, I questioned …
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As I went through my teenhood, I always felt less special and less valuable because I got no male attention. I felt strange, ugly, unsexy, and unlovable. It hurt that …
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“I sometimes hate to define myself because I am forever evolving, but I am a woman who loves dreaming. I’ve always lived in my head and imagined all the …
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Best Of Bauce A compilation of top reads from Bauce Mag a digital self-help guide for multicultural women.

+ Ask a Man: “My man has a female friend that calls …
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Brown sugar. Caramel. Red bone. Toffee. Light bright. Chocolate. Brown Skin.

Black and Beautiful.

This is an ode to B*A*P*S, you Black American Princessess, who like me, brave this …
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I’m writing this just a few hours after handling a situation at work in which someone thought it would be funny to make a joke about rape on our bulletin …
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