8 Things You Should Stop Saying to Skinny Black Girls (Like, Right Now)
Throughout my twenty-five years of being a skinny girl, I've heard some really random and bizarre statements from people who may very...
My Journey to Radiating Beauty Inside and Outside
Dear Skinny Black Girl, Growing up, I was the only dark skinned girl out of my group of friends. I didn’t think I was pretty; here I was...
Ten More Pounds
IN THE BEGINNING Growing up my cousin would call me ‘Bones,’ my neighbor would call me ‘Tiny Tamika,’ and my Jamaican grandmother worried...
The Memoirs (Rantings) of a Skinny Black Girl
All my life, I've been searching for the miracle cornbread that would miraculously make all my physical assets inflate and give all the...