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Monday, May 27, 2013

“Food Is Not Just Food In The Black Community”

"Food speaks to nationalities, cultural roots and family traditions as much as anything..."...

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: blackness, community, culture, race, society

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Q&A Wednesday: Do Black Vegetarians Exist?

Q: Do Black vegetarians exist? ...

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: blackness, culture, vegan, vegans, vegetarian, vegetarians

Monday, May 13, 2013

Black Women Too Vain To Work Out And That’s Why They’re Fat… Or Something

Let's say that there really and truly is a national average of approximately 40% of Black women who don't work out because of their hair....

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: amy mcmichael, archives of dermatology, black community, black culture, black girls, black hair and working out, black women, culture, obesity, wake forest university

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Neither Soul Food, Nor “Slave Food,” Made You Fat

A brief introduction to the Soul Food Series on BGG2WL....

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: african americans, blackness, crab cakes, culture, gumbo, john mcwhorter, macaroni and cheese, slave food, soul food, the root

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Q&A Wednesday: What About Men? What About Non-Blacks?

Q: Do you think men such as me can be just as successful as you taking in what you say and do?...

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: blackness, culture, men

Thursday, March 28, 2013

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Eating Disorders When Dieting Wasn’t Enuf

It's exactly what you think it is....

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: binge eating, culture, eating disorders, society, stigmas, white girl stuff

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Friday 5: 5 Reasons Soul Food Didn’t Make You Fat

"...to explain why so much of what we believe about our cultural foodways is pure crap. Starting with the belief that soul food made us...

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: beef, bisquick, black culinary history month, black history month, cooking, cornbread, culture, jiffy, molasses, okra, pork, processed food, soul food

Thursday, February 28, 2013

On Becoming “That Fit Bitch”

You don't like her, but you'd better hope to become her....

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: culture, perceptions, society

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