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A Lesson In Marketing Magic: The History Of Aunt Jemima
The true origins of Aunt Jemima and how marketing has been used to hide ugly truths....
by Erika Nicole Kendall
Re-Examining – And Re-Defining – The Athlete’s Body
In the 2002 book Athlete, photographer Howard Schatz takes a photo set of over 125 athletes......
by Erika Nicole Kendall
Fat Girls In The Media: Celebrating Obesity?
Your very presence is telling young girls that it's okaaaaaaaaay to be overweight......
by Erika Nicole Kendall
Black Women, Our Bodies & Perceptions of Beauty: On Self Esteem
Society would make you think that being overweight is a sin......
by Erika Nicole Kendall
“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
Who’s Allowed To Call You Fat?
One evening my Mother, sister and I sat at the bar in the house, and my Mother couldn’t stop staring at me. “I’m just so...
by Erika Nicole Kendall
Black Women, Our Bodies & Perceptions of Beauty: Straight Hair
What if you swapped your hair with your body in your list of priorities? This wouldn't even be an issue then, would it?...
by Erika Nicole Kendall
The Choice Between Food As Culture and Food As Medicine
Do we HAVE to choose between the two? We can't have both?...
by Erika Nicole Kendall
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