black women

New CDC Campaign Aims to Stem HIV Crisis Among Black Women

To combat the high toll of HIV and AIDS among black women in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today launched Take Charge. Take the Test., a new campaign to increase HIV testing and awareness among African-American women. The campaign – which features advertising, a website and community outreach – is being launched in conjunction with National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in 10 cities where black women are especially hard-hit by the disease

She’s every woman. Oprah Winfrey to end talk show run September 9, 2011 (video, press release)

As one of her season intros borrowed Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman,” Oprah has indeed found a unique way to reach the hearts of women all over the world, and men, too. She broke the stereotype too often required of women on television or in film that they need to be a size 0, fair-skinned and with features unlike Oprah. Now, once she has 25 golden seasons under her belt, Oprah is retiring her weekday talk show to make room for new pursuits. She didn’t offer much detail, but her next venture will be under her own cable network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).

Reaction to Obama satire on New Yorker cover…from an educated black woman’s perspective

The following was sent to me by aw in an email… Read it and let me know what you think about Sophia’s perspective. I believe this editorial was originally from the Washington Post, but it is not clear from the message. Black. Female. Accomplished. Attacked By Sophia A. Nelson Sunday, …

In with the new…1st appointment with Mizz Ethnicita…and the cherry gets popped

What had happened was… I was walking High St with one of my sisters last week, pointing out various spots along the way including my old salon. Lo and behold, just a few doors down, me eyes spy a lady through the window with hair in a similar color range …