New website SunkissedGirlz.com promotes positive self image for African-American girls

I was overjoyed to run across an article on BlackNews.com about this new website SunkissedGirlz.com.  Just launched on October 14, 2009 by founders Yanique Redwood, PhD, MPH; Alana Jones, and Aisha Penson who not only realized the lack of positive imagery for young African-Americans but took matters into their own hands by launching Sunkissed Girlz.  African-Americans are so diverse and unfortunately sometimes divided when it comes to matters of skin tone, body shape, and hair texture.

We created Sunkissed Girlz because we realized that there were very few Websites (and magazines, books, television shows, etc.) for Black girls. We wanted to create a cool, safe place for girls to play, learn, blog, and just have fun! We also want girls to learn how to analyze the media messages that they get from commercials, music videos, and other forms of media, so at times we will use clips from popular media sources to generate discussion and critical analysis.

We designed sunkissedgirlz.com for girls ages 11-14. We hope to develop Websites for younger and older girls in the near future. (source: SunkissedGirlz.com)

I’ll be adding them to my blogroll and wanted to help spread the word.

Related Links

BlackNews.com– New Website Responds to Chris Rock’s Daughter’s Question: “Daddy, How Come I Don’t Have Good Hair?”

Sunkissed Girls website– SunkissedGirlz.com

Twitter– sunkissedgirlz

Facebook– Sunkissed Girlz

Myspace– myspace.com/sunkissedgirlz