"Mean Girls" star Avantika is opening up about the ways colorism in India ultimately affected her self-esteem. In a recent interview with Cosmopolitan, Avantika spoke candidly about the harsh beauty ...

While the beauty industry touts its strides in inclusivity, the reality for many Kenyan women with 'chocolate' or 'ebony' skin tones remains starkly different. For a long time, the market has been ...

*Actress Tika Sumpter, star of the upcoming film “Southside With You,” has penned a personal essay about her experience as a dark-skinned Black woman in Hollywood. She also describes how dark-skinned ...

Four years ago, Kevin Hart made a joke on Twitter about dark-skinned black women, and it’s now coming back to haunt him on social media. Suggested Reading Jonathan Majors, Meagan Good Reveal Why the ...

The Emmy-winning actor is shifting Hollywood norms by intentionally casting dark-skinned Black women as romantic leads to ensure that love stories reflect all shades of Black beauty. Hollywood has a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Black and neurodivergent identity in the workplace. In the past few years race has been the center of a national ...

On the surface, TikTok offers a joyful scroll, women and men of every complexion dancing, laughing and celebrating life. But beneath this vibrant façade lies a far more troubling reality. In the ...

Actress Gabrielle Union has spoken out about the need for Hollywood to create more roles for women with darker skin tones and over a size four. “And when you add in women of colour or women of colour ...

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In a recent interview with Cosmopolitan, Avantika spoke candidly about the harsh beauty standards set for women in South Asia and the negative connotations given to women with her complexion or darker ...