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I read the post on Stimulation Status my editor wrote about Essence Magazine hiring a white fashion director. In the original story, found on Clutch Magazine , cultural critic and Essence writer Michaela angela Davis spoke about the shocking and disappointing confusion. Davis sparked a Twitter revolution when she tweeted her response, "I am so hurt and confused...I feel like a girlfriend has just died." Another Essence writer, Nawja Moses spoke of how she can pick of handful of Black women who would have been just as qualified for that job. While it's understandable for these two women and others to feel the way they do, I'll admit that part of me is a little curious about how a Caucasian woman is to head and direct the fashion department catered to the style and beauty of African American women. At the same time, I'm not that affected by it. From one perspective, it feels like a slap in the face that a Black publication would hire someone else of a different rac...

I recently had the opportunity to interview Coco Davis, a talented author who is currently incarcerated. Doing time in the big house has not stopped her from writing her novels. Here is an excerpt: Nicole Davis is a sister, mother, wife & writer. She let nothing get in the way of her passion to write, not even being on lockdown. Originally from Chicago, Davis was an outspoken tomboy who always had a love for writing. She went to school, where she studied real estate. Davis is currently serving a fourteen year sentence in a federal prison after a series of unfortunate events. However, the fourteen years are almost up. While serving time, Davis became a phenomenal writer of the novels, Chicago’s Baddest B----, Unfinished Bizness, Fire and Flame, and 3 Brothaz. A friend of Davis served time with her in a correction facility in Danbury, CT. Once she was released, she lost contact with her, but maintained contact with Davis’s god sister. The friend turned out to be Michele Fletcher. Fle...