2018's Black Girl Magic Moments
Best Black Girl Magic Moments Of 2018
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2018’s Black Girl Magic Moments
Black girl magic was in abundance in 2018. It was a year of abundance for many black women and girls who accomplished goals, started foundations, excelled in STEM and more. We started off the year recognizing Spotify and Instagram’s interactive United States of #BlackGirlMagic map.
The graphic highlighted the most-liked Instagram posts for top-ranking artists most frequently placed on playlists with the term #BlackGirlMagic by Spotify users with a goal to highlight the “power, resilience and beauty inspired by black women in our generation and generations past.” They also featured he most-streamed artists on #BlackGirlMagic playlists which included Beyoncé, SZA, Rihanna, Solange, Kehlani, Nicki Minaj, Janelle Monae, Alicia Keys, Lizzo and India.Arie.
Click below for more of 2018’s best black girl magic moments.
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Taraji P. Henson Launches Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation
Taraji P. Henson did her part this year to erase the stigmas surrounding black people and mental health with her Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, named after her late father. Taraji told Variety that her inspiration came from her son who battled mental health issues when his father was murdered and then again, when his grandfather, her father, died two years later.
Her son’s mental health struggles caused her to seek a psychiatrist but unfortunately, it was hard for her to find someone her child could relate to.
She told Variety that she was seeking;
“Someone that he could trust, someone that looks like him and could understand his struggle,” she said it was very difficult because “they wouldn’t be African American and it wouldn’t get anything accomplished because he felt guilty for the things he was saying.
“It was like looking for a unicorn, and the reason that happens is because we don’t talk about it in our community; it’s taboo, it’s looked upon as a weakness or we’re demonized for expressing rage for traumas we’ve been through,
Taraji also revealed that she sees a psychiatrist despite being a celebrity because she “suffers too.”
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Simone Biles Sweeps Championships, Becomes First Woman To Win Five Titles
Simone Biles became the first woman to win five U.S. All-Around titles after she won EVERY SINGLE EVENT at the 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
The 21-year-old who wore teal in solidarity with fellow sexual abuse survivors of ex-US team doctor Larry Nassar previously took 23 months off after competing in Rio.
In case you didn’t know, the 4’8 powerhouse is the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history.
Now THAT’s Black Girl Magic!
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Mattel Releases Women’s History Day Barbie Dolls
NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, as well as 16 other women, was honored by Mattel for International Women’s Day.
Mattel recently released a press release announcing 17 new dolls.
Honorees include filmmaker Patty Jenkins, the first woman in history to helm a film with a budget in excess of 100 million dollars for WONDER WOMAN, Chloe Kim, a first-generation Asian-American snowboarding champion and the youngest woman to win a gold medal in snowboarding at the 2018 winter games at age 17, and Bindi Irwin, the award-winning wildlife conservationist and celebrity who inherited her father’s passion for wildlife.
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Other dolls like Katherine’s are part of the Inspiring Women™ doll line series. These include Amelia Earhart and Frida Kahlo.
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