Candice Benbow Archives

How Social Media Can Be Triggering For Black Women Trying To Practice Self-Care

“The ‘funny’ skits and Instagram posts poking at us aren’t going to stop but we don’t have to laugh at them.”

In Missandei’s Final Act, She Reminds Us That It's OK For Black Women To Be Angry

In this op-ed, Candice Benbow shares how "Game of Thrones'" only Black woman character is breaking a generational stronghold that Black women have to hide their rage.

Entertainment

Beyoncé Comes Home To Remind Us That Her Greatness Lives Within Us Too

In this op-ed, Candice Benbow writes that Beyonce's "Homecoming" is the entertainer's reminder that when Black people forget their power, we can always come home.

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Is Our Love For Beyoncé Suffocating Her?

In this op-ed inspired by Omari Hardwick's viral interaction with Beyoncé, Candice Benbow writes, "Everybody loves Beyoncé. Maybe how we love her has become a bit too much."

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Accountability Can’t Start With Cardi B

In this op-ed, Candice Benbow writes, "If we can understand how structural inequality pushes some men of color into criminal activity, then there must be room" for Cardi.

Celebrity

Daniel Caesar's Comments Confirm Biting The Hand That Feeds You Is The New Wave

In this op-ed, Candice Benbow writes, "Maybe [Caesar] and others like him need to be reminded that our support is not a given. It is truly a gift."

Entertainment

'God Friended Me' Star Brandon Michael Hall Reveals Why He Stopped Praying For A Month

The CBS dramedy, also starring Joe Morton, is one show we're watching on Sunday nights.

Celebrity

Aretha Franklin and John McCain's Funerals Illuminate Two Drastically Different Americas

We live in a world where a woman who fought alongside Dr. King and the man who voted against making his birthday a national holiday both end up on the right side of history.

Celebrity · Entertainment

'This Is Us' Star Ron Cephas Jones Spills On His Stellar TV Performance And Working With His Daughter In 'Dog Days'

This is Us star Ron Cephas Jones is so superb at portraying William Hill, the onscreen biological father of Sterling K. Brown’s Randall Pearson that he’s already been nominated for his second consecutive Emmy for outstanding guest actor […]