Being And Writing The Voice That Is Unapologetically Black

It sounds simple, but there just aren’t many African-American characters written on TV by African-American writer. Being a successful black writer and creator is not a title whose success is limited to just one.

EntertainmentViolette WillisOctober 30, 2015Being Black, Mara Brock Akil, Unapologetically black, Girlfriends, The Game, Being Mary Jane, Warner Bros. TV, Showrunner, BET, African-American, Issa Rae, Black Voice, Essence Magazine, Black Writer, SwedenComment

Issa Rae's Story & The Importance Of YOUR Black Girl Story

It was in this moment of despair that Rae, upon drawing in her journal, that she inscribed the words "I'm awkward. And Black". It's these words, and how they contradicted the black women generally portrayed...

Being Comfortable With Your Racial Identity

Your uniquness is not for anybody else to box or compartmentalize (including you).

LifestyleViolette WillisOctober 20, 2015African-American, Identity, Race, Discrimination, Exhibition, 30 Americans, Donald Mera Rubell, Contemporary Art, Art, Lorna Simpson, Culture, SwedenComment

Using Reality TV For Your 15 Minutes Of Fame

Contestants who knew how to take their 15 minutes of fame and run with it, remaining in the fashion industry, and some now in acting...

StyleViolette WillisOctober 16, 2015Reality TV, America's Next Top Model, Tyra Banks, Sweden, Eva Marcille, 15 minutes of fame, Yaya DaCosta, Toccara Jones, Dani Evans, Winnie Harlow, YouTube Comments

Where You Need To Start If You Want To Become A Success

Love yourself enough to know that you are worth the while and the effort. I'm telling you, that conviction can move mountains. You won't mind the work cause you see the end goal. Vision my friends.

EntertainmentViolette WillisSeptember 26, 2015Dance, Ebony Williams, Ballet, Passion, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, New York, Beyonce, Refinery29, Sweden, Love yourself, Hard WorkComment