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Ishena Robinson is a Jamaican-born, New York-based writer. Her commentary and cultural criticism on race, gender, politics and their intersections with popular culture has appeared in the Jamaica Gleaner, Harper’s Bazaar, The Root, and the Chicago Reader, among other publications.

A collage of Beyonce, Lizzo, Michelle Obama, Viola Davis and Winnie Harlow – five black women.

First Person Ishena Robinson May 5, 2022

I’m a Beautiful, Confident Black Woman. White People Are Offended

Ishena Robinson May 5, 2022

Eurocentric ideas of beauty have historically warped the way non-white people evaluate their own physical features.