Jean Gasho

Why Do Women Feel The Need To Pose Nude When Pregnant?

Yesterday I was thinking of the idea of a professional photo-shoot, this could be my last pregnancy and I want to embrace it and make the most of it. I have never had a professional pregnancy shoot. I was looking ...

My Melanin Gift

I will never get tired of talking about my Boaz, especially his super perfect dark skin. Even when he’s in the kitchen, the melanin just oozes. Yesterday he was in the kitchen cooking sadza, a Zimbabwean traditional dish he has ...

Dear Jean, My Life Is Proof That Most Black Men Prefer Light Skin.

Yesterday I received a very touching comment on one of my articles from a beautiful melanin goddess called Victoria. And this is what she said… My life is proof that most black men prefer fair skinned. Me and my sister got same ...

Kanye West Is Trying To Tell You To GET OUT Of Slavery

When I saw the headlines today about Kanye West and the uproar he has caused among black people, I was like, hang on a minute, is this not the Kanye West who is constantly being mocked by black people for ...

Why I Am Teaching My Boys To Date Black Girls

Recently I was having a conversation with a friend who has a teenage boy, and she told me that her son told her that he doesn’t date black girls. It was quite sad because the way she said it was ...

Forget Overpopulation, Black Women Let’s Be Fruitful And Multiply

I always wanted a lot of children since I was young. I thought if mother nature allowed me, I would have at least 4. But here I am today expecting my 6th. When I shared on social media that I ...

Dear Maya Jama, Dark Skinned Women Are Not Bitches, But Queens

Dear Maya Jama I can’t help but somehow feel enraged by you. It’s bad enough that you posted a derogatory tweet directed at dark-skinned women, but you made it worse by directing your ‘apology’ to all women. I’m not really ...

Irene Major Is Right, Wearing A Wig Is No Different To Skin Bleaching.

In the wake of Beyoncé’s father Mathew Knowles’s remarks that Beyoncé would not have been as famous had she had darker skin, two black women went on to debate the controversial issue of skin lightening on ITV’s This Morning. The ...

Women Have No Right To Be Upset About Sex Dolls

Most of us women are not happy with the way we were created. We call it beauty enhancement and make-up, but we would rather look like silicone dolls. On social media, all I see is women looking nothing like themselves. ...

Meghan Markle Won’t Be The First Black Royal, She Is Not Black.

So today on Facebook and Twitter I could not even count the number of black women who were celebrating the royal engagement of Meghan Markle to Prince Harry as some sort of breakthrough for the black race. Some of the celebrations ...