Maiysha Kai's posts

There’s B’Day, and then, there’s Bey Week—which is a bit like Shark Week, but with much more buzz. Beyoncé kicked…

When The Root first spoke to George M. Johnson (one of our longtime contributors) just ahead of the release of their…

Laverne Cox is already well-known to body an over-the-top look—it doesn’t hurt that the statuesque actress has the…

It’s already a well-documented fact that the outbreak of the novel coronavirus has disproportionately affected Black…

We know, we know—Halloween hasn’t even arrived yet, but we all know it’s a swift slide from there into Christmas,…

One of the best qualities a creator can have is to listen to (constructive) feedback and adjust accordingly—and it…

Have we entered the season of forgiveness? In his 2020 bestselling memoir, The Chiffon Trenches fashion legend…

There’s been this wild theory going around that now that all of us non-essential workers have been working from home…

As a Black girl born in Minneapolis, you’d think I’d have closely tracked the ascension of Somali refugee turned…

If you’re anything like The Root crew, month upon month of quarantine has deepened your relationship with your…

One of the bright spots in these dark times is that all this extra downtime has provided new opportunities to…

At some point, folks are gonna stop worrying about how Cardi B spends her money, and Cardi is going to stop rising…

Buying Black may be more on-trend than ever, but how do we celebrate and sustain Black businesses to ensure they’re…

So...are you scared yet? Has this year of interminable terrors thrown enough your way for you to grasp the profound…

“Frenemies.” We’ve all had them—those not-quite friendships that seem to thrive on competition rather than…

When one considers the scope of white privilege, it’s difficult to imagine any contemporary entity—or historical,…

One of the buzziest stories of the past weekend was no doubt old news to many Black journalists, particularly those…

When it comes to handing out our annual accolades, we consider ourselves a pretty discerning bunch here at The Root;…

The opening lines of one of Lucille Clifton’s best-known poems read: “Won’t you celebrate with me, what I have…

Triumph amid tragedy is always bittersweet—a unique type of survivor’s guilt many of us have become all too familiar…