Interviews

A Conversation With Essence Atkins On The Toxicity Of Bitterness

Brande Victorian

Dec 8, 20203 min read

A Conversation With Essence Atkins On The Toxicity Of Bitterness

I am absolutely and unequivocally in a season of bitterness right now. Every risk I've taken, every opportunity I've gone out for,...

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A Conversation With Christina Milian On Fighting To Follow The Positive Voice In Your Head

Brande Victorian

Dec 1, 20202 min read

A Conversation With Christina Milian On Fighting To Follow The Positive Voice In Your Head

I'm the first person to tell you I'm a pessimist. I could say I'm not proud of that fact, but I'm not really ashamed of it either. I...

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A Conversation With Dascha Polanco On Using Your Voice

Brande Victorian

Sep 30, 20202 min read

A Conversation With Dascha Polanco On Using Your Voice

"When I feel most not enough is when my voice is not being heard."

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A Conversation With Ari Lennox On Never Changing What God Has Blessed Her With

Brande Victorian

Sep 26, 20203 min read

A Conversation With Ari Lennox On Never Changing What God Has Blessed Her With

"This is the body God decided for me to be in so I just don't see that changing."

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A Conversation With Larenz Tate On Not Believing Your Own Hype

Brande Victorian

Sep 8, 20204 min read

A Conversation With Larenz Tate On Not Believing Your Own Hype

"Those moments are what they are. That's why they are called moments. That's what it is. It’s a moment."

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A Conversation With Alex Elle On Choosing Yourself

Brande Victorian

Aug 25, 20206 min read

A Conversation With Alex Elle On Choosing Yourself

Setting a boundary regarding her father's toxic behavior at 16 was Alex Elle's first recollection of choosing herself.

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A Conversation With Lynn Whitfield On Why The Truth Is Never Not Fresh

Brande Victorian

Aug 10, 20203 min read

A Conversation With Lynn Whitfield On Why The Truth Is Never Not Fresh

For the veteran actress, the idea of ever being discarded is simply unfathomable because it's always fresh to tell the truth in your work.

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A Conversation With Brandy On Protecting Your Peace And What Being Strong Really Means

Brande Victorian

Jul 28, 20203 min read

A Conversation With Brandy On Protecting Your Peace And What Being Strong Really Means

"I think getting up every day is being strong and deciding to make it to the next moment is being strong."

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A Conversation With Tracee Ellis Ross On Having The Courage To Be Yourself

Brande Victorian

Jul 20, 20205 min read

A Conversation With Tracee Ellis Ross On Having The Courage To Be Yourself

Have you ever wanted to do something for a long time and then when the opportunity comes you're so scared you're going to mess it up that...

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Artist Melissa Mitchell On Owning Your Path In Life:"You Can't Get Invested In Someone Else's Story"

Brande Victorian

Jul 6, 20204 min read

Artist Melissa Mitchell On Owning Your Path In Life:"You Can't Get Invested In Someone Else's Story"

I interviewed Melissa Mitchell on a rainy Tuesday in February. As I made the hour-long drive to her home in a thunderstorm a part of me...

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Meagan Good: 'I Feel More Than Enough, I Just Don't Always Feel Enough For Other People'

Brande Victorian

Jun 23, 20202 min read

Meagan Good: 'I Feel More Than Enough, I Just Don't Always Feel Enough For Other People'

Despite receiving multiple messages throughout her life that she's not enough for other people, Good knows that she's enough for herself.

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Brande Victorian

Apr 19, 20171 min read

I'm Enough: Paris Tyler

After growing tired of tapping her curls against the glass ceiling of public relations agency life so many Black women find themselves up ag

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Brande Victorian

Apr 3, 201713 min read

Why I Had Gastric Sleeve Surgery At 23

At some point, you have to do what's best for you.

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"As A Full-Figured Woman I Was So Brutal To Myself:" What Lisa Nichols And I Have In Commo

Brande Victorian

Mar 22, 20172 min read

"As A Full-Figured Woman I Was So Brutal To Myself:" What Lisa Nichols And I Have In Commo

We have a lot in common.

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How Patrice C. Washington Went From Not Being Able To Look At Herself In The Mirror To Putting Her F

Brande Victorian

Mar 15, 20172 min read

How Patrice C. Washington Went From Not Being Able To Look At Herself In The Mirror To Putting Her F

The Money Maven Patrice C. Washington once couldn't look at herself in the mirror, now her face is on the cover of her bestselling books

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Brande Victorian

Mar 6, 20171 min read

I'm Enough: Africa Miranda

Africa Miranda wasn't lying when she told me, "I love trying to give people a good word."

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"That Don't Make Sense:" A Lesson From Jeezy On Letting Opportunities Pass You By

Brande Victorian

Feb 20, 20173 min read

"That Don't Make Sense:" A Lesson From Jeezy On Letting Opportunities Pass You By

He reminded me of the time I almost let my biggest professional opportunity to date pass me by.

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Brande Victorian

Feb 13, 20172 min read

I'm Enough: Veronica Wells

Veronica Wells, author of "Bettah Days" and Culture Editor of MadameNoire.com, shares her journey of knowing she's enough.

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