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Spoken Black Girl is a mental health & wellness publishing company for women of color dedicated to en

At Spoken Black Girl Magazine, we believe that healthy living is more than just exercise, diet or even therapy, it is all of those things combined and more! Self-love means taking care of the body, mind, and soul with the purest ingredients, the best mental health options, and meaningful discussions on spirituality and growth - everything that the millennial woman of color needs to flourish.

02/10/2026

New Beauty Files Feature with Amari Murray

We’re back with a new installment of The Beauty Files, a series where we will uncover the behind the scenes stories of our Issue 6 Beauty Contributors and what they believe about beauty as Black women artists and creatives. Next up we have Spoken Black Girl Beauty Contributor, Amari Murray, whose poem “Braids in my Head” appears in Spoken Black Girl Issue 6 Beauty.

Read the full feature on our blog.

https://www.spokenblackgirl.com/natural-beauty-1/2025/12/19/a8jlmb0npmam1l7y6tndk4nhg40eta-ghxdt-ctya4-rnx8p-tt742-846js-mzm8l-x9xgr-8zfrn-s5sep

02/09/2026

New on the blog: 12 Black Women Writers on Beauty, Self-Love, and Liberation.

As we celebrate the launch of Issue 6 Beauty, let’s reflect on these beauty, self-love and radical liberation quotes by Black women writers. I hope these words will fill your cup and offer encouragement on difficult days. Also, Happy Birthday to Alice Walker, whose birthday is Feb. 9. 💞🫶🏾🙏🏾🥰✊🏾
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02/05/2026

Join us on February 28th for a wellness centered writing event. Celebrate the launch of Issue 6 Beauty in NYC with an in-person Beauty experience that emphasizes embodiment and presence over hustle and productivity. Learn wellness practices such as mindfulness, meditation, grounding exercises and writing prompts to gently shift you into a new mindset while prioritizing your self-care. Participants will have the option of having a professional photo taken for use on blogs, press releases, book covers, and other professional uses.

Our aim is to help you get into alignment with your creative practice while elevating as a creative in 2026 and beyond. Join us in NYC for this in-person event.
Virtual tickets are available for the workshop portion of the event. Print magazines will be available at the event as well as light refreshments.

Reserve your spot at the link in our bio! See you there!

https://www.spokenblackgirl.com/events-blog-1/2026/2/1/84p6lxdn7aezlis2pxw9486mte21qd

02/01/2026

We are so incredibly grateful for our Guest Editor, Emelda De Coteau, who's insight helped shape this issue. Thank you, E

Meet Emelda!

Emelda Juanita De Coteau is a loving wife, mama, creative (writer, podcaster, spiritual activist / organizer), and believer seeking God anew in each moment. Although based in Baltimore, this daughter of a Honduran immigrant feels at home throughout the world. She leads Pray with Our Feet (PWF), an online community lifting the intersection of progressive Christian faith and social justice; she co-hosts the PWF podcast with her Mom, Trudy.

Her writing has appeared in Good Faith Media, Spoken Black Girl Magazine, Good Life Detroit, Beautifully Said Magazine, The Baltimore Times, and on the Pray with our Feet website where she regularly blogs and shares devotionals on spiritual life. Emelda has also blogged for women-led organizations: Breaking the Silence...Healing the Pain and Modestine Tea.

She is also the founder of When Motherhood Looks Different, a community -based small business helping Mamas on a neurodivergent parenting journey center mindfulness and connect in community by offering events, resources, support and caregiver support sessions. Emelda is a mindfulness facilitator working through a trauma-informed lens. She lives in Maryland with her husband Kes and daughter Nai.

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01/29/2026

Meet a Beauty Contributor: Crystal Foretia ✨💞

My name is Crystal Foretia (she, her, hers) and I am J.D. Candidate at Yale Law School. Born and raised just outside of D.C., I am the daughter of Cameroonian immigrants. My identity as a first-generation African-American informs my passions for comparative politics and the history of the African diaspora. My poetry draws extensively on Black history, Afro-centric art, and personal experience to comment on our present moment. My work can be found in Quarto Magazine, Surgam Magazine, That Which Remains, and Changing Wxman Collective, among other places.

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01/26/2026

Meet a Beauty Contributor: Kayla T.

Kayla T. is a Certified Mental Health Coach, Emotional Wellness Facilitator, and the founder of Broken Hearts Restored, a nonprofit dedicated to making healing feel safe, accessible, and culturally grounded for the Black community. Through her work, she creates restorative, creative spaces that center emotional safety, destigmatize mental health, and honor community as a sacred site of care.

Kayla’s work lives at the intersection of mental wellness, self-love, and storytelling. Whether she is guiding emotional release through reflective letter-writing, curating self-love experiences, or writing from a place of deep truth, her intention remains the same: to help Black people reconnect with their voice, their softness, and their right to be seen.

She is also the founder of Pretty Entrepreneur, a creative brand supporting passion-driven entrepreneurs in bringing their visions to life with clarity and intention. Her commitment to this work is rooted in legacy, lived experience, and a belief that healing should feel human and culturally familiar. Her writing is where softness meets truth — and where survival is gently transformed into self-compassion.

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Brokenheartsrestored.org

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01/26/2026

Meet a Beauty Contributor: Brittney Miles

Brittney Miles is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research centers Black girlhood, specifically related to (a)sexualities, embodiment, and beauty. She uses interdisciplinary qualitative methods to prioritize Black women and girls' critical subjectivities in Black feminist sociological issues. She is currently writing an academic book focused the relationship between Black girls experiences of embodied agency and their adult beauty politics.

Social Media:
IG: b.s.miles | Facebook: miles.brittney (Brittney Miles) | Twitter: | BlueSky: -bmiles.bsky.social

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01/26/2026

We are 1 week away from the launch of Spoken Black Girl Issue 6 Beauty! Just as a reminder, this issue will be FREE for public view on Spokenblackgirl.com starting on February 2nd! We are also a print publication, and you can order a print copy of Spokenblackgirl to have and hold. This magazine is vibrant, high-quality, and contains art, photography, poetry, and stories that you will treasure for a lifetime.

I can't wait to share the brilliance contained within these pages!

Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered a copy, and thanks to everyone who has donated or shared our campaign to keep Spoken Black Girl in print. We must preserve our voices and amplify the stories of Black women writers in multiple formats now more than ever.
With Abundant Gratitude

01/21/2026

Meet a Spoken Black Girl Magazine Issue 6 Beauty Contributor, Michaela" Mikki" McKenzie

Michaela “Mikki” McKenzie is a Montgomery, AL native, multi-hyphenate artist, and Artistic Director of MikARTS: The Company and MikARTS: Wellness. An alumna of Alabama State University and former Miss Theatre & Dance, she’s performed with Gesel Mason, Wideman Davis Dance, and in The World Games ceremonies. Through her work in dance, film, and community, Mikki creates transformative, joy-filled Black stories and spaces.

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01/21/2026

Meet an Issue 6 Beauty Contributor: Karla M. Scipio

Karla M Scipio
Karla M. Scipio is a writer, wellness educator, and legacy builder whose work centers Black women's healing, history, and wholeness. Through short stories, devotionals, and guided journals, she tells the truth of what it means to survive, rise, and bloom. Karla believes storytelling is sacred—where memory meets ministry—and she uses her pen to reflect the power, pain, and resilience passed down through generations. Her words are rooted in purpose and always aimed at transformation.

Website
www.herwellnessnook.com

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01/20/2026

Meet a Spoken Black Girl Beauty Contributor! Contributor Spotlight: Khalisa Rae

Khalisa Rae is an award-winning author, educator, and arts administrator based in Durham, NC. She is the author of two books, including her debut collection, Ghost in a Black Girl's Throat from Red Hen Press 2021. She is a 4-time Best of the Net nominee and Pushcart nominee. Her articles appear in Blavity Autostraddle, Catapult, LitHub, Bitch Media, NBC-BLK, and others. Her poetry can be seen in Southern Humanities Review, Electric Lit, Pinch, Rumpus, Tishman Review, Hypertext, Rust & Moth, PANK, among countless others. She is the esteemed co-founder of Griot and Grey Owl Blk Southern Writers Conference in Durham, and the Theater and Literature Director at the North Carolina Arts Council. Her YA novel in verse, Unlearning Eden, is forthcoming.

Website:
khalisarae.com

instagram.com/khalisarae

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01/20/2026

Contributor Feature: Elizabeth DeHaan

Elizabeth DeHaan is a first-generation American and a Cum Laude graduate from FIU with her B. A in Psychology. Residing in NYC, she has worked in multiple sectors including media, law, policy advocacy, higher education, profit and nonprofit sector. She is currently working at Alight has an Executive Assistant in the Executive Office. Her creative pursuits include being a published author in poetry, and nonfiction. She is the creative force behind enovaturient.com, an RYT Certified yoga instructor, and the sole proprietor of Essence Wellness Collective, a holistic wellness business. She currently serves as the Treasurer for the Board of Directors for UnLocal and on the board of OffWorque.

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