Brande Victorian
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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Brande Victorian
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
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...
Brande Victorian
- Sep 30, 2020
- 2 min
A Conversation With Dascha Polanco On Using Your Voice
"When I feel most not enough is when my voice is not being heard."
Brande Victorian
- Sep 26, 2020
- 3 min
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."
Brande Victorian
- Sep 8, 2020
- 4 min
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."
Brande Victorian
- Aug 25, 2020
- 6 min
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.
Brande Victorian
- Aug 10, 2020
- 3 min
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.
Brande Victorian
- Jul 28, 2020
- 3 min
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."
Brande Victorian
- Jul 20, 2020
- 5 min
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...
Brande Victorian
- Jul 6, 2020
- 4 min
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...
Brande Victorian
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
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.
Brande Victorian
- Apr 19, 2017
- 1 min
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
Brande Victorian
- Apr 3, 2017
- 13 min
Why I Had Gastric Sleeve Surgery At 23
At some point, you have to do what's best for you.
Brande Victorian
- Mar 22, 2017
- 2 min
"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.
Brande Victorian
- Mar 15, 2017
- 2 min
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
Brande Victorian
- Mar 6, 2017
- 1 min
I'm Enough: Africa Miranda
Africa Miranda wasn't lying when she told me, "I love trying to give people a good word."
Brande Victorian
- Feb 20, 2017
- 3 min
"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.
Brande Victorian
- Feb 13, 2017
- 2 min
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.