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By Andréa Butler Dear Readers and Supporters, After 10.5 years, I have to shut down Sesi due to lack of funding. Despite working extremely hard to bring on advertisers (the way magazines are traditionally funded), the majority of brands had no interest. I’ve also exhausted all other funding options that have kept Sesi just above drowning.

By Alisiana Chanise Marshall 4C. The natural hair pattern characterized by its soft, small, super tight, versatile, and naturally big and voluminous coils. But its perception and portrayal among many natural hair influencers of the past decade would lead you to believe this type 4 hair is the most undesirable texture, known only to be hella dry, tangly, undefined, breakage-prone, and plagued by shrinkage.

What Our Readers Are Saying… “My #BlackGirlMagic magazine finally came and I’m literally so happy to see black girls in a magazine so thanks to @Sesimag for creating this magazine ️🙂” Read more ― @DajaWilson98 “I look forward to your magazine issues when they come in the mail! It makes me appreciate and love Black culture even more 👏🏿❤️👌🏿” Read more ― @dancing.j96 “I am so impressed by your magazine. It makes me sooo happy to see magazine covers with a Black girl on it.

What Our Readers Are Saying… “My #BlackGirlMagic magazine finally came and I’m literally so happy to see black girls in a magazine so thanks to @Sesimag for creating this magazine ️🙂” Read more ― @DajaWilson98 “I look forward to your magazine issues when they come in the mail! It makes me appreciate and love Black culture even more 👏🏿❤️👌🏿” Read more ― @dancing.j96 “I am so impressed by your magazine. It makes me sooo happy to see magazine covers with a Black girl on it.

Coco Gauff is in her bag. No matter what the world serves — be it unfair ump calls, online haters, or the pressure of fame — this 19-year-old Florida native stays lobbing win on win on win in return. Today, she won her first Grand Slam title against Aryna Sabalenka, making her the youngest American to win since 1999 when Serena Williams took home the trophy at age 17. The women’s singles match went three sets, with set one going to Sabalenka.

Over the past few years, there’s been a dangerous, growing trend: an assault on books and a threat to make accessing or providing certain ones a crime. We’ve seen book bans go down in 30+ of the 50 states, from Florida, Texas, and Virginia to Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia, and others in between. But who’s behind all this, and what can you do to stop it? Read on to find out.

By Andréa Butler Triple threat. College student. Hardcore vegan. And more. Bel-Air’s Jazlyn Martin is here for all the things. Peep her cover and read an excerpt of her story below: Ong, there’s really no role Jazlyn Martin would ever turn down. Empathy is her driving force, and sis is not in the business of gatekeeping; she’s a storyteller. Periodt. “I feel like I would still find some truth in [it] because I feel like saying no to a story is saying no to a part of myself that I can explore,” she says.

“There’s finally a black girl magazine! I can identify with the slang, with the topics, it’s funny and intelligent and uplifting and a whole host of other wonderful adjectives. There aren’t any other periodicals besides this one that I know of that recognize how singular and challenging the experience of being a black girl is […] Read more

“There’s finally a black girl magazine! I can identify with the slang, with the topics, it’s funny and intelligent and uplifting and a whole host of other wonderful adjectives. There aren’t any other periodicals besides this one that I know of that recognize how singular and challenging the experience of being a black girl is […] Read more

A look at performative activism and how to avoid the brands that practice it. By Stacey Coles This is a portion of an article that originally appeared in Sesi’s Winter 2020 issue. Subscribe here to stay up on our current editions. It was only a short time ago that #BlackLivesMatter was the hottest wave, and our timelines were filled with Black models, black squares, and ally declarations from major brands and corporations.