Beauty & Fashion

Dear Black Girl, Your Hair is Ugly…

That’s basically what the people who run the Deborah Brown Community School in Tulsa, OK said to 7-year-old Tiana Parker, when they sent her home from her school earlier this week because she chose to rock a natural hairstyle: dreadlocks. According to the school’s dress code, “hairstyles such as dreadlocks, afros, mohawks, and other faddish styles are […]

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Celebs

Mindless Behavior on Their Alter Egos

Just what are the members of your favorite R&B group like offstage? Read on to find out! Be sure to read even more about M.B. in the fall 2013 issue of Sesi! (And rip out the photos in the mag and post them all over your bedroom walls, of course!)  

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Black History

MOW50th: You Are the Dream

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington — and since Sesi‘s headquarters is right across the river from D.C., we had to come out and support. Check out a few photos we took at Saturday’s festivities. Did you watch any of the celebration on TV? Did you get to be in D.C. […]

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Holidays

5 Ways to Do Your Last-Minute Holiday Shopping for Less

After droppin’ serious cash on holiday outfits and trips to the salon for the perfect Christmas style, there’s still a few more things left to do for you procrastinators — buy gifts for family and friends. What’s a girl with a small amount of time  — and an even smaller budget — to do? Take […]

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Love etc.

5 Places to Meet Bae this Summer

Summer is on its way. Love is in the air … for everyone (it seems), but you. Your girlfriends are all booed up, and while you’re happy for them, you are getting a little tired (and perhaps a bit envious) of hearing about how their man is joining their family vacation at the beach, or […]

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Features

What is Sesi Magazine, Anyway?

“Sesi” means “sister” in Sotho, a Bantu language mainly spoken in Southern Africa. We rep Black teen girls to the fullest — filling that void in mainstream media, in which Black girls and their voices are virtually invisible.

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