22-Year Old Karyn Washington, Founder of the Popular “For Brown Girls” Blog, Reportedly Commits Suicide
Nationwide — Karyn Washington, the 22-year-old young
woman who created the For Brown Girls website,
has reportedly died after committing suicide. Sources say that she suffered
from depression, especially after the recent loss of her mother.
Her web site, ForBrownGirls.com, was a popular blog that
empowered African and African American women. According to the web site itself,
the mission was to “celebrate the beauty of dark skin while combating colorism and promoting self love! FBG was created to
celebrate darker shades of brown- to encourage those struggling with accepting
having a darker skin complexion to love and embrace the skin they are in.”
Her web site was also known for selling t-shirts for women
with empowering messages such as, “I love my shade”.
Washington was also the originator of the #DarkSkinRedLip
project, which knocked down beauty standards and encouraged black women to find
and wear whatever shade of red lipstick that looked best on them.
Washington is being mourned all over the nation, but
especially among fellow bloggers and her social media followers. Her supporters
are sharing their condolences on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media
outlets.
Her untimely death has also re-sparked the conversation about
addressing the issue of mental health in the black community.
For more details about the blog, visit www.forbrowngirls.com
To see the blog’s Facebook page, visit www.facebook.com/forbrowngirls
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