About Maiysha Kai

Maiysha Kai is a columnist and Lifestyle Editor for theGrio, covering all things Black and beautiful. Her work is informed by two decades’ experience in the fashion and entertainment industries, a love of great books and aesthetics, and the indomitable brilliance of Black culture.

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Andre Leon Talley
January 19, 2022
Vogue's former editor-at-large was a trailblazer in his field. So why did the magazine seem to treat his death as…
Candice Benbow red Lip Theology theGrio.com
January 18, 2022
Candice Marie Benbow's debut memoir is a revealing exploration of Black women's relationship to the traditional Black church.
January 15, 2022
Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful said the African models on British Vogue's February cover "are redefining what it is to be a…
January 15, 2022
Activist-journalist Ida B. Wells' legacy lives on in Barbie's Inspiring Women Series, with help from great-granddaughter Michelle Duster.
Maiysha Kai theGrio
January 11, 2022
The writer, style expert and podcast host finds a new home as theGrio’s lifestyle editor.
Blue Ivy, Beyoncé
January 11, 2022
The public’s urge to prematurely label her or any other prepubescent Black girl “all grown up” isn’t so cute.