Blair Imani

Footwear Brand, Birdies, Debuts What Are You Running? Campaign featuring Activist, Blair Imani and Interior Designer, Brigette Romanek. Timed to the Introduction of their First-Ever Lace-Ups, the Cardinal and Roadrunner Sneaker Styles, Birdies Campaign Celebrates Badass Women who are Running Their Worlds with Soul & Style.

All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. When you have adult acne, it’s easy to feel alone, as if you’re the only one getting breakouts past the age of 18. However, anywhere between 12% and 22% of women ages 26 through 44 experience acne, and that number is increasing by the day (on the other hand, only around 3% of adult men experience the condition). In our new series Acne Diaries, we’re asking influential women who happen to have acne about their relationship with their skin, and the products they use to keep it happy. Next up: author and advocate Blair Imani.

There’s an increasingly large gap between the information we’re taught in school and the information we actually need to better understand ourselves, others, and the institutions we live within. What happens if we have toxic family relationships? How do we apologize effectively? What should we do if the name we were given doesn’t fit our current understanding of self?