I love seeing other black women on the September covers — but here's my conflict

In high school, Saturdays were reserved for Seventeen.

During the week, after getting home from school and basketball practice, I would walk into my room and see that my best friend from New York had arrived in the mail; she always welcomed me with the help of teen celeb cover stars, from Lucy Hale to Jennifer Lawrence.

Between my evening routine, I knew our weekday time together would simply be insufficient - how could I possibly get hip on all the month's happenings in such a short