It’s been a thorn in the side of grammar snobs everywhere. Drop a wire into any conversation in any…

While African-Americans are definitely the most influential people on the planet, I can’t exactly say everything we’ve brought to the…

Let’s be honest. Do you ever compare your relationship to your girlfriends’?

Well let’s try taking the faults in your…

“African American” has a peculiar application. If we were to take the literal meaning of the term, it would not…

“Not every word needs to be uttered. Sometimes you must just hold your peace.”

The first time I heard those…

On Thanksgiving 2009, I hit a man with my Totes bubble umbrella. He was an older gentleman but spry, White,…

I really do love Black men. While I criticize them at times, it does not negate that love. However, sometimes,…

When I declare, “I am a beautiful woman,” what image comes to mind? Am I smoothly brown-skinned with a figure…

On the cusp of the millennium, several books by young Black women ushered in a fresh perspective on Black womanhood.…

Well, I’ve been a super boyfriend. Well now, a super ex-boyfriend.

Yes, a super ex-boyfriend.

Do women not love the…

I couldn’t stop staring at this girl. Swaying side to side, her voice was way too elevated and her friends…

Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj are two of the biggest names in Pop music right now. Both women have made…

It’s become a full-fledged assault.  From an Everest guy yelling at us through the television set, telling us that we’re…

I have written for years about women and Hip Hop and culture, but I don’t think I’ve ever said…

The struggle in liking someone is that it’s very, very hard to swallow the reality of how much you actually…

“Hey guys, my name is John, and I was wondering if you could help me out with something.  I really…

“Silence itself—the things one declines to say, or is forbidden to name, the discretion that is required between speakers…

Once upon a time you were happy and “In a Relationship” on Facebook.  And then . . . Wait for…