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It seems that it sucks to be a black woman these days. Or at least that is what the media…

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In her newest single “Sponsor”, Teairra Mari decides to speak out for the full fledged and would-be gold diggers out…

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I grew up in a loving home – both parents, older sister, older brother. I went to good schools my…

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I have a long, lengthy laundry list of irks and pet peeves, and anybody who stands even on the outskirts…

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When Monique stepped on stage to accept her Best Supporting Actress award at the Oscars, residents in California could hear…

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I am blessed with a unique situation in life in that I work mostly with African American women. When I…

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It’s like a broken record isn’t it? Pretty much every year an African American or two is up for an…

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Black women are some of the most beautiful women on the planet, with God-given curves that some go under the…

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Picture this: You are awakened with soft and gentle kisses from the glistening rays of the Saturday morning sun peeking…

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Mane & Chic is not your ordinary natural hair blog – it’s an eclectic mix of hair and fashion. Don’t get…

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It’s hip. It’s hot. It‘s totally fab. All the cool kids are doin’ it….going VEGAN, that is. And, one of…

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For my sisters in the struggle, my fellow prayer warriors who bum rush altar calls and wait, who bombard clergy…

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Have great fear. Tiger Text is here.

As if practicing fidelity wasn’t hard enough, somebody saw fit to create an mobile…

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My mother always taught me to pace myself…

Yet like the ticking of a clock, I hear the urgency in garnering…

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Ding, ding.

The Tavis-Sharpton on air fight over whether or not President Obama was going to have a black agenda started…

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You don’t need to survey five or six of your girlfriends and listen to their opinions. You don’t need the…

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My mother and my grandmother are like the father and mother I never had – my mother being the father,…

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I recently had the chance to sit down and watch Spike Lee’s 1986 film, She’s Gotta Have It. The main character,…

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March 1, 2010

The Faux-Beef We Could All Do Without

Ding, ding.

The Tavis-Sharpton on air fight over whether or not President Obama was going to have a black agenda started…

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He’s Just Not That Into You (No, Really Girl—He Isn’t)

You don’t need to survey five or six of your girlfriends and listen to their opinions. You don’t need the…

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Mothers and Daughters: When Money is Love

My mother and my grandmother are like the father and mother I never had – my mother being the father,…

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She’s Gotta Have It

I recently had the chance to sit down and watch Spike Lee’s 1986 film, She’s Gotta Have It. The main character,…

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February 22, 2010

Twitter Trending Into The Turf

It’s always interesting to see how power-deprived respond to new-found power or opportunity. If a group of people fought for…

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Mammies vs. Ingenues

Actress Hattie McDaniel was the first black person to win an Academy Award, winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing…

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Raising Tyrone

Whether by the flicker of the television screen or the saturating effect of being broadcast as front page news, the…

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February 15, 2010

John Mayer Didn’t Hurt This Black Girl’s Feelings

Memo to black girls everywhere: John Mayer may think you’re attractive, but he probably won’t be taking you home to…

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Bashing Coonery Is A Game For Fools

What’s a difference between a Jim Carrey movie, the Three Stooges, a Wayans Brother show, and a Flavor Flav sighting?…

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Ready to Be A Cougar

It’s a familiar scenario. A MUCH older man approaches you on the street or the train, and tries to kick…

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Raheem DeVaughn: Master at Work

Attentive lyrics that soothe is what comes to mind when someone speaks the name Raheem DeVaughn.  As he serenades the…

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February 8, 2010

The New Clair Huxtables

When “The Cosby Show” aired for the first time in the ‘80s, America was amazed by the image of a…

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Let’s Talk About Pep Sheds A New Light on Black Dating

After the deluge of articles focusing on why black women can’t date, get married or find decent men in the dating pool, is it nice to be able to watch four black women presented as being single and attractive.

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Selling Truth: As Told By K’wan

A couple of weeks ago, I sat back and penned an article called Selling Ghetto. For those of you who…

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