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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,…

Life.Culture

August 1, 2008

Noel Gourdin: From the Soul

After a long weekend of club lounging and bar hopping, I found myself stretched out on the couch one Sunday…

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In conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Controversial Dutch Somali feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali has sacrificed her life for the freedom to speak out. As a vehement…

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The Man in the Mirror

He looks like me, talks like me, walks like me and sounds like me. He is me.

Because I look at…

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Love in Black and White

A couple casually strolls between a small circle of onlookers standing in a line, not aware of the eyes gazing…

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Get Off That Wheel

By a show of hands, who has thought or uttered the words, “I am not where I imagined myself to…

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Staying Motivated and Reaching Your Goals

Each weekday when I awake, I thank God for another day’s rising, make my bed, lay my clothes out for…

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Jesse Boykins III: Dope Man

Ladies Clutch your pearls and think of a musical concoction mixed with ingredients of good loving, guiltless addiction and melodic rhapsody…

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Life Beyond Measure : Letters to My Great-Granddaughter

Sidney Poitier is One of the Most Revered actors in the history of Hollywood. He has overcome enormous obstacles in…

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August 2008 Reading List

  • The Power of Now
    Eckhart Tolle
  • Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
    Daniel G. Amen
  • When You Are Engulfed in Flames
    David Sedaris
  • Destini…
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    Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America’s Parents

    The stars of MTV’s Emmy-winning, top-rated Run’s House—dubbed “the new Cosby family”—offer a vital rescue manual for modern parenting.

    An icon…

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    Love Is Never Painless

    Three prolific authors bring truth to the title of this heart-wrenching book, Love Is Never Painless, with a collection of…

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    N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn’t, and Why

    The debate over the N word touches almost every aspect of American popular culture: Does it ever have an appropriate…

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    July 1, 2008

    The Family Man: Boris Kodjoe

    Sure. He’s undeniably sexy. And anything he stars in, woman flock to theaters in droves. But there’s more to Boris…

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    A Conversation with Ananda Lewis

    Ananda Lewis is a great big ball of energy. Her mind moves at a million miles per hour, speaking in quick-witted,…

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