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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

February 8, 2010

Mission to Mogul: A Black Girl’s Journey in the Making Towards Success

Courtney Powell is twenty one with soft, executive looks and a well sponged natural. Michigan born, the entrepreneurial spirit engulfs…

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Bedroom Etiquette 101: The Top Ten Things Women And Men Shouldn’t Do In the Bedroom

Sex. If it’s not on our minds at the present moment, it’s an unspoken thought lurking around the immediate corner,…

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February 1, 2010

There’s Nothing Wrong With Being Single

Over the past two years I’ve heard the same story about Black women still being single at age 30 –…

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The Great Debate: When Should You Ask Your Partner to Get Tested?

When it comes to sexual advice, no truer statement has been made since the day our Parents and/or Sex Education…

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Nothing But the Rent

All news isn’t bad news in this economy for the young and contemporary. People are looking for new ways to…

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One Love, Two Religions

For as many years as there are scriptures, Black women have lined the altars of churches to send up one…

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January 25, 2010

Did You Really Just Say That? Listen to Yourself!

Top myths/stereotypes about Africa that we all would love to see go away.

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The “It” Girl

Who would have thought that being a single black woman would be all the rage? If you’ve clued-in to the…

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WTH?! That’s Her?

So it’s been confirmed: your man is cheating. Tricking. Stepping out on you. After you snooped through his texts and…

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January 18, 2010

Who You Callin’ A Negro?

The man used it. Your parents used it. So did Carter G. Woodson. W.E.B. DuBois. Martin Luther King Jr. So…

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Haiti and Black America Shaped By Revolutionaries

“In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of the black liberty…

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To Haiti, With Love

Turmoil, anguish, devastation, despair, death, suffering, injustice, isolation – These words only attempt to paint a picture of modern day…

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Selling Ghetto

Growing up in the early 80’s and recognizing my likeness and its celebration in every area of mainstream media was…

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The Low- Down on Down Low Men

You are all smiles as you open the door to your cozy “clutchtastic” place. Life seems to have been going…

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