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With Hollywood for years being a haven for the long-haired blond and brunette, it’s hard to be a sex symbol…

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We’re only human and equally subject to the chronic brainwashing that inevitably instills varying degrees of bigotry. Racism, sexism, homophobia,…

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Times are hard especially financially, however, my girlfriend does not seem to realize the whole world is undergoing something called…

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I remember exactly where I was that night that history was made. I was fast asleep in my bed and…

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It was proven best in the fashionable documentary The September Issue, that Fall is the New Year’s of fashion. Fashion…

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I vividly remember the day I got my first relaxer. I was 7 years old, and there I sat in…

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Brilliance is defined as: having or showing great intelligence, talent, and quality. Well, if you’ve ever had the privilege of watching…

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Once upon a time (i.e. this past spring), Spike Lee put Tyler Perry on blast:

“Each artist should be allowed to…

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I remember way back when… Reminisce with me. Life was less complicated for a youngster. My Huffy Bike was valet’d in the driveway, Saturday morning cartoons were in heavy rotation, Puma wasn’t just an animal at the zoo…

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Who can take out a housemaid with a single Smackberry? Who can rock community service hours in New York City’s…

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Who sold this idea to women that it is the sole responsibility of a man to always have condoms at…

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It seems like every week a new skin care cream hits the shelf. Products for frown lines, laugh lines, crows…

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Talent aside (ahem), there have been very few celebrities who warrant as much media coverage as Robyn Rihanna Fenty. Sure,…

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You can kill the revolutionary, but you can’t kill the revolution. – Fred Hampton, Nov. 3, 1969

This week I came across…

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The conflict in the Congo is a much overlooked atrocity that is claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of…

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I remember when I was in high school. When it came to fitting in with all the different peer groups…

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Have you ever come across a group of juveniles whose fundraising practices consist of canvassing commercial hubs, or expressway entry…

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So you spent a lot of the governments change (not the free kind) getting your education, you haven’t gotten into…

Life.Culture

August 3, 2009

Beauty is a Beast

I bare my soul in the articles that I write. OK, well maybe not my soul, but I certainly expose…

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Are White Men More Appreciative of Natural Hair?

Let’s revisit a situation experienced by a fellow natural. She’s in a classroom packing up her books when she notices…

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July 27, 2009

Sa-Ra Creative Partners: The Age of Love

Fitting then the trio Sa-Ra Creative Partners fourth release Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love, has been one of the…

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What’s So Bad About Going Natural?

Beauty comes in a million forms, but every true work of art starts with a clear palette. To me, the…

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Bullets In The Hood

Black folks don’t generally like to air out our own laundry, but on some things, the secret is already out.…

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The Fast Track to Movie Stardom: Rappers, Singers and the Plight of The Black Actor

“To take people from the music world and give them the same kind of credibility and weight that you give me, Morgan Freeman, Laurence Fishburne, Forest Whitaker — that’s like an aberration to me; you just can’t do that. “

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If Barack Cheated, Would Michelle Stay or Stray?

With the recent revelations of married men in power who have tipped out on their wives, it is relevant that…

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Detroit and Escargot

Have you ever been at a family function and been told that you talk or act like a white girl?…

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July 20, 2009

Mahershalalhashbaz Ali: The Right Man

You might remember Mahershalalhashbaz Ali from our “Black Men To Watch” feature. If you don’t, where have you been living,…

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A Different Reality

In the first grade, I sat on Ms. Spuches’ infamous tooth chair as I tried to flatten my large Afro…

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The Stuck Up Friend

Through her eyes…

Yes, I’m stuck up, but if you were anything like me, you would be too. I’m not going…

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Ode to the Black Woman

Baby girl, I see you, and from my vantage point all is looking well. You’re strong and resilient, unique and…

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Mind Over Manners

Early one bustling Tuesday morning in spring on the uber-crowded Metro subway system in Washington, DC, I was forced to…

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Recession Proof Dating

The crumbling economy has definitely put a major cramp in the social lives of many (read: the author of this…

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July 13, 2009

Maxwell: The Man of Mystery Returns

So by now, you gone out and copped Maxwell latest album, BLACKsummers’night (and if you haven’t, what are you waiting…

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