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Do you plan to change your last name when you get married? If so, you might want to think a bit more about that choice.

Mar 11, in *uncategorized*, by Jamila Akil

Last year a controversial tweet about women changing their last name went zooming around the internet:”Mr. Wrong will compromise your purity and then disappear. Mr. Right will protect your purity and then change your last name.” Those who are of the religious persuasion that believes a woman needs ‘coverture’ from a man may not have seen any problem with that tweet, but for the rest of us it was one more reminder of the lowly legal, moral, and ethical standing under which so many religions and codes of law once upon a time placed women.

Check out some of the amazing women of color who have joined Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’ community

Mar 6, in Business, Editorial Staff, by Jamila Akil

Sheryl Sandberg’s book “Lean In” will be released on March 11th and I’ve already pre-ordered a copy. Ms. Sandberg has also created a non-profit organization to help women ‘lean into’ their careers and goals.

Would you date a man who lived in ‘Hotel Mama’?

Mar 4, in Dating & Marrying Ethnic Men, Editorial Staff, by Jamila Akil

I was chatting it up with one my gorgeous guy friend when he revealed an interesting tidbit about himself: he had lived with his parents until he was 29 years, only for the last 2 years had he been in his own apartment.

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Why You Should Care About the Fact that Lil’ Wayne Has Disrespected Chris Bosh’s Wife, Adrienne Bosh

Feb 20, in Editorial Staff, Pop Culture, What the Cuss?, by Jamila Akil

I know: The last thing in the world you want right now is to read another post about rapper Lil Wayne and his issues of mental and emotional instability, but bear with me for just a moment.

Kym Worthy, Detroit Prosecutor, Still Going Through Thousands of Untested Rape Kits

Feb 18, in Editorial Staff, News, by Jamila Akil

The Wayne County NOW Board of Directors named Detroit Prosecutor Kym Worthy one of the 2012 Feminists of the Year, and the board bestowed upon her the Susan B. Anthony Award.

“The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter — And How to Make the Most of Them Now,” A Book Review

Feb 17, in Business, Editorial Staff, Money, by Jamila Akil

Twentysomethings are more confused than ever, and their confusion is partly due to receiving well-intentioned, but ill-informed and inaccurate, advice. Twentysomethings are also confused because they fail to realized just how important their twenties actually are.

Rapper Lil’ Wayne discovers that there is a line in the sand–and that he crossed it when he disrespected Emmett Till

Feb 15, in Editorial Staff, Pop Culture, by Jamila Akil

Amazing–Jesse Jackson says NOTHING about these rappers degrading black girls and women. But when “Lil Rat” insults a Civil Rights icon, he flexes his muscles. If there has EVER been a doubt about who is MORE important in “the struggle” set your minds at ease. If the answer isn’t clear by now, you just may not want to face reality.

Racial Wealth Gap Is Partially Explained by Blacks Willingness to Help Their Poorer Relatives

Feb 13, in Editorial Staff, Living, by Jamila Akil

Black people are having problems accumulating wealth because their relatives bleed them dry?

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Rape of South African Teenager Anene Booysen Is So Horrific The World Must Take Notice

Feb 9, in Editorial Staff, News, Politics, by Jamila Akil

Seventeen-year-old Anene Booysen was found at a construction site after she had been so viciously raped and mutilated that the scene where her body was found resembled a horror movie.

Israeli Government Tacitly Admits to Medical Malpractice On Ethiopian Women

Jan 29, in Editorial Staff, News, Politics, Religion & Spirituality, by Jamila Akil

Is Israel practicing the same type of racist eugenics done against them during Germany’s Nazi regime?

Are You Willing to Be A Full-Time Activist For Black Women or The Black Community?

Jan 27, in Black Women's Empowerment, Editorial Staff, Thriving, by Jamila Akil

Just how much are you willing to take on?

Watch the First Episode of ‘Spartacus: War of The Damned’ For Free

Jan 27, in Editorial Staff, by Jamila Akil

The new season of the STARZ’ show Spartacus: War Of The Damned debuted last night, and it was everything that Spartacus fans have come to expect: Sex, blood, guts, fight scenes, and gorgeous men galore. And, a few not so gorgeous men made an appearance too, but you can look past that.

MTV’s Show ‘Catfish’ and Notre Dame Football Star Manti Te’o

Jan 24, in Editorial Staff, by Jamila Akil

Have you ever been “catfished”?

I’m Always Learning…Now Is the Time to Bombard Me With Criticism or Flatter Me With Praise

Jan 20, in Editorial Staff, by Jamila Akil

I’m a ‘spiritual’ person. And what I mean by that is this: I feel that when I’m in need of hearing or learning something, God–I’m a Christian, so I’m referring to the Christian God here–puts a person or a situation in my path to nudge me towards the direction I’m supposed to be traveling.

I recently had a little nudge.

‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’: Quvenzhané Wallis Steals the Show

Jan 17, in Editorial Staff, by Jamila Akil

The movie is based on a stageplay called Juicy and Delicious written by a non-Black woman so yes, I was wondering if they chose to cast this role with a little Black girl because imagining a little White girl enduring this level of neglect and abuse was impossible.

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Predicted the Future of the Black Family But Too Few People Actually Listened

Jan 17, in Editorial Staff, Money, No Wedding, No Womb!, Politics, by Jamila Akil

People widely panned the Moynihan Report. But looking at it now, it reads like a Nostradamus quatrain.

“Zero Dark Thirty”–Director Kathryn Bigelow Does It Again

Jan 12, in Editorial Staff, by Jamila Akil

Will you see it?

An Open Letter to Black Women Who Don’t Think Feminism Is For Them

Jan 2, in Editorial Staff, by Jamila Akil

Jamila makes a very good case for black women to embrace feminism…

“Blerds”: The Rise of the Black Nerd Movement

Dec 23, in *Special*, Editorial Staff, by Jamila Akil

There’s a new trend gaining ground in the black community, and it has nothing to do with rapping, gold teeth, and sagging pants.

Cheer up! Black women have much to celebrate because the times, they are ‘a changin’

Dec 18, in Black Women's Empowerment, Black Women's Improvement Project (BWIP), Editorial Staff, Living, Thriving, by Jamila Akil

Another day, another study on black women and interracial dating that sounds a little depressing. BUT these studies should not be taken as the received truth, the last word on black women and interracial dating.

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Author Archive

Do you plan to change your last name when you get married? If so, you might want to think a bit more about that choice.

Check out some of the amazing women of color who have joined Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’ community

Would you date a man who lived in ‘Hotel Mama’?

Why You Should Care About the Fact that Lil’ Wayne Has Disrespected Chris Bosh’s Wife, Adrienne Bosh

Kym Worthy, Detroit Prosecutor, Still Going Through Thousands of Untested Rape Kits

“The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter — And How to Make the Most of Them Now,” A Book Review

Rapper Lil’ Wayne discovers that there is a line in the sand–and that he crossed it when he disrespected Emmett Till

Racial Wealth Gap Is Partially Explained by Blacks Willingness to Help Their Poorer Relatives

Rape of South African Teenager Anene Booysen Is So Horrific The World Must Take Notice

Israeli Government Tacitly Admits to Medical Malpractice On Ethiopian Women

Are You Willing to Be A Full-Time Activist For Black Women or The Black Community?

Watch the First Episode of ‘Spartacus: War of The Damned’ For Free

MTV’s Show ‘Catfish’ and Notre Dame Football Star Manti Te’o

I’m Always Learning…Now Is the Time to Bombard Me With Criticism or Flatter Me With Praise

‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’: Quvenzhané Wallis Steals the Show

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Predicted the Future of the Black Family But Too Few People Actually Listened

“Zero Dark Thirty”–Director Kathryn Bigelow Does It Again

An Open Letter to Black Women Who Don’t Think Feminism Is For Them

“Blerds”: The Rise of the Black Nerd Movement

Cheer up! Black women have much to celebrate because the times, they are ‘a changin’

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