Weekend Read: “Miss Dreamsville and the Coll...

This one is cute...... READ MORE

Who Besides Me is Glad More White Chicks are Becom...

It looks like the leaders of (c)rap music have finally transitioned from light-skinned black women who look like white women to actual white women. I'... READ MORE

It’s Official (??) The AMA Says Obesity is a...

What in the unnatural cuss...... READ MORE

Halfrican: Being Black AND White in a Black OR Whi...

A bird's eye view in what it's like when biracial children are forced to choose a side.... READ MORE

BB&W Throwback: Fathers Are Miracles Workers&...

The strangest thing happened to me a month after my father died...... READ MORE

“So Good They Can’t Ignore You,”...

"Follow your passion" is not good advice, according to author/academic Cal Newport, yet this simple phrase has become the go-to career advice given to... READ MORE

Premiering Tonight: “I’m Having Their ...

Most notable in the line-up are the black women who choose adoption, considering...... READ MORE

Photo of the Day: The Babster Shows Her Support fo...

I need to buy some General Mills stock...... READ MORE

Jenn M. Jackson Says, “Cheerios Commercial P...

Eric Liu at Time Magazine offered a post-racialist perspective of the Cheerios Ad which aired on YouTube last week. Jenn M. Jackson has some disagreem... READ MORE

Women are Winning in the Workplace…Kind of

The Pew Research Center released a report last week under the headline “Breadwinner Moms.” A misleading title in all, they forgot to add "Includin... READ MORE

Hot Out of the Oven, Another Off Topic Thread for ...

Let's talk politics...... READ MORE

Why You Hate Giving Help to Poor People (Even Thou...

Why are Americans so seemingly generous on an individual level, but those same Americans who will tithe to their local church lambaste calls to pay hi... READ MORE

Will Chirlane McCray Become the First Lady of New ...

In 1979 Chirlane Mccray wrote an article in Essence proclaiming herself a black feminist lesbian. In 2013 she's the wife of New York City mayoral cand... READ MORE

On being “black” in Australia and the U.S.

I happened upon this blog a while back. It was originially posted back in 2009 on the blog Cultural Matters by Lisa L. Wynn. Lisa is a white American ... READ MORE