Archive for the ‘Black Women’s Improvement Project (BWIP)’ Category

101 Guest of the Inner Sanctum: American Black Chick in Europe!!!

Guest of the Inner Sanctum: American Black Chick in Europe!!!

“I grew up in Atlanta, aka Hotlanta, aka the black gay (male) Mecca, aka the WORST place for black women to date interracially. And that last one? Kinda bad for me since I’ve been cool with the swirl since elementary school.”


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114 Question of the Week: “I’m almost 30; I Don’t Want to Date Potential!”

Question of the Week: “I’m almost 30; I Don’t Want to Date Potential!”

I just HAD to post this question in it’s entirety–it’s a bit long, but I don’t care! SHE is why I write this blog everyday. SHE is why I’m writing Swirling. And SHE needs our help. Get your tickets to Heaven and help a sister out.


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35 WARNING: ‘Mr. Chaos’ Comes in Rainbeau Flavors!!

WARNING: ‘Mr. Chaos’ Comes in Rainbeau Flavors!!

Nothing is coincidence and bad luck doesn’t find you Dramisha, unless you’re in an open field, in the middle of a lightening storm, flying a kite with a key attached to it with tin foil on your head.


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166 Lil Wayne is a BIG Pain: the dung that is rap music and the unbridled coloracism it breeds

Lil Wayne is a BIG Pain: the dung that is rap music and the unbridled coloracism it breeds

Anyone remember how they got rid of all those gremlins? Because it’s time to clean some house. And while we’re at it, Lil Wayne’s teeth, which by now is full of red bone meat.


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93 Newsflash:  Not EVERY black man is a “KING” and not EVERY black woman is a “Queen.”  Overused Term Makes It Lame!!

Newsflash: Not EVERY black man is a “KING” and not EVERY black woman is a “Queen.” Overused Term Makes It Lame!!

Just because you’re black, does that make you a queen? A king? And what the heck are you ruling over because the black community is effed the eff up.


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40 Sophia A. Nelson Talked Me Off the Ledge!!!

Sophia A. Nelson Talked Me Off the Ledge!!!

Everybody needs someone whom you can babble on and cry like a two-year-old. Sophia’s my play sister.


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48 BWIP: Nekkid Yoga is the Bidd-ness!!

BWIP: Nekkid Yoga is the Bidd-ness!!

Picture me, showered, lubed up with massage oil, Young & The Restless, and a yoga mat. (picture included!!!)


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70 BWIP: Fantasia is the Reason for the (BWE) Season.

BWIP: Fantasia is the Reason for the (BWE) Season.

I guess if all you’ve ever had to eat is bat guano, it just starts to taste like chicken, right?


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19 Tommorow’s Thanksgiving: Do You Know Where Your Wine Is?

Tommorow’s Thanksgiving: Do You Know Where Your Wine Is?

Quick trivia! What’s a Beaujolais nouveau? Is it a seasonal wine, or does it mean “newly bougie?”


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218 Sophia A. Nelson: Black Women and the “F-word”

Sophia A. Nelson: Black Women and the “F-word”

“Black Woman Redefined” author, Sophia Angeli Nelson talks about why we are often described as the offspring of a donkey and a horse, and what we can do about it.


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65 Author Spotlight: Carolyn Vines “Black & (A)broad” AND!! BB&W FIRST Online Contest!!!

Author Spotlight: Carolyn Vines “Black & (A)broad” AND!! BB&W FIRST Online Contest!!!

If you’re a broad (aka kick-ass chick) and black, and your live in the Netherlands, I mean, what other name, Black & (A)broad, could be MORE PERFECT?


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