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Stay Away from Sociopathic Men Who Wish to Corrupt...

Caution: I advise women who are never married single mothers to refrain from reading this post. This is not about you and your situation. Many of you ...
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You Tube Star, Chescaleigh Talks Making a Plan and...

We talk a lot around here about making plans and making positive changes to have better lives. Once you make a plan, you need a roadmap. That’s ...
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Ready to Flee to Freedom? Tips to Get You on Your ...

How many people are unhappy with their lives but do virtually nothing to fix them? Unfortunately, far too many. There are deeply ingrained bad habits,...
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New Documentary Decrying 72% Out-of-Wedlock Rate&#...

Moguldum Studios just released a documentary lending a hard look at the astronomical 72% out-of-wedlock rate in the black community. And I’m LOV...
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New Anti-Swirling Meme: “How Can You Oppose ...

I’ve been seeing the following bit of stupid making its way around the web at an increased clip. The people who are desperate to guilt-trip blac...
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Where Did 64,000 Black Women and Girls Go?

A person doesn’t just disappear into thin air but you would think they do when you learn that 64,000 Black women and girls are currently missing...
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#NWNW: Don’t Look for the New Man to Clean U...

It’s very rare that I get questions that stir my emotions, frustrate me, and make me deeply sad. I just received such a letter from a very young...
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Intimacy Is Not Built Through Sex. Surprised?

  A couple of months ago, I downloaded Tinder after hearing good things about it. And in one month’s time, I had four dates with three guys, pr...
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Feeling Lonely? Isolated? Use Social Media to Crea...

I recently got a note from a black woman married interracially, and it got me to thinking about how sometimes, interracial relationships can cause cha...
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(Bonus) QOTW: Black Women, Multiple Children, and ...

Writer: Hey my name is “Sue” I’m a black female live in St.Louis Mo I have had bad relationship with black men so I decided to date ...
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Unspeakable! New Jersey Reporter Fired for Telling...

We live in such a crazy time in America, when saying the obvious will literally get you fired and physically and socially ruin you. I know back in 201...
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It Started with Just a Few Voices, and Now a Cocop...

When you’ve been blogging for nearly five years, you begin to notice some trends. For instance, I remember when I first came on the scene and th...
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One Black Mother’s Heartbreaking Story of Ra...

When I read this very personal account from Breukelen Bleu, the founder of the Black Woman Think Tank, I knew I had to share it. So much of the criti...
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Company’s Photo Discrepancy Gives Subtle Mes...

I’ve quietly watched a company called Baby K’Tan work to dig itself out of a public relation social media nightmare because of this photo....
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