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Searching for a Matchmaker: Back to a Familiar Pla...

If you had access to ten men who had been vetted for good character and were already attracted to you, would you meet them? What if all of them were b...
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marriage, couples, interracial dating, women with kids, black women, options, choices, divorce, family, widowers, men with kids, advice, swirling, blended families,

Inside the Male Mind: Why Divorced Single Mothers ...

I’m about to get really real in here for a minute, and what I’m about to say is going to offend a lot of people. I understand that. And I ...
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feminism, music, media, Beyonce, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian, entertainment,

OK, So You Possibly Hate (Or Love) Beyoncé’...

She deserves the hype. And by “she,” I’m referring to Nigerian feminist author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Beyoncé’s recent epo...
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Hilarious Bedsider PSA’s Addresses the Birth...

I was up at the wee hours of the morning last night and saw this commercial… This is brilliant, and I wish it could be shown on the television m...
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Mammy, mule, empowerment, repression, dysfunctional, selflessness, stress, resources, black women, black men, sob story, rescue, strong black woman,

Know What ‘Empowerment’ Really Means? ...

I made a few resolutions for this year. For example, I would try to be less confrontational and not expend energy in pointless arguments. Another reso...
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dating, Youtube, marriage, swirling, true story, Willie Pete, commenters, women haters, Black women, marriage, light skin, dark skin, complexion, worth, value, options, blogging, hatred, OOW, single mother, abandonment, White men, other men,

My True Confession: I Advocate Swirling Because I ...

A very strange and angry black man called Sergeant Willie Pete is enraged by me. He’s enraged because he took a comment I said in a You Tube vid...
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dating, swirling, equals, standards, Black women, Black men, poor choices, leaving, relationshps, romance, abuse, options,

Toni: Desirable educated black women who don’...

I find it absolutely hilarious that we get black woman after black woman writing all these open letters and blog posts about how they only want a blac...
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Toni: “Don’t Judge” = “Hel...

Any Twilight Zone fans out there? “Neither sympathy nor compassion can be handed out wholesale like cheap bubblegum.” This is a quote from...
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black men, black women, dating, nubian queen, interracial, options, dating out, white, asian, african, european, latino, dating sites, black love, trolls, FYI, creep,

Dear “I’m Here To Find My Black Queen&...

Dear “I’m Here To Find My Black Queen” Black Men, Hello, how are things? Is the new year off to a good start? I hope so. 🙂 I see ...
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Misee Harris, Shark Tank, television, The Bachelorette, doctor, mouth guard, athletes, contestant, competition,

Former Bachelorette, Misee Harris Dives Head First...

Remember the short-lived stint of bachelorette, Misee Harris? If not, that’s okay, because she’s giving America another chance to recogniz...
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Black Father Gets Racist Hate Mail & Goes Vira...

This story has appeared several times in my Facebook feed. Apparently Black fathers can’t do anything right when it comes to their kids. I don&#...
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race, discussion, black culture, ratchet, perception, information, dialogue, conversation, explanation, White, Black, biracial, question of the week, swirling, mixed marriage, learning, ignorance, cu

QOTW: White Man Asks, “What Is Black Culture...

I can hear some of you rolling your eyes. Okay, I might answer this question myself pretty well, but most non-Black people, and apparently the “...
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Some Good News: Study Shows that Black Fathers Mor...

Okay here’s some really good news. A fairly large study was recently reported showing that black fathers who live in the home with their childre...
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Praise Jesus! Black Women Leaving the Church for S...

I ran across news of the book, “The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking out on Religion—and Others Should Too” in on...
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