Hostess Commentary: Why this Blog Rocks the Bells

Why Chris! I had no idea that your flog was so young. I'd been wondering why I hadn't heard of it before. Thanks so much for the acknowledgement. I'm proud to be apart of this forum community. I've learned so much from all of you guys. Let's keep it rolling.

This is one of the greatest places I've come to online. I don't always get to post as much as I'd like (family life + school = super busy), but I always stop in to read, and I'm super grateful for the opportunity Chris gave me (and hubby) to be featured on the blog to hopefully teach women something.

Keep up the fabulous work lady!

Many thanks to you, Chirs for your graciousness as a hostess and for allowing for the free exchange of ideas and opinions here. It's a pleasure to read and comet here. Please keep up the fabulous work!!

Congratulations!
One thing you really deserve credit for is being consistent, Chris. So many blogs just flounder and die because their creators stop posting, but you update regularly and always have interesting subjects to talk about.

Aw, thanks for the shout-out!

And yes, what a great blog. I admire the fact that you are so prolific and disciplined in producing these essays DAILY.

Christelyn,

You are funny, insightful and tough. You allow trolls on occasionally, but pretty much run a tight ship. You are a must-read addiction.

All the best in the future!

chopped liver.

Congratulations!

I love it when a girl gets ahead :)

Heck I even made the list even if some people don't want me here! Cool!

Congrats Chris,

I didn't know you had only been on here for such a short time. You do an amazing job and are a PROLIFIC writer; don't know how you do it. :) I;ve enjoyed your posts but you're right I think I like the comments best of all. It's so neat to get the different perspectives from women. I enjoyed the positivity and look forward to your next Blog milestone! Keep up the good work.

Hey Chris,

Many Congrats to a successful blog I know I comment here and there but I mostly comment on the CW's Facebook "Black Women Deserve Better" page under my name lavette so thanks for letting be a part of this online community.

Thanks to Christelyn and all the regulars. I have been a perpetually lurker for about 6 months now and you all have helped me articulate my ideas by sharing your points of view. You all say things so well and you inspire to continue to define what is best for ME and damn what others think!

*high fives* to you all from So Cal and where ever the wind takes me in the future.

Christalyn Congratulations!

You are a fine example of a beautiful woman who is intelligent, humble, and mixed with a bit of cayenne pepper for favor.

Congrats!!!

You deserve wider exposure and 1 million visitors!!!

I wish Neecy would visit again, too. And Black Queen Bee. And several others that were here in the first six-twelve months quite a bit, and then sort of dropped off the map. Their input and knowledge was invaluable to me personally. There is no subtext here of saying they were better than the current group; I'm merely saying it would have been great to keep everyone in the fold, that's all. The current folks are great, too.

FYI for all on the list, I'm working on giving all of your a little something special to show how much I appreciate you. Give me time; this is a HUGE undertaking.

Awww...you're the best Christelyn! I love this blog! It's such an honor to hang out here amongst such beautiful and intelligent ladies (and guys!).

Thanks for the shout out Christelyn. Like I said in my other post, I view you and the other BWE bloggers as modern-day Harriet Tubmans, and this is OUR Underground Railroad.

Thanks for the inclusion!

I think you have more credit due than you'll admit. Most blogs post content as a lecture. Every notion is delivered as a [test of HTML tags] fait accompli straight from the godhead.

Yours is different, very different. You pose topics as a springboard for intelligent, cogent discussion. Viewpoints are welcomed and a safe, caring space for discourse results.

Off topic, sort of, but I hope Ricky T continues to appear. He represents someone who is not 34 going on 85 and available. The ladies who fancy him should decamp to DC and hunt him down. Methinks he's not going to be unattached for very long!

我大家招呼。[that's a response to the French from Brenda55; means the same thing.]

Awwwww I feel loved :) I love this blog family and everyone in it :)
Let's rock into this coming year with knowledge and fun :)
XOXO

Thanks Christelyn for your positive role in creating this website. "Somebodies got to do it". And you are the somebody. Trying to make a better world and bringing into our lives something we would not otherwise be able to share and have our eyes opened to the facts of life for the BW. I say to you stay
strong as you area blessed to have such talent to come up with
this site. And there are others out there as well. Job well done wish you millions more of fans and hits. And you were humble enough
to include our names.

We love you too Chris! I personally have a lot of love for all the ladies here on this blog. I love the trolls too. They give me some mental exercise and they basically help the movement along unbeknownst to them. :) Just keep going, changing, evolving, and spreading the message and we'll be here. Thanks!!!!

Love all of you, especially Christelyn. I've learned a lot about black women by reading these comments. As a white man who prefers black woman, I need to know these things. There are still some mysteries left-----but maybe that's a good thing. I like mysteries, especially when they're female.

Love this blog!
Thank you Christelyn for allowing us foreign black gals to comment here, I really appreciate that and I enjoy reading the comments as well because I learn so much from everyone.

Chris,
Giving you my deepest and most graceful cotillion curtsy from one lady to another. Thank-you for this oasis of sanity where people can safely express thoughts and ideas freely and respectfully.

It cannot be easy to hold the trolls at bay but you manage thus keeping these discussions on track and meaningful. While I really like the think tank image I see this more like a Salon, in Paris no less, where a group of intelligent people get together to debate ideas for the sheer joy of it.

I also want to thank my fellow participants on this blog. These have been some of the most stimulating conversations I nave had the pleasure of having on line. You all rock. I'd gladly hang out with each one of you, dressed to the nines, wine glass in hand as we discuss meaning full topics with grace and wit.
Je vous salue tous.

woot!

No, thank YOU Chris!!! God bless your ministry, because that’s exactly what I see it as. I had been out of the matrix for a while but this blog was definitely instrumental in affirming for me that I wasn’t crazy for embracing my options and continuing to be resolute in my standards. At a macro level, over the last year, I have seen a HUGE change in attitudes by BW toward dating out. Just last week, I was meeting with my mentee’s mom and she asked me about dating, then proceeded to say, “Well, are you keeping your options open? A lot of times black women are only interested in black men but….” Ha!

I think the Banks book was the tipping point. So I thank you Chris and the many others who are fighting to ensure black women are aware of what they deserve, and most importantly, what they CAN have.
:)

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