Chronicles, Musings and Debates about Interracial & Intercultural Relationships
The day after Father’s Day and the ‘baby daddy’ card featuring a black couple distributed to 900 stores was the hot topic of conversation in my social media orbit. You know I had an opinion on it, and here are videos that highlight my take: So what’s your take on a this? Much adoRead More…
Skin care technology has really jumped leaps and bounds within the last decade. I remember when there was no such thing as “wrinkle cream,” that actually worked, and all the exfoliators available were scrubs made from nut shells suspended in creams full of parabens and other chemicals. Today it’s possible to look even decades younger […]
June 12 marks the 51st anniversary of the Loving vs. The State of Virginia that the United States Supreme Court upheld the right for Richard and Mildred Loving to legally remain in their interracial marriage and thus extended that right to every American. They even have their own day–Loving Day. Since the groundbreaking decision that […]
When I got the news on Saturday, I couldn’t believe it. 2018 is becoming the year of surprises–and not all of them are good. Our much-loved contributor, fan, and supporter, and loving husband of our amazing moderator commonly known as ‘Brenda 55’ died Friday, June 8, 2018, in a tragic road accident. We knew him […]
Today I read the unfortunate headline that Kate Spade, the New York designer that always made me feel like I was channeling Audrey Hepburn, died today of an apparent suicide. This is such a tragedy for many reasons, most of which is that she was so despondent that she felt her only way out was to […]
Black women thought the two million black man shortage was bad. Imagine what Chinese men are going through now that there are 33 million more men than women in their country. Where are all the women? Up until 2015, many Chinese girls didn’t make it past the ultrasound as a result of the country’s horrible […]
Yesterday a friend of mine told me he was watching Braveheart when he came to an epiphany–so many movies about the white man’s hero journey is about “white girl tears.” Movie after movie, from Avatar to Zeus, the hero’s main motivation is for the love, protection, or avenging of his woman. I decided to ask […]
When it comes to conflict and telling people about themselves, black women are the undisputed leaders. But this dubious status has so many negative ripples on every aspect of our lives. The unchannelled frustration and angst we acquire from the everyday burdens of life come out in other ways–maybe its a zeal to fight on […]
I have been heavily advocating online dating for nearly a decade, and there’s a good reason for that–it works. Yes; you may have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince. But so what? The more frogs you meet, the greater chance of meeting Mr. Right. It’s all about the numbers. As […]