“Black Nativity” Gives Strong Message:...

By M. Hunter “Black Nativity” starring Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett and Jennifer Hudson, is a contemporary adaptation of the play by famed auth... READ MORE

Should Black Women Get Cosmetic Surgery? One Woman...

Black women are supposed to love their bodies, right? Big or small, we are supposed to be the one group of women who understands that we’re beau... READ MORE

Weekend Read: At First Sight: A Strange But True L...

At First Sight: A Strange But True Love Story by Don Rice Jr. (Clean version) This work is based on actual events, certain details have been altered t... READ MORE

The Cost of Not Smiling

By Ashley One perfect summer night in June, I stood on the rooftop of an exclusive hotel in West Hollywood at a swanky event. At first, I made it a pr... READ MORE

Ashley Harvard, On Overweight Women’s Hostil...

By Ashley Harvard, BB&W Health and Wellness Editor One evening last week, I popped into my local grocery store for some dinner ingredients after p... READ MORE

Sixty Days of (Mostly Sucky) Dating, By Guest, ...

60 Days of Dating By Ashley After a considerable hiatus, I decided to throw myself back into the dating world. Thanks to social media apps like Tinde... READ MORE

Opinion: Are We Sexually Free or Slaves to a Sexy ...

By Jolie Doggett A short while back, Rihanna premiered her music video for her hit single “Pour It Up“. The song itself is superficial, gl... READ MORE

A BB Cream for Hair, Customized Cosmetics, and a S...

By BB&W Health and Wellness editor, Ashley Harvard For a natural products junkie like me, getting the chance to attend the Natural Products Expo E... READ MORE

Weekend Read: “Waiting For Jules”

5 (Sample Chapter) Tony & Jules   8:30 p.m. We met in Tribeca; our first date setting the stage for everything that was great between us. The con... READ MORE

Leona’s Love Quest Part XXVI- Bruised but not B...

  Sweet Jesus, the last six weeks of my life have been exasperating! Once I returned from St. Louis I had only 5 days to pack up my belongings an... READ MORE

An Easy and Quick Way to Be A Little Bit Healthier...

By Ashley Harvard, BB&W Health and Wellness Editor   Incremental shifts lead to monumental changes. I don’t remember where I first heard th... READ MORE

To Eat or Not to Eat? New BB&W Health Editor ...

By Ashley Harvard, BB&W Health and Wellness editor We’ve all been there before. You’re nearly 15 minutes into your morning workout, pounding t... READ MORE

Kola Boof: “I Never Loved Osama Bin Laden”

Never to be outdone and never soft-spoken, the illustrious for some, the infamous for others, Kola Boof.... READ MORE

Lets Talk Movies

Hello folks! I go by CAPT SMOOTH at BBW and I've enjoyed the many topics here but I tend to stick around the Off topic thread because we can open up a... READ MORE