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Are You An Awkward Black Girl? Here’s Why It...

I’ve been in a lot of discussions with the Bae lately. And it’s nice to have someone around who won’t allow me to get into my ‘...
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Monday Man Candy: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Wo...

The weather is starting to heat up but since I’m impatient I’ve decided to turn up my our body heat the old fashioned way. Mother nature&#...
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Tell Um Why You Mad, Hun….

You know what I don’t believe in…….? Being quiet when I’m pissed off or done wrong. There. I said it… I could give a fly...
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Where the Guys Are: New York City Version

I’ve just recently found myself living in Brooklyn, New York, and though this change wasn’t planned, it’s definitely a great opportu...
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Active Voice…..

Voice. Diction. Structure. Restriction. Nouns. Verbs. Adjectives. Words. Don’t pretend u can’t understand me at all. Pakistani Haitian Pat...
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Surrender Versus Submission: What You Don’t ...

All this talk of men, sex, and femininity, yet again, has got my mind sizzling with ways in which I might be able to explain to you what’s so aw...
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Big, Bold and Beautiful: I’m Loving NeNe Lea...

I don’t know how you feel about NeNe Leakes, or if you even follow the reality show fodder enough to know who she is. But there is one thing tha...
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How Self Described “Good Guys” Usually...

I’m the type of female that listens with her Spidey sense when it comes to men attempting to state their case on why I should consider them a fo...
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Confessions From a Woman Struggling with Her Sanit...

Writing has always been my escape from life. I understood, at a very early age, that no one really gave a fuck about what happened to me. My job as a ...
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Tyrese Gibson Speaks on DBR Men “They Love L...

What will it take for some women to realize that some dudes just aren’t worth having? The comment section will routinely blow up during conversa...
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Michonne…. The Magnificent (Or My Reason to ...

Yeah, baby!! I survived the season hiatus to tune in to watch the premier of The Walking Dead and so did Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. There was mu...
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Chile Bye: Black Women Are More Than the Length of...

I’m trying to get my life together and work on things more compelling in this second month of the new year and, dammit, if Facebook doesn’...
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National Black HIV Awareness Day: Have You Been Te...

February 7th is National HIV Awareness Day. HIV/AIDS has claimed approximately 250,745 lives over the last five years. Though much less than the 80&#...
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Changing Lanes: Are Biracial People Wrong for Usin...

On the heels of Super Bowl XLVIII that featured the halftime show featuring Bruno Mars we’ve got a plethora of articles regarding this mixed ra...
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