Yes; Black Men Get Hate For Dating Interracially, Too. But H...
I’ve recently been following two stories on Madame Noire regarding black men and their dating choices. The first was a piece about a self-proclaimed “dark skin activist” calling out Kendrick Lamar for having an extremely fair skinned fiancé. The other story was about Romeo Miller whining on a talk show about all the hate mail…
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Child Abuse or Child Acting Out?...
This post caused a firestorm on my Facebook page. Very touchy in many aspects as the differing opinions descended down from a cyber sky. Natural hai...
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Matthew Hussey Gives Hopeful Viewpoint to Single Mothers and...
We talk a lot here about how single motherhood can be a complication when it comes to dating, especially if you’ve never married the father. No ...
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Fan Bought “Swirling” Started a Journey that End...
I swear, it never, EVER gets old when I get notes like this… From Shanae Lamorne: I’m engaged!!!! He proposed on Easter Sunday, a beautif...
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Kenyan Short Film, “Yellow Fever” Show How Perva...
When I first heard of this short film by Kenyan filmmaker Ng’endo Mukii, I thought…WOW! What a unique use of illustration, animation and video...
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Leona’s Love Quest : In Defense of Television...
This is a little weird for me, but I’m stepping away from my Love Quest this month to speak about another topic that is near and dear to my heart: t...
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OCC Does Smashes with New CRÈME COLOUR CONCENTRATE...
That’s a raspberry in my mouth, in case you were overcome with curiosity. So I bet you’re wondering about my latest red-lip obsession, and...
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Author Tells Women to Use Their “P*ssy Power” to...
I downloaded a book recently, The Power of the Pussy, by recommendation from someone on this blog. Yes; the name alone incites waves of pearl clutchin...
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Frankie and Alice: Mental Illness, an Unhelpful Family and I...
In light of recent tragedies involving black mothers who were likely suffering from mental illness, I decided to check out Frankie and Alice, a film s...
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Matthew Hussey Live Event Gives Female Pickup Lines that Wor...
Last weekend I had the pleasure of seeing Matthew Hussey work a room. A very large room, full of adoring women in rapt attention on how this Brit can ...
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BB&W Exclusive: “Empire” Makeup Artist Unve...
Boy, do I have a treat for you. Last weekend at The Makeup Show Los Angeles, I stumbled upon a dynamic and charismatic makeup artist giving a tutorial...
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Letter Writer Explains Non-Black Male Hesitancy in Approachi...
Got this note today. It’s an important reminder about why interracial dating is often more complicated for black women and non-black men, and wh...
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Great Times at SXSW...
I recently had the pleasure of checking off a bucket list item: attending the SXSW Film Festival! It was my first time in Austin and everyone I met wa...
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Breaking Point? What’s Up with All These Stories of Bl...
I woke up to yet another story of a black woman who brutally killed her child in a restaurant bathroom. She’s 35, most likely a single mother. F...
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QOTW: Hispanic Man Hesitant to Approach Black Women…...
The Question: “Hey Christelyn just wanted some advice on how to approach black women i’m hispanic but i am mixed with white/american india...
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Black and White Gingham and Red All Over…...
This weekend was a double whammy of a good time for me. I attended one of my favorite yearly conventions, the Make Up Show Los Angeles, and while I wa...
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Black Beauty: Celebrating Black Women’s Luscious Lips...
By Zara Let’s face it, our lips are so juicy that they go out and buy them – but without wanting to give us the credit where it is due! ...
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Wait…WHET?! Azealia Banks Dates White Guys? Is She Not...
Now…I didn’t see this coming. Looks like Azealia Banks dates white men, and prefers to do so over black men. I would have never gue...
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False Claims of Racial Profiling Like Son of Taraji P. Henso...
I’d read in passing curiosity that Empire star, Taraji P. Henson had decided to take her son out of USC, one of the top, most coveted universiti...
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More Film and TV Projects Featuring Black Women...
We got great feedback on our last rundown of film and TV projects featuring black women so here’s more news. Film Kerry Washington to portray Anita ...
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QOTW: Featuring ‘Maxi Me,’ Discussing High Schoo...
Brought in heavy reinforcements on this! Here’s the question: “I’m 16 years old and I’ve never even had a boyfriend before, so...
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Advertisers Take Notice at Rise in Multicultural Families...
If you’ve had a feeling all the ads with interracial couples and mixed-race kids has recently ramped up, it’s not your imagination. In a r...
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Once Again, Main Stream Media Awards Black Dysfunction, and ...
Blackish, a comedy about prosperous black people who are relatively normal gets three million viewers. Empire, a show displaying black dysfunction, gr...
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Video: New Technology in Hair Care...
So I have to admit I’ve been having a lot of good hair days…so I thought it might be a good time to discuss advances in hair care that wor...
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Cute Cheschleigh Video Explains Privilege Like You’re ...
This is probably the cutest and least irritating explanation of privilege ever. Kudos to Chescaleigh and animator, Kat Blaque. That’s what I&#...
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History: Swirling for the Sake of the Children (and Yourselv...
By Stanley Solomillo African, Asian and multiracial adults with monoracial, biracial, and multiracial children standing in front of an unidentified ...
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Carrie: “The Fling That Turned Into A Thing?”...
“The Fling That Turned Into A Thing?” By Carrie Thompson For perspective on this story, make sure you first read this. He is deserving of my vag...
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Why Are “Struggle Discussions” Always More Impor...
We’ve all heard it before. Black women swearing they won’t date interracially because they’ve bought into the notion that only a bla...
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Has Feminism Killed Our Marriage Prospects? Controversial Au...
Since I’ve started blogging, I’ve heard lots of rumblings from young women that guys today are just…different. Dates have become ...
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Jim and Allie – Timing Is Everything...
Allie, 46, and Jim, 44, met 23 years ago, when she was a recently-graduated student at the Coast Guard training center where Jim taught. At the time, ...
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