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You Tried It: On Unsuitable Men Hiding Behind R...

In my previous article on the whole “gold digger” meme, I said the following: It is really tiring to me when I see people throwing [the wo...
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Yolette and Dustin, Wedded Bliss

I met Yvette Joseph Burger via Swirling and Marriage.  Yolette submitted some of her gorgeous wedding photos and now I am sharing with you.  I got...
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Monday Punday #25

Monday-Punday #25 SirLoin, up to his usual tricks, offers these groaners for your examination: A group of people are touring the White House in Washin...
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Do You Recognize a Psycho When You See One? Jordan...

My friend and “Swirlr” co-host, Jordan Harbinger just interviewed a very dangerous man: an admitted narcissistic psychopath. You must list...
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Relationship Tweet Chat Today, 4PM PST/7PM EST

I get so many relationship questions that I often can’t get to them all. But today, I’m going to be part of a tweet chat with my fellow co...
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Blessed? Amazing?! Wonderful?!! How Is Your 2014 L...

Thus far, my year has been all of the above and more! How many of you made New Year’s Resolutions at the end of 2013? Well, now that one month h...
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Video: “Black Women Get a Special Kind of Sh...

Check out my interview with Nikki Woods, producer for Tom Joyner TV and Black America Web, and I get pretty real about the challenges that black women...
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Monday-Punday #24

Monday-Punday #24 SirLoin thought you’d all enjoy this bit of wisdom … The Pink Gorilla A middle-aged man is on a business trip through Ro...
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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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Week-end Read “Blood to Blood” by If�...

“Blood to Blood“ by Ifè Oshun This is a young adult Fantasy Papa Grace Publishing Published December 28, 2013  Length 232 pages So what ...
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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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LMAO Haters are Hilarious!

Sometimes, when I read mean and crazy stuff by people who have an insane, mouth-frothing, over-the-top hatred for me, I get sad. And then I realize, I...
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Vintage Black Glamour Is Coming to a Coffee Table ...

Beauty. Class. Style. Grace. Talent. Nichelle Gainer, writer and proprietor of the tumblr site Vintage Black Glamour, is set to publish a coffee table...
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End Racial Descriptions in Crime Alerts – W...

(credit: CBS)   There has been a recent uproar at the University of Minnesota because a black student was misidentified as a burglary suspect. ...
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