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A Black Conservative Woman’s Take on Mitt Ro...

I am a proud conservative republican and Mitt Romney supporter. With the level of vitriol hurled at black conservatives, I was not going to chime in ...
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Role Model Responsibility: When Did It Become Cool...

Is Snooki the best we can do for a role model these days?...
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A Black Woman and Her Guns

Two years ago I decided I wanted to learn to shoot a gun for two reasons. It was on my bucket list and I wanted to overcome my fear of guns. Little di...
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“Macho” Little Black Girls: The Anti-F...

Note: For the purpose of this article, I'm dealing with a specifically observed issue that has nothing to do with "butch" lesbianism in black women or...
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“Just Ignore It” Isn’t a Solutio...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. Tracy Renee Jones explains why "just ignoring" blatant abuse is never a solution....
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Brenda’s Rebuttal to Bloggers Who Take Jabs ...

"We on sites like this one want better than misery. We are not dumb, we have eyes and we know what we have been through and what so many of our fellow...
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“It’s Cool If You Date White Men, But&...

Pro-interracial websites has become the GAT-DL's new favorite whipping toy. Various bloggers across the web cluck their tongues on how and which manne...
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Etiquette 101: The Art of Paying a Compliment

Not only does paying a good compliment reflect good breeding and proper etiquette, studies show it's sometimes just as good as cold, hard cash....
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Attention: I Am Not A Slave And Neither Are You...

First and foremost, please spare me the conspiracy theories, the abstract philosophies, or anything that tries to put shackles around my arms and legs...
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Politics for Lazy And/Or Dumb People Brought to Yo...

The air is rife with the stench of poli-tricks, and sometimes I prefer to read things on my own rather than allow a news broadcaster to inform me of H...
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Travelista Teri Schools Us on the Correct Way to P...

How many times have you been out on a dinner date, looked at the wine list, couldn't pronounce anything, so just order the vodka? No? Just me? ...
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BB&W Exclusive: Sexy at Sixty, Author Wendy I...

Without even knowing it, Wendy Ida is a BWE warrior. At 60-years old, she's living her best life--beautiful and in the best shape of her life, happily...
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Down with Brawn, Up with Brains: How the New Econo...

What is happening is a fundamental economic shift that is resulting in a profound social change between the sexes. As usual this shift started happeni...
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Black Women, White Women, and Intersectionality: P...

Toni drops the knowledge...again!...
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