While sitting under the hair dryer Friday afternoon, I grabbed a stack of magazines that were haphazardly scattered on the small table to my…

The Braxton sisters have more in common than beautiful singing voices. None of them knows how to pick a good man — or recognize when…

Folks lose their minds around the holidays. Seriously. Lose. Their. Minds. Somehow, conveying love for their children, parents, or…

I am evolving. The more I live each day, the more I realize that love has limitless potential and wider expressions than what’s presented…

As 2011 comes to an end, I’ve been reflecting on the many lessons that I’ve learned about love. First and foremost, I’ve learned to…

In the wake of Forbes contributor, Gene Marks, giving us an intimate view of his cozy cocoon of white privilege in the mind-numbingly dense…

I was watching the newest episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta the other night, and a lot of it focused on Sheree Whitfield, her money…

About a week before we all settled into our respective Thanksgiving get-togethers, 28-year-old Fernando Brazier married his longtime…

Contentious conversations surrounding reproductive rights ebb and flow — at turns gaining national momentum, then sitting high on the…

I have many friends of many religions but all with similar spiritual beliefs. We all believe in a higher being, though we may call him or…

I don’t like collard greens or sweet potato pie. I don’t eat grits—with sugar, eggs, shrimp, cheese or salt. Don’t eat them period….

I don’t like Steve Harvey — yes, I said it. To be more precise, since I’ve never met the man personally, I don’t like what Steve…

Masturbation is a completely natural phenomenon, yet somehow it has become sullied, and considered a thing that only nasty women indulge in….

I’ve never been one for reality television. If given choice between an expertly produced serial drama, a smartly written situation…

The Muslim Women of Maryland invited my group, Sisterhood of Unity and Love (SOUL), along with the female student body of University of…

I am an angry black woman. I don’t know about you, but this black woman has had it with the faux superheroes that are making it their…