“Are you that afraid of exposing yourself that you won’t do what you’re called to?” To this day my mother has a way of provoking me. The woman does not prod or probe, she kicks. And on this particular day I was standing in a sari downstairs at our church, nervously rambling about not wanting…
I don’t befriend other Black women. Why? I don’t even have the answer to that which is weird because I grew up in a predominantly African-American neighborhood and attended a high school that had a great number of African-American students. My friends from pre-school through college were Puerto Rican, Greek, Cambodian, Bi-Racial, White and Native-American…
From The Grio – Donald Trump wears many hats. He is a real estate mogul and business magnate, author, celebrity and star of the famed reality show The Apprentice. He is known for having the worst haircut this side of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. And now, you can add “birther” to Trump’s resume. Birthers, of course, are…
From Black Voices – At his 1974 inauguration, newly elected Detroit Mayor Coleman Young shouted a warning to criminals: “Hit Eight Mile,” he said, promising his new constituents that he would free them from the grips of crime that had persisted under the two previous stewards of the city. Two things resulted: 1) White suburbanites shrieked in…
The latest video by Keri Hilson entitled “One Night Stand” featuring Chris Brown.
This morning Amber Rose went on a bit of a Twitter rant. Apparently, she’s tired of being dogged out by bloggers, comedians, and people at large for being seen with so many men. She tweeted: “Morning Twit Fam, [I] didn’t really wake up in a good mood today. I’m just so sick of being ridiculed….
Meghan Brown, a 25-year-old Florida beauty queen, is not just another pretty face. On March 12th, the former Miss Tierra Verde pumped four bullets into Albert Hill, an intruder who broke into her home. After Hill, 43, forced himself into the mansion she shares with her fiancé, they began to scuffle. During the robbery, Hill…
“He seems…different. It’s like I’m remembering something else.” “Yeah, chicks have a talent for that.” “For what?” “Making their man a ten.” This was the conversation between me and my best guy friend as I told him about running into my ex. To be honest, at first I was offended. It wasn’t like I was…
We hadn’t heard anything from Noel Gourdin since he dropped his single, “The River,” back in the fall of 2007. But lest we had relegated him to the land of the flash in the pan, the singer is back with new music for the ladies. In “Beautiful,” Gourdin sings to all ladies who have ever…
For many of us organic foods can add to confusion to stocking the fridge. Is it really better for you- or is it all just a trend?
