I will admit it. Like so many who have done a miserable job at keeping my New Year’s resolutions, I am a bit cynical about making them anymore. In the past, I even made a resolution to never make another New Year’s resolution again. But this year, I am making them anyway. Why? Because we…
As the New Year approaches I am grateful for the spirit of renewal, re-birth and restoration. But most of all I am grateful for the ability to lie to myself again about how much I’ll work out, eat right, pray like a saint and spend time writing poems like I did the year before. And…
With tobacco sales declining in most of the Western world, cigarette companies are looking to capitalize on growing markets. According to the Los Angeles Times, many have turned to Africa to help them turn a profit, where children are quickly getting hooked on the dangerous practice. Reporting from South Africa, Robyn Dixon of the L.A. Times writes: A schoolboy…
The New York Magazine article “Every Single Woman in America is now ‘Curvy’” has instantly become the talk of the town addressing how the term curvy came about in describing the gamut of women’s bodies from a size 0 to an 18+. “By democratizing and then celebrating “curvy,” it makes us feel good about ourselves. It means…
If you’ve been looking for a new workout to shake up your normal routine as we head into the New Year look no further! Barre workouts are the latest craze for women looking for a great total body workout, but make no mistake; Barre is not for the faint of heart. Barre workouts target your…
Anyone who has grown locs for a significant amount of time can identify with the traumatic experience of loc breakage. When locs become dry and brittle (sometimes the side effect of color treatments or lack of moisture) or long and heavy, they have the tendency to “snap” or thin out and eventually break off. Sometimes…
I live in New York City, the concrete jungle of the world where the streets are gritty, making a trip to greenery requires a subway ride to Central Park and Farmer’s Markets in the “urban areas” are conducted on sidewalks one-block in length. My historic Harlem neighborhood is riddled with fast food restaurants, “chicken spots”…
Lately it seems like more and more women are embracing their curves and their bodies, no matter the size. While America has continued to get larger, those once shunned by the mainstream have begun their own acceptance movements and have helped more women feel comfortable about their bodies. But does curve confidence have a downside?…
Dr. Mehemet Oz, daytime television host of Dr. Oz and the man behind bringing medicine and health to the masses, has found himself in a bit of hot water with the green food community after calling organic food consumers “elitists” “snooty” and “snobs” in a recent article for TIME magazine (you can only read this article if you are…
Do you use the words broken, brittle, dry and cracking to characterize the state of your nails? If you’ve declared your nails a state of emergency due to white spots or rippling bumps, you may need a little more than a fresh manicure and lacquer to turn things around. Our nails also serve as windows…
