Recently word got out that, quite possibly, superstar Janet Jackson has quit show business, converted to Islam and with her billionaire husband at her side, is done. When I mean done, I mean she’s retired from the rat race, from the expectations of others, from anyone being in her business, from dealing with folks she doesn’t want…
K. Michelle, best known for fighting most of her cast mates on Vh1’s Love & Hip Hop Atlanta told Joi-Marie McKenzie of ABC News Radio Online that this may be her last season on the show, but not her last season on reality TV. She alluded to possibly joining the New York cast of the…
I’ve always liked DMX’s persona. That, of course, comes with some qualifiers. I had to ignore the violent and misogynistic imagery in most of his lyrics, which I was much more willing to do in X’s heyday a decade ago, than now. I liked his music, like it still, for the growling voice over Swizz…
“The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman, the most unprotected person in America is the Black woman, the most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” – Malcolm X When the laser sharp backlash finally grew too intense to ignore, Reebok severed ties with spokesperson Rick Ross for his failure to…
Big week in conservative outreach to the black community! Rand Paul went to the Harvard of historical black colleges – Howard University – to school a roomful of already educated black students on how President Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and that all of the NAACP’s founders were Republicans. (Some were also white! And really light-skinned Negroes!!! And Ida B. Wells!!!!) Of course, all the students (and me and…
A few years ago I dated a tall, dark, and handsome man with a witty sense of humor, great taste in music, and excellent benefits. What more could a gal ask for? One night, during one of our marathon phone sessions, I came to the conclusion that this wasn’t just some unremarkable summer fling to…
President Obama’s recent quip about California Attorney General Camala Harris “best-looking attorney general in the country” and Adria Richards dismissal after tweeting a picture of two men making sexual jokes has reignited a conversation about sexual harassment. For clarity, by no means, do I think Harris was sexually harassed by the President’s remark. Technically, they…
Beyonce. Shaunie O’Neil. Tyler Perry. Gabrielle Union. Kim Kardashian. Heck, all the Kardashians. You probably know someone who hates someone on that list. Maybe it’s you. But you don’t know these people. They’re simply folks on the TV or the movie screen. Yet, just the mere utterance of their names sends you into the throws…
When I read the Wall Street Journal op-ed written by graduating high school senior Suzy Lee Weiss, I was immediately floored by her intelligence, fearlessness and sheer commitment to exposing the discriminatory inequities inherent in the college admission process. Many students rejected by their dream universities — in her case, Princeton, Yale, Vanderbilt and the…
The recent surge of women in the professional ranks has affected more than the income gap between the two sexes. Premeditated by the initial lack of income balance, the closing chasm continues to shape a new generation of relationships formed around new rules. One of the more ballyhooed consequences of women increasing earning power is…
