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Save our girls. It is such a simple phrase, but we need to save our girls. The American woman has worked hard to help our society to recognize girls as having equal value in our society. Yet, it appears that we have forgotten a segment of our black women. Chris…
It’s been a week since Hurricane Harvey rolled into Texas, leaving nothing but death and destruction in its wake. When news first broke of the hurricane headed toward Texas I, like most people who have never experienced a hurricane, didn’t think too deep into it. Sure, I had the inner…
Finally a gay dating app for men of color that is black owned!! Somebody finally did it! Gather around and let me tell you about this new experience for black queer men. FOR US! BY US! After a swift development cycle, Noir 1.0 has been released! What is Noir? Noir…
On Saturday, during a tour of Washington, D.C. two female students from Union City High School in Pennsylvania, along with a group of nearly 30 other high school students, visited Howard University. Apparently, these two young ladies thought it would be amusing to wear their Make America Great Again paraphernalia on the campus of…
My professor once told me that the growth zone is located outside of your comfort zone. That means if you expect to grow then you better be ready to get pretty uncomfortable. This thought comes in the wake of so many people, including Fox News host, Melissa Francis, expressing how…
A subtle name change for one of the biggest doughnut pushers in the country has spawned a rather important discussion. Let’s talk about branding! Dunkin Donuts recently announced that several of their locations were going to drop the Donuts from their name. Doesn’t seem like such a big deal, right?…
I am a heterosexual, black woman, who has never served a day in the military. I have two uncles who served, one in the Army and one in the Air Force. At the age of 20, my uncle died as a scouter in the Vietnam War. A 6’5” scouter died…
To be honest, I’m listening to the Confessions album and the lyrics on “That’s What It’s Made For” have always made my moist places dry up. It’s not just the one track but so much about the whole soundtrack to woe-is-me condomless philandering that really just makes me want to take my partner and myself to the clinic.…
In wake of Rob Kardashian’s rants against Blac Chyna (see the previous article), we can truly say that mental illness and depression is real and that people need to take these illnesses more seriously. Regardless of social status, race, gender, and sexual orientation, mental illness and depression does not discriminate…
Let’s get into it. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past decade and some change, then you know that the BET awards has been coming around every summer since 2001. Sixteen years of music, stars, and moments that have the people talking about it days later!…