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Your Fear is Your Fuel

Fear builds its phantoms which are more fearsome than reality itself. Jawaharlal Nehru What are your fears? What is holding you back and...

Let’s Try This Again

Let’s try this again and pretend that the first week of 2021 was a failed trial run. This first week of 2021 reminds me of that infamous...

February 2020 in Review

Normally, around this time there would be a 20 questions post featuring the latest queries in pop culture. I think I’m going to let that...

Set It Off is Back On

Here we go again. There is a rumor going around that Issa Rae is interested in a Set It Off remake. Are you here for it? I’m personally...

One Taught Me…

It’s been a long time since Khadijah James, Regine Hunter, Maxine Shaw, and Synclaire James strutted into our living rooms on a weekly...

Toni Morrison 1931 – 2019

“If I hadn’t killed her she would have died and that is something I could not bear to happen to her.” – Beloved, 1987 I first fell in...

BETRUE – ly PROUD

Do you know why June is LGBT Pride Month? June was chosen to celebrate the LGBT community to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, which...

Mid-Year Check-In

We are officially halfway through 2019. How has your year been so far? What goals have you accomplished, what else do you need to cross...

Leave Superwoman at the Theater

Have you ever gotten that tight feeling in your chest when you look at your to-do list or make up a crazy theory in your head that gets...

Black Culture is Not a Fad

Boxer braids, Dashikis as It-items, Afros and Rachel Dolezal’s entire existence are just a few examples of how popular culture has tried...

Que Será, Será

“My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.” Rapper J....

Him Versus Us

Before the six-part documentary, we all knew what was happening. We all looked the other way. Until now. I can admit to being vividly...

Weight Loss Myths

It’s that time of year again where we are setting resolutions and plans of action for our life. The most common New Year’s Resolution is...

The Hunger Scale

Even though it’s officially, “Once I’m in the house I’m not coming out season,” we still need to keep mindful of that winter cushioning...

Growth

Can we talk about growth? Let’s rewind seven years. It’s 2011, and it’s the first season of the first franchise of Vh1’s now-infamous...

Getting Rid of Wardrobe Clutter

Something serious happened to me yesterday. I had to forego my workout to put my clothes away. It was really bad. As I type this, I can...

It’s OK!

It’s 6:45 am on Thursday, and I am staring at a sink full of dirty dishes. They have probably been there since Monday and I am in no rush...

Billy From Philly

Who is he? William Henry Cosby Jr., or Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable? Growing up in Philly, Bill Cosby was everywhere for me. In a mural filled...

Who Can I Run To?

My husband and I have a running joke where he asks me a question, and I jokingly reply, “As a woman…” It stems from the various reality...

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