Can women have it all? If you’re a working woman, you’ve read your fair share of inconclusive articles that seek to answer this sphinxlike mystery. This topic comes up as a national discussion with only slightly less frequency than those “why women—never men—are soooo single” articles. This time the question of women having it all is cocktail ...
I might be Maya Peterson’s biggest fan. Don’t know her name just yet? You should. She’s the prep school graduate everyone’s buzzing about for her bold, if a bit misguided, way of tackling sexism and racism at her New Jersey high school. Maya, a black-Latina lesbian, was elected class president at the very elite and very ...
I swear, this is not another “I miss Lauryn Hill” article, even though, yes, I do miss her output. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (and, to a lesser degree, theUnplugged double album) changed my life for the better. But as often as Hill is cited for being the greatest female rapper of all time (I agree) and, in ...
It’s finally summer in the City, which for the uninitiated means NYC proper has turned into a sweat box. I’m not complaining though. Our most recent winter was brutal, lasted forever and I thought I’d never feel heat again without getting on a South Africa bound plane. So I happily will run my AirCon, pay ...
Honored to be named as one of TV One’s NewsOne top 15 most share-worthy black blogs or websites for 2014. NewsOne suggested described A Belle in Brooklyn as “pop culture and relationships from a black, feminist perspective” and suggested folks visit the site because…. “Fans of Bravo’s Blood Sweat & Heels will recognize what Lucas’s readers ...
Dear Demetria: I am the mother of two. I have an amazing husband and father to my children. The last child is not his, and he is unaware. His best friend and I had a one-night stand two years ago when my hubby was out of town. I can’t bring myself to come clean. ...
Fact: Jeremy Meeks is fine. OK, technically, that’s an opinion, but it seems the vast majority of people—including a couple of modeling agencies—share it, so let’s just say it’s close to fact. Meeks—the convicted felon with chiseled features, eyes the color of a Caribbean ocean and café au lait complexion—who has drawn the “likes” ...
It was something of a given that Think Like a Man was going to get a sequel. The film, inspired by the advice in Steve Harvey’s best-selling advice book and featuring an all-star black cast, grossed more than $33 million during its opening weekend and went on to clear nearly $96 million at the box office. It was a ...
Don’t f*** with Gloria’s Girls There’s been a war brewing between the Latinas and the Black girls for some time. Not only do they run the kitchen, the Latinas sit front row at movie night and on high pillows that cause them to block everyone’s view. Everything comes to a clichéd head in Episode ...
I had no clue—none—where OITNB’s storyline with Morello was going. I only knew it wouldn’t be good after the way she flipped out on the phone when her sister told her Christopher was getting married and moving near Litchfield. But where it went? My God. I had to stop and rewind this episode like ...
