Give the Dude A Sandwich…
It’s just crazy…as big as hip-hop is in our lives and everything, and as much as we love it, we tend to shun people for just wanting to contribute to that culture, you know? I guarantee you if you look at a country singer who picks up a guitar and says “Hey, who wants to [...]
Lay it Bare
When I talk to my girlfriends, one of the biggest complaints they have about dating is seeking honesty. It seems like such a simple thing. We talk. You ask me a question, I give an honest answer. I ask you a question, you give an honest answer. But somewhere in the realm of relationships, we [...]
On the topic of “Common Sense”
No. I won’t read an article with term “Rape Responsibility” in the title. I’ve basically gotten the tone of the piece, and I’m in no mood to upset myself with someone else’s entitled opinion. What I’ve gleaned from the reactions was that the article was ill-informed and out of touch. It dares to address the [...]
OG Ambitions
*Sophia Petrillo voice* Picture it: Olney, Maryland. The year is 2010. I’m in a hospital bed recovering from a rather nasty encounter with a pulmonary embolism, and I’m listening to my suite mate being discharged. She uses “disposable adult undergarments” and discussed the whether or not she should attempt to go to the bathroom. After [...]
It’s Not At All Different…Except it Totally Is
A week or so ago, one of the young fellas I follow on Twitter asked about the difference in dating after you’re 30. It was perceived as a soft launched missile, but it made me think to myself, “Yeah…what is the big damn difference? Wait a second…is there a difference?” And the answer is yes. [...]
Saying Goodbye
My cousin died at the age of 25. I hadn’t seen him in years. He’d always had health problems, including battling leukemia as a kid, but he still managed to be a little hell raiser. His last Facebook post was of him talking about enjoying the fact that he had two jobs, and was hoping [...]
If I Never Had Another Friend
If you know me, you know that family is important to me. I’ve said countless times that friends often become family to me. That’s not me just whistling Dixie. The reason behind that is because my family is so damned good. I gush over my siblings and my parents (blood and step), because they are [...]
It’s Not Funny Anymore
It’s become something of a running joke… the differences in how cases in which whites go missing are handled by law enforcers and the media, versus similar cases in which blacks (and other minority groups) are the victims. – Tambay – Shadow and Act/indiewire.com Next Wednesday “Find Our Missing” will debut on TV One. S. [...]
The Relationship
I’ve been overweight for the past 13 years. Of course my weight did the obligatory yo-yoing, but I haven’t been within a healthy weight range since the Clinton administration. Literally. I never had a real weight struggle, and I thought that with time, the weight would just melt off. It didn’t. Gaining weight didn’t really [...]
Cult of Personality
“And during the few moments that we have left, we want to talk, right down to earth, in a language that everybody here can easily understand.” – Malcolm X (sampled in Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality”) I’m just a woman. With a couple of kids, a job that pays the bills, a Hyundai with butterfly [...]
