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Unspeakable! New Jersey Reporter Fired for Telling...

We live in such a crazy time in America, when saying the obvious will literally get you fired and physically and socially ruin you. I know back in 201...
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Open Thread: Reader Questions Her Commitment to &#...

Some people wonder why this blog continues to talk about black men in reference to black women dating interracially. It would seem at the surface, tha...
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Got to Give Credit Where It’s Due…Some...

I have to admit I was among the folks who cringed with Rachel Jeantel took the stand in the Trayvon Martin murder trail. She was a walking, talking st...
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Hilarious Weird Al “Tacky” Has Aisha T...

Weird Al’s still got it! Jack Black is a twerking fool, and Aisha looks adorable even when she’s trying to look tacky. On an aside, what p...
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Watermelon in a Pot? Yaaaaaeeessss….

Nothing says summer like a ripe, juicy watermelon. That’s why I’d decided to grow some despite my extremely limited garden space. Watermel...
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It Started with Just a Few Voices, and Now a Cocop...

When you’ve been blogging for nearly five years, you begin to notice some trends. For instance, I remember when I first came on the scene and th...
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More Black Women Taking Up the Fight to Tackle Obe...

It’s no secret that some black women have a complicated relationship with food. For some of us, food means love, comfort, safety. When you’...
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Two Non-Bandwagon Products I’m Using to Keep...

Summer in Southern California means dry heat that can shrivel everything…from the plants in my garden, to my skin and hair. Where my hair is con...
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In Season in the “Beauty Garden,” Swee...

I’m so excited that I’ve FINALLY gotten good yields from my bell peppers! There’s nothing quite like a ripe, juicy sweet pepper pluc...
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Why “Marriage at First Sight” Is the W...

Have  any of you seen the promos for the new reality-show pablum being shoved down our throats called, Marriage at First Sight?  The general idea is...
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Our Favorite Interracial Romance Authors Made Hist...

Some of your favorite IR novelists got catapulted to main stream a few days ago when they were featured on USA Today. The line up for the Scandalous ...
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“A Beautiful Burden” One Man’s C...

By “Zac Onbothsides”   Ok. We’ve established that there’s an attraction, we’ve even talked about the awkwardness of expressing ...
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In Season in the “Beauty Garden”…...

Hot summer months means eggplants…and lots of them. You’re probably noticing that these are on sale at your local market, so nows your cha...
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Ladies, Do NOT Date Interracially if You’re ...

A non-black man just sent me the email below regarding an exchange he had with a black woman on OKCupid that he found attractive. This woman is so def...
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