Thriving

Carrie: “As a black woman, when am I allowed...

I am bitter. Desperate too. Jaded. Did I miss anything? In today’s meme-generating society, few emotions are permitted, while others are outlawed. A...
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I Got a Real, Live Chance to Talk to My 13 Year Ol...

In the wee hours of the morning, when I won’t up for no explicable reason after dreaming about a relative chiding me about massive fines for lea...
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Melania Trump: A Cautionary Tale of Hegemony

As if we didn’t need more proof of Melania’s distaste for husband, we now have this… I noticed a lot of social media posts about how...
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Do You Know Who This Little Girl Is? Most of Us Do...

This is Claudette Colvin. A 15-year-old girl who refused to give up her seat to a white person during the Jim Crow segregation era. She did that nine ...
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Bullied for “Acting Like a White Girl?”...

When a fan sent me this article from The Blaze about the parents of a young black girl suing the school over relentless bullying by other black people...
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As the Left Worries About Dreamers, Trump May Nix ...

Meanwhile as the Huffington Post frets about the Dreamer program, which allows children of illegal immigrants to remain in the United States, the Trea...
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Troubling “Incel” Reddit Community Pos...

If you haven’t heard of an “Incel,” you’re not alone. I just discovered it myself. It means “involuntarily celibate,R...
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An Open Letter to Light Skinned “SistersR...

Dear Light-Skinned-Pro-Black-Nothing-Butta-Brotha-For-Me Women, I need to ask you a favor. I’ve noticed lately in social media a lot of posts an...
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Insecure Actress Has a Whole Lot of Sex on TV; Sti...

Nigerian born actress, Yvonne Orji, who plays a women who has a lot of sex on Insecure recently revealed (again) that she’s a 33-year-old virg...
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They Tried It! Two BB&W Fans Tour Toronto and...

Bernadette and Chonte, are both young, beautiful and accomplished black American women. They have been made painfully aware of how black women in this...
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Amazing News! ‘Oaktown Paul’ Has Joine...

I can’t even tell you guys how THRILLED I am to announce that longtime friend and advocated of Beyond Black & White, ‘Oaktown PaulR...
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How Glamour Confidence Survey Hurts Black Women Pa...

It started in the 80’s, when a curious study emerged that black women reported higher body confidence and higher self esteem, despite herculean ...
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Glamour Reports Black Women Are the Most Confident...

Glamour magazine recently reported that out of all the women they surveyed for their “50 States of Women” series, sponsored by L’Oréal...
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Company Claims Penis Patch Corals the Kids. Would ...

There’s an innovative new product that claims a patch applied to a man’s urethra before sex can prevent sperm from escaping while simultan...
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