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They Will Stop at Nothing to Keep Black Women Hope...

While there’s still more content to release on my trip to Canada, the first leg of our Swirling Around the World tour, I have posted some tidbit...
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Black Women Addicted to Drama. One Possible Reason...

I’ve been blogging on relationship issues of African American women for nearly a decade. One thing I have never quite been able to escape is cer...
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Compare How this U.S. Woman Got Rejected with My E...

A video appeared on my Facebook feed yesterday that nearly brought me to tears. It showed a young, pretty black woman recounting her experience at a c...
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Why Are Black Women So Insecure?

Why are black women so insecure?  It’s a comment often used to criticize and marginalize us. The question is thrown around without the benefit ...
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Black Women Have “Bad PR.” What One Co...

Sometimes, you get a comment that’s so golden, it needs to be it’s own blog post. This came from a subscriber commenting on yesterday̵...
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QOTW: “I Feel Threatened By Asian Women.R...

Dear Christelyn, I first off would love to thank you for channel! I wish there was a woman like you when I was a young girl.  you embody everything I...
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The Inner Conflict of Loving Music that Marginaliz...

Last week my crew and I headed to the Salsa Festival on St. Claire’s in Toronto to take in the local ethnic flavor. I was sitting in the backsea...
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Five Reasons American Black Women NEED to Travel t...

As I conclude my first trip for our Swirl Around the World travel tour to Toronto, I go home a changed woman. This experience has truly enabled me to ...
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Bachelorette: She Dumped Him Because He Would Have...

Alas, there were new episodes of The Bachelorette this week, but that’s good for me, because I’ve been running behind, what with all the p...
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Colorism: Are You Worried About Hating Your Biraci...

Interesting conversation I and Breukelen Bleu were having on the YouTube channel about some dark-skinned black women worried about hating their biraci...
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Shonda Rhimes Shocked…SHOCKED that Weight Ma...

In a recent article on LOVEBSCOTT, mega-successful producer, Shonda Rhimes says, “NOW people saw me as a PERSON,” when she lost a substan...
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The Four Letter Word that Makes Your Online Profil...

I get countless letters from young women who claim to have terrible luck when it comes to online dating. What’s puzzling is, upon review of thei...
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Report: Serena Williams Set to Wed Alex Ohanian Th...

In a vivid and revealing article published in Vanity Fair magazine, Serena Williams recounts the early days of how she met her fiancé, Alexis Ohanian...
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Fear of Rejection Holding You Back from Swirling?

It’s been my experience working in this space that one of the chief hesitancies black women have about dating interracially is a fear of rejecti...
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