Is There A Right And Wrong Way To Compliment The Opposite Sex When You’re In...
On Monday I wrote a piece on my personal site titled, “Sometimes a Compliment is Just a Compliment,” about the need for women — although men are not immune either — to learn not to read into every...
View ArticleHere’s Your First look At Season 5 Of Orange Is The New Black
We are just a little more than five weeks away from the debut of Season 5 of “Orange is the New Black” which may be the most impactful yet. At the end of Season four, we witnessed the emotional death...
View ArticleDeVon Franklin Says Women He Was Raised By Motivated Him To Be Best Husband...
While sitting with the ladies of Essence‘s podcast Yes. Girl! this week, DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good talked about, you guessed it, marriage. The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of...
View ArticleTeyana Taylor Set To Star In Honey 4
Ever since she danced up a storm and gave everyone fitness goals in Kanye West’s “Fade” video, nothing but good fortune has followed Teyana Taylor. She’s released more shoes with Reebok, was able to...
View ArticleNatalie Nunn Shares First Pictures Of Her Daughter Journey
Last week, we reported that Natlie Nunn had delivered her baby girl. And given the pregnancy photo shoot spread, we figured it was only a matter of time before we saw images of her daughter. And sure...
View ArticleOmari Hardwick And Meagan Good To Co-Star In Film About Finding Love On...
Love isn’t what was on most of our minds this past election night, but that’s the premise of a new indie film starring Omari Hardwick And Meagan Good. “A Boy. A Girl. A Dream: Love On Election Night”...
View ArticleThe First Image From The Bobbi Kristina Biopic Is A Dead Ringer For The Brown...
Towards the beginning of this year, we reported about a Bobbi Kristina biopic was in the works. As with most biopics, there were skeptics, myself being one of them. Then we learned that singer and...
View ArticleSexist Things Men Don’t Realize They Say
[caption id="attachment_829035" align="alignleft" width="1068"] Bigstockphoto.com/I have no idea. Portrait of confused young African American male in glasses shrugging shoulders having hesitant and...
View ArticleNiecy Nash On Changing The Conversation With Herself About Her C-Section...
Does anyone really love their body 100 percent? It would be nice if we all did, but most of us have our good days where we are absolutely feeling ourselves, and others where we pick ourselves apart....
View ArticleYvette Nicole Brown: I Reached Out To SheaMoisture To Promote Products For...
Though outrage over corporate PR disasters usually dwindles into disinterest a few days after a brand apologizes and people forget what they were mad about, it doesn’t look like the majority of Black...
View ArticleWe Can’t Deny The Comedy Behind These Beyoncé Menu Memes
Anything can become a meme these days, including mundane seemingly un-noteworthy activities like ordering off of a menu.Then again, the person in said meme either has to be making some hilarious or...
View ArticleIs This Petty? He Told Me He Couldn’t Go Down On Me Until I Got Rid Of My...
Does your relationship status play a part in how you maintain your pubic hair? I know some women who wax religiously every five weeks, not for a man, but because they’re more comfortable without hair...
View ArticleConfession: I’m Legit Afraid I’ll Look Like A Man If I Cut My Hair Off
Drama alert: I received some very disturbing news at the salon Saturday. My ends are splitting up the shaft of my strands and I’m going to have to cut off a significant chunk of my hair. At least...
View ArticleNew Rules: Mother Excuses Her Daughter From Homework Because It’s Become Too...
Dîner à Allô! Mon Coco. Gotta love those chains. ☺️ A post shared by Bunmi Laditan (@bunmiladitan) on Apr 6, 2017 at 9:27am PDT Mothers these days are shaking up the long-held conventions about...
View Article“White Hair Feels Like A Light Bulb:” Cynthia Erivo Wears Blonde Hair To...
Every now and again, the conversation surrounding the level of wokeness of Black women with blonde hair arises, and every single time it does I find myself tired. Because Black hair is always seen as...
View ArticleAs Rasheeda Frost Discusses Future Of Marriage, Kirk’s Former Mistress Offers...
Let’s not front, friends. I’m sure some of you have been watching this latest season of Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta. If you have, then you probably know good and well about the drama going on in Rasheeda...
View ArticleHow Do Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz Keep The Spontaneity In Their Marriage?...
Married almost seven years and the parents of two (there are also three other kids from his previous relationships), you would think that Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz would have likely hit a romantic...
View ArticleDoes Having A Black Teacher Make A Difference In Our Kids’ Success?
Mr. Ellis for sophomore geometry in high school. I remember he stood in the hallway a lot and joked with other teachers while he taught. He also had a dope hobby as a swim coach and a movie starring...
View ArticleYou’ll Never Guess One Of Solange’s Favorite Places To Shop
When it comes to Solange’s style, she’s a true chameleon. Of course, she always keeps things classy but her choices jump from neutral palettes to funky, avant-grade-shaped silhouettes to sleek and...
View ArticleIs This The First Product From Rihanna’s Anticipated Fenty Beauty Line?
There’s been much for the past few years about Rihanna’s trademarked Fenty Beauty ever since she registered it on the sly in 2014 as a cosmetics line. Well, we’ve got an update. Is it here yet? No. Is...
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