Louisville shooting guard, Kevin Ware’s injury last night was gruesome. It was unlike anything most of us had ever seen before on live television (most of us aren’t old enough to remember 1985 when Lawrence Taylor laid a devastating blow on Joe Theismann that snapped his leg in half). Last night, we just wanted to […]
Apparently, I did college all wrong. Instead of trying to find a husband, I was trying to convince my economics professor I deserved a passing grade. Instead of choosing from the pool of the Howard University men who surrounded me, I choose between being a vegetarian or a meat eater. I assure you, just like […]
Dear Ms. CEO, Sister PHD, Madame Go-Getter, and young Sister Soldiers ready to change this nation, Why do you hurt each other so much? So many of you have inspired me and young women like me. So when we see you HATIN on us or each other it hurts. Now, that I am being referred […]
The marriage between hip-hop and fashion once teetered on the lines of the Fubus and Sean Johns; if they weren’t going to be included in high fashion, hip-hop made the definitive decision to create their own niche. Diddy cooked up Sean John, Russell Simmons parlayed into the garments with Phat Farm, Jay-Z sent the […]
Ratchet hip hop music has become as normal as a bully rant attempt to control your life from Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Now days even R&B singers have added some edginess to their ballads. This week was living proof. Did you peep the new Rihanna Pour It Up Rmx? Its a starting 5 whose who All […]
Why should young women have to scream and yell to get her point across? It’s simply today’s young people still do not know what rape is. Both teen girls and boys are confused with this issue. We can see by the events in Ohio last summer. “Two high school football players were convicted Sunday of […]
There is something admittedly beautiful about the way textured hair grows in coils from the depths of our scalps. It can curl close, or stand poignantly at attention; it can cascade in soft curls, or tell tales of ponytails. It isn’t hard to see the obsession with versatile hair that curls with care as it grows […]
When the verdict was read in court during the Steubenville, Ohio rape trial, Ma’lik Richmond, the 16-year-old convicted of raping a teenage girl back in August, seemed to collapse in his lawyer’s arms. Guilty. The word settled heavily on his shoulders as he slumped down in his chair. It moved over his once smiling face […]
Tomorrow’s March 9th. It’s a national holiday from Brooklyn to Brixton to Bali for lovers of music but especially hip hop music. We have lost many a great hip hop hero over the years. But March 9th stands out for a reason. There will parties, DJ’s playing tributes on the radio but most importantly memories […]
You can annually expect the Grammys to get things wrong, especially when it comes to rap. So it was a pleasant surprise to see the committee nail the Best Rap Album award this year: They gave the award to Drake’s Take Care, which was the right call, even if Nas’ Life is Good and The […]
Feminist. I assure you, is not at all a bad word. But new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer missed that memo. When she told the PBS-AOL series “Makers” that she doesn’t have the “militant drive” and “chip on the shoulder” attitude that comes along with embodying feminism, she made it a bad word. When she stood […]
Ages ago, when I dated a guy in the Air Force, he told me it was mandatory that children with military parents be tested for correct paternity to receive benefits. I cringed, arguing that it was insulting and disrespectful and interfered with patient confidentiality and anyway, who would seriously lie about the paternity of a […]
