*Another 2009 piece that’s still relevant today after all, no matter where you go, there you are.* Depending on who you ask, Karrine Steffans is one of the following: an enterprising video-vixen turned author who’s overcome her well-documented, glorified groupie past, or a damaged, dysfunctional woman who’s still, on many levels, enslaved to… Continue reading Stupidity & Sex Sells: Just Ask Superhead.
Author: Lorrie Irby Jackson
Motherofcolor.com showcases the writings of an intelligent and socially savvy wife, mother and journalist who explores a variety of topics (culture, politics, race and gender issues, etc.) with a unique African-American/womanist perspective.*
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Whoop Those Kids, GET EM’!
*This write-up and random smackdown happened years ago, but with nuts carrying guns into public places every other week, who’s to say it can’t happen again? * It was the slap heard around the world. Well, around the Web, anyway. Whose jaws didn’t clank to the floor when they learned about 61-year-old… Continue reading Whoop Those Kids, GET EM’!
Ditching ‘The Drama-Go-Round,’ AKA Toxic Friendships
It never fails. We women are accomplished, intelligent people. We have our own homes, manage our careers and nurture friends and family while stretching budgets like fresh bubble gum when necessary. And as competent modern women, we are usually quick to drop folks who disrespect our abilities, our time and our resources. Except when it… Continue reading Ditching ‘The Drama-Go-Round,’ AKA Toxic Friendships
Get Right, Or Get Left: Parenting Is a Full-Time Job
*A prior piece about fathers needing to do more than pick up a dinner plate and the remote control when they return to the wife and kids after work….that is, if he wants to not come back to an empty house.* According to national statistics, I’m an anomaly, but one that’s more common than… Continue reading Get Right, Or Get Left: Parenting Is a Full-Time Job
Mind Your Business Or Lose MY Business: Take Your Pick
Whether it’s just for a quick wash-n-snip or a full-on day of head-to-toe beauty, a trip to the salon does more than freshen up highlights and revitalize that faded pedicure: the practice of pampering ourselves affirms our beauty in an estrogen-filled oasis of serenity and sisterhood. It’s typically a win-win situation: we emerge feeling relaxed… Continue reading Mind Your Business Or Lose MY Business: Take Your Pick