Due to an avalanche of “Successful But Single Black Woman” news stories, celebrity-fueled talk show panels and the success of Steve Harvey’s book “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man,” there’s been buzz aplenty about the shrinking rate of black marriages and the exploding rate of black single-parent homes. But instead of pointing fingers… Continue reading Poignant And Provocative, New Book Asks Blacks “Where Did Our Love Go?”
Category: Love & Living
“Where Did Our Love Go?”: A Gil Robertson Q&A
Raise your hand if you’re tired of the assembly-line of smug and self-congratulatory ‘relationship manuals’ written by folks like Tyrese and Steve Harvey that make Black women into paupers and Black men into princes that are always right and always capable of moving on if WE don’t care enough to acquiesce. Yawn. Fortunately, however, Atlanta-based… Continue reading “Where Did Our Love Go?”: A Gil Robertson Q&A
“Glass Slipper” Or Concrete Block? Compromise Shouldn’t Mean ‘All For One, None For All’
With serial monogamy becoming the norm rather than the exception and nearly half of all American marriages ending in divorce, it’s hard to avoid skepticism when anyone other than a proven expert offers advice on what works. And when you’re already a high-profile celebrity, those doubts only multiply, especially when you’re a woman who seems… Continue reading “Glass Slipper” Or Concrete Block? Compromise Shouldn’t Mean ‘All For One, None For All’
Raising Nia: Fulfilling The Meaning of “Purpose” In Our Lives & Hearts
A powerful prediction, spoken like fact, seemed to drop out of nowhere during a random conversation my husband and I were having months into our relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend: “Lorrie, I was thinking…we would make some pretty babies.” Did I hear him right? Sure, we’d met each other’s friends and family and were certainly… Continue reading Raising Nia: Fulfilling The Meaning of “Purpose” In Our Lives & Hearts
Feelin’ Fresh To Def: Why We Must Celebrate Our Flawed & Fabulous Selves
OK, I’ll just go ahead and put it out there to immortalize in print: I consider myself to be an attractive woman. Not flawless, not drop-dead-gorgeous or runway material by any means….but attractive. Are there some features that I wish I could tweak here and there? Of course. Being a few inches taller and a… Continue reading Feelin’ Fresh To Def: Why We Must Celebrate Our Flawed & Fabulous Selves