Several years ago, after we’d been dating for a few months, my boyfriend Calvin and I decided that our relationship had developed enough to reach the next milestone: Meeting the Folks. The fact that we were in our thirties and included my son on dates didn’t diminish the butterflies I felt in wanting to make… Continue reading The Right Woman + Good Man + Daughters = Former Playa
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Eurocentric Ownership Slowly Chipped Away Our “Essence”
This prior essay crystalizes the exact moment I realized that I could no longer subscribe to Essence magazine, one of their most tone-deaf cover choices and business moves ever. “Irritated……Infuriated…….Outraged…..Undone…..” That just begins to describe the outrage that many loyal readers are feeling as they find this month’s Essence magazine in their mailbox on… Continue reading Eurocentric Ownership Slowly Chipped Away Our “Essence”