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 … Read the rest
When it comes to sacred subjects like marriage and motherhood, most of us are eager to lighten our loads and look forward to reading, or seeing, what the rich and famous say about how they keep it together….until their words … Read the rest
It was a sentence that rocked blogs, dominated newsfeeds and infuriated women by the millions: “To be truly feminine means being soft, receptive and — look out, here it comes — submissive.”
Eyes rolled, indignation reached epic proportions and nearly- … Read the rest
With Mother’s Day’s just around the corner and a year since the murder of Trayvon Martin, it didn’t surprise me to see the joys of motherhood and the perilous state of black children being weighed in the May edition of … Read the rest
Everybody knows about the major milestones of marriage and relationships: that first ‘hello,’ the sweet smiles, butterfly-inducing kisses and the day that you both declare to family and friends that you’re taking the plunge into a new life together.
You … Read the rest