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Even though it’s been too long since I’ve posted here, I’ve been reading and writing more than ever. And I have so much to share with you over the coming […]
Category Archives: Literature
10 Warning Signs That You’ve Been Brainwashed
“Brainwashed” is a word that people often throw around, sometimes jokingly, often times not. No one ever admits to being brainwashed. In fact we get quite perturbed when someone even […]
Quarter-life Crisis or Crescendo?
Clearly, Americans in general resist aging. We do every thing from lie about our ages (turning 29 for the third year in a row) to shelling out beaucoup money on […]
Life Changing Lyrics by Lauryn Hill
Despite the rumors, one thing I know for sure is that Lauryn’s music has changed lives. While most people praise The Miseducation as her greatest masterpiece, I meditate on the […]
Relax Your Hair and Get a Nose Job Too!
Plastic surgery, facelifts, boob jobs, but implants, collagen lip injections, Botox, skin bleaching, extreme tanning, tattooed makeup… All of these things are still kind of taboo for many African-Americans. We […]
For Valentine’s Day: Favorite Fragments from Favorite Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni
Seduction one day you gonna walk in this house and I’m gonna have on a long African gown you’ll sit down and say “The Black . . .” and you’ll […]
Can a Poet Raise a Boy to be a Man?
Yes! Nikki Giovanni, famous writer and single mother, raised a son who grew up to be a man. Thomas Watson Giovanni graduated Magna Cum Laude from Morehouse College and Georgetown […]
Nikki Giovanni: Our February Icon
I had a list of three women I wanted to see in person before they or I perished from this earth. In January 2011 I saw Erykah Badu. In January […]
Letter’s to a Single Parent: #4
Thoughts from Lorena A Success Story I consider myself a successful parent. I have a 12 year old daughter and a 5 year old son that I raise alone. We […]
