Tuxedos, Prom Gowns, & Guns
Remember preparing for prom? Taking an entire afternoon to sit in a nail or hair salon or fuss over last minute alterations and pick up…
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Kendrick Lamar Accused of Colorism
Kendrick Lamar has been accused of colorism due to the woman that he is engaged to. You know, it was actually quite hard to type…
Interracial Dating: Looking For Love In All the White Places
Whenever the subject of interracial relationships pop up, it seems the number one pairing is usually black-and-white. When it comes to gender, it’s mostly black…
Polyamory: The Word That Finally Defined My Personal Life
Kids have a certain type of freedom that seems to get erased as they grow into adults. As they mature, the seriousness of this right…
Pastor Jomo K. Johnson’s “Call Tyrone”: Not-so Helpful Dating Advice From the Black Pulpit?
The recent resurfacing of self-proclaimed experts examining Black women’s bodies and dating habits is becoming the latest retro-comeback, similar to hi-top fades and snap-backs (yes,…
Relationship Follies: When Interracial & Intra-racial Preferences Collide
It amuses pains me greatly to have to write about more dating foibles and intra-racial squabbles between my sistren and brethren, but I’ve been reading…
Friends With Benefits: How Some People Overlook the Basics
I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of my downstairs neighbor yesterday after having survived a busted pipe (mine) and a collapsed ceiling (his). While the circumstances weren’t…
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
I turned 34 last month. I’m currently still single. That brief prelude out of the way, let me opine that there is nothing more daunting…
Where Yo’ Man At?
Celebrity gossip… Despite rumblings to the contrary, I think it’s fair to surmise that on some level we all love getting a voyeuristic peek into…
There Can Be Only One: But What If I Have Two or Three??
My One and Only Nearly everyone I know is looking for the ‘One’ and not all of them are single people either. The “One” is this elusive magical union…