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Jan 15

Give Giancarlo Esposito His Flowers…Now!

“So you can Watusi your ass back to Africa if you want to!” — Julian Eaves My earliest memory of seeing Giancarlo Esposito on screen was in Spike Lee’s 1988 cult classic, School Daze. He played Julian Eaves, a light-skinned, arrogant, bourgeois Black fraternity president at the fictional Mission College…

Giancarlo Esposito

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Give Giancarlo Esposito His Flowers…Now!
Give Giancarlo Esposito His Flowers…Now!
Giancarlo Esposito

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Oct 25, 2022

Million Woman March: 25 Years Later

On October 25, 1997, African American women rallied together in Philadelphia in efforts to raise awareness and build solidarity around issues affecting us and our communities. …

Feminism

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Million Woman March: 25 Years Later
Million Woman March: 25 Years Later
Feminism

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·Aug 7, 2020

Malcolm X Stood Up for Black Women When Few Others Would

How he showed up for Black women is an essential part of who he was as a civil rights leader — “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.”—Malcolm X On May 22, 1962, Malcolm X delivered a speech in Los Angeles, California, in which he spoke to and…

History

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Malcolm X Stood Up for Black Women When Few Others Would
Malcolm X Stood Up for Black Women When Few Others Would
History

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·Jun 24, 2020

Five Social-Distancing Date Ideas

You can still enjoy each other’s company, even from afar — “Social Distancing” is the way of the world and we are all adjusting to a new “normal,” however temporary we want and hope for it to be. The uncertainty is anxiety-inducing, to say the least, but the longer this lasts, the more we have to alter the ways we approach…

XOXO

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Five Social-Distancing Date Ideas
Five Social-Distancing Date Ideas
XOXO

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·Jun 17, 2020

Black Love Is More Revolutionary Than Ever

Love has sustained us through generations of systemic oppression — There is a movement sweeping the nation that will change the course of history. Amid a perfect storm of events, including a viral pandemic and the extrajudicial killings of unarmed Black people by the police, people in the United States have been activated in the fight for social change in…

XOXO

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Black Love Is More Revolutionary Than Ever
Black Love Is More Revolutionary Than Ever
XOXO

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·May 28, 2020

How to Support a Friend in an Abusive Relationship

Go bags, photo documents, and saving text messages can help — When Lorena Gallo met John Wayne Bobbitt in the late 1980s, she never imagined her world would come crashing down around her. After marrying him in 1989, John went on to spend the next four years terrorizing Lorena with physical beatings, sexual assault, and emotional abuse. An immigrant born in…

XOXO

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How to Support a Friend in an Abusive Relationship
How to Support a Friend in an Abusive Relationship
XOXO

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·May 20, 2020

Your Love Journey Must Begin Within

Radical self-love helps us know the difference between being in love and being loved — “Love is never any better than the lover.” — Toni Morrison When writing about love, I often call on the words and concepts of those who have somehow been able to make love make sense. Even when the ideas and definitions contradict each other, some people have been able to…

XOXO

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Your Love Journey Must Begin Within
Your Love Journey Must Begin Within
XOXO

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·May 13, 2020

How to Confront Your Cheater With Dignity

Don’t allow the emotional trauma to lead you to do something you might regret — Nina Thomas became suspicious of her husband, NFL star Earl Thomas, when he told her about outdoor plans he made during a stay-at-home order. She tracked him down via Snapchat, where she saw a video of him and another woman. She figured out where he was, called two of her…

Relationships

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How to Confront Your Cheater With Dignity
How to Confront Your Cheater With Dignity
Relationships

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·May 7, 2020

4 Nonnegotiables for Any Romantic Relationship

You deserve to have a partnership that satisfies you — At age seven, I was entirely too young to be singing along to Janet Jackson’s “What Have You Done for Me Lately,” but that didn’t stop me. The intro was a conversation between two friends in which one confides that her boyfriend stood her up again. As she tries to…

XOXO

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4 Nonnegotiables for Any Romantic Relationship
4 Nonnegotiables for Any Romantic Relationship
XOXO

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·Apr 29, 2020

A Go-To Playlist for Setting the Right Romantic Mood

Songs by these Black women will take any sensual session to another level — As we spend more of our time indoors, many of us are revisiting some of our favorite musical artists and songs. We’re watching intimate concerts and discography battles on Instagram, and we’re getting amazing live DJ sets on YouTube and Twitch. …

XOXO

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A Go-To Playlist for Setting the Right Romantic Mood
A Go-To Playlist for Setting the Right Romantic Mood
XOXO

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