An Ode To Detaching From Popular Culture — For the first time, in over twenty years, I did not know that the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) were airing. In fact, they came and they went, without me even knowing that they’d come on. For me, that is…something. There hasn’t been a year in over two decades that…

We have literally scorched the Earth — Yes, I think we’re all responsible for this even though the failure to alleviate global warming lies primarily at the feet of the government through the big business it allows and the regulations it has failed to enforce. The United States is only behind China in greenhouse gas emissions. While…

Tyler Perry Says Black Women Should Marry Men Who Can Only Pay The Light Bill. — Another day, another dating controversy. Another day, another dating controversy over whether Black women should lower their standards or not… This time actor/producer/director/billionaire Tyler Perry is in the hot seat for comments he made about Black women’s love lives. Tyler Perry, in an interview with actress Crystal Renee Hayslett, starts…

Murdered over stolen liquor — Ta’Kiya Young was seven months pregnant with her third child, a baby girl due in November. A mother of two boys, she’d just celebrated her 21st birthday on August 1st. On August 24th, Ta’Kiya’s life was tragically cut short. For reasons unknown, she shoplifted several bottles of liquor from a…

It was recently pulled from the shelves after a teen’s death. — Have you heard of the Paqui One Chip Challenge? Amplify Snack Brands, an Austin, Texas based subsidiary of the Hershey Company makes and packages a single tortilla chip that’s brushed with the #1 and #6 hottest peppers in the world — the Carolina Reaper and the Naga Viper, respectively. If…

I will start off by saying I am not an overachiever. The one thing I might have in common with an overachiever is perfectionism, but not in the Type A personality having sense. I am a perfectionist in the procrastination sense. Meaning I want things so perfect that I end…

Maybe that explains the descendant’s contentious relationship with history… — The Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy are proud of their heritage. They’re so proud that despite losing the Civil War over 150 years ago, they still own and carry Confederate flag memorabilia, have Civil War reenactments, and still construct statues for long-dead Confederate heroes. These white men and women…

At least according to the majority… — Black women often say that we’re not safe or protected in society. This is often seen as whining or an attack on Black men who we supposedly believe are obligated to protect us. It’s neither. It’s a statement. More aptly it’s a fact. I know many Black women who have…

It is not a woman’s place to fall in love. I can honestly say that’s a lesson I’ve been taught my entire life by the women in my life. One of my favorite people, God rest her soul, told me at about 80 years old that she had never loved…