Melvin and Jessica: Courtesy of Jessica Gordon Family Secrets: I Spent 21 Years Calling The Wrong Man Daddy As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Jessica Gordon was in her junior year of college when her mother tearfully told her that there was a chance another man was her father. All growing up, I thought one guy was my dad,…
Photo by Alekon pictures on Unsplash How Planning My Wedding Reminded Me Of Something Else Slavery Took From Us By Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Despite some ominous, misery-loves-company-ass-predictions, my wedding planning process and my actual wedding day went very smoothly. (Thanks in large part to a groom who didn’t really care what I did and the leadership of my Jill…
Photo by Calvin Lupiya on Unsplash Black Women: Mistress Marley Explains How Findom Healed Her from Corporate Trauma As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Originally published on MadameNoire Most of us are waiting for the government to pay us what they owe us in the form of reparations. But Mistress Marley collects hers through her individual clients: white men…
Photo by Team Fredi on Unsplash Making the Connection: Why Black Girls Loved Tweety Bird By Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com New York City is a cultural mecca, known for its cuisine, artistry, and fashion week. But there are other runways. In Indianapolis, Indiana, there are two seminal events that cater to the Black community. One in the summer, the Indiana…
Photo by Daniel Adesina on Unsplash I Got Pregnant Out of Wedlock – My Pastor Denied Me Communion As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Originally published on MadameNoire.com Earlier this week, we stumbled upon this tweet from Kia, where she briefly shared that her hometown pastor denied her communion. When I was 18, my pastor stopped serving me communion…
Photo by Brian Wangenheim on Unsplash Dear Akilah – Friendship Gets Tested By Act of Generosity by Akilah Peynado of www.akilahpeynado.com Dear Akilah Hello there! I am so concerned about feeling petty that I almost didn’t write to you; but, I need your advice. Here goes nothing…I am a single woman of a certain age. I do not have any children…
Photo by Joanna Nix-Walkup on Unsplash I Could’ve Had A Quarantine Bae…But He Didn’t Want To Social Distance As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com My friend Black Kait sends me a text and it’s a picture of a man she’d found on Bumble. And she’s like, ‘Oh, I think that he would be a good match for you.’ She…
Photo by JD Mason on Unsplash Dear Akilah – Black Lives Matter Member Considers Interracial Dating by Akilah Peynado of www.akilahpeynado.com Dear Akilah I am a 36-year-old woman who has had her run-ins with love. You name it, I am SURE that I have a story to tell about it. I’ve been hurt, I’ve done the hurting, and everything else in-between….
Image by Dellon Thomas from Pixabay Black Feminist: When You Tell A Hotep You’re A Feminist By Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com You have to be careful who you smile at in the street–especially when you’re in New York City about to board the train. Interact with the wrong person and you can be stuck talking to an over-eager stranger for the next thirty…
Photo by Junior REIS on Unsplash Black Women Take Care Of Black Women & Other Lessons From Robyn Crawford’s “A Song For You” By Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com When I learned that Robyn Crawford, Whitney Houston’s longtime friend and former business partner, was writing a book about their lives together, I didn’t think that she was disturbing Whitney’s “rest” as…
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