Niko Khale & Keyshia Cole By Mwabi Kaira I have never been interested in dating anyone younger than me. I’m talking two months younger and I’m disinterested. I’ve always preferred to date older, I’ll even go 15 years older. Recently, there has been a 29-year-old fella that’s been trying to get with your girl and I haven’t gone past flirting…
Forgiveness and unconditional love aren’t human qualities, they are Soul qualities…God qualities. That’s why you feel fake when you’re doing your best to live these principles! The ‘you’ that you think you are, can’t forgive nobody lol! Continue To extend unconditional love to yourself and others, and to truly forgive or wish well the people that have mistreated you,…
By Veronica Wells The internet is really no different than the rest of the world but what makes it so irresistible is the fact that the shenanigans from all four corners of the globe are collapsed into the palm of our hands. This past week, the internet has been discussing a girlfriend who threatened an Instagram model, in her DMs,…
By Mwabi Kaira When I saw the trailer for Tyler Perry’s Acrimony starring Taraji P. Henson, I didn’t immediately want to call up my girls and make a movie date. The trailer showed a woman scorned and out for revenge and that’s just not something that appeals to me. I’m one of those people who takes the Iyanla Vanzant Fix…
Vladimire Calixte By Michelby Coco Whitehead When I was in high school, I didn’t see the hype about the Lifetime channel. Every Saturday afternoon the women in my family would be glued to the television watching what I thought was a bunch of cliché’ drama between a female protagonist and her insane male love interest. At 16-years-old, I thought it…
Left photo of Angela King by Mark Seliger via GoMag.com By Erickka Sy Savané At a time when we’re bombarded by stories that speak of division and hate, this one about Angela King, a Neo-Nazi woman who was sent to prison for a high profile hate crime and ended up being transformed by her friendship with black women, is one…
Mickey “Memphitz” Wright By Brenda Alexander Say what you want about Iyanla Vanzant and what many consider her style of life coaching to be unconventional and exploitative; but, one thing she’s never wrong about is the hindrance unresolved traumas will have on your life. Case in point: Mickey “Memphitz” Wright. When I saw the preview for Memphitz appearance on the…
Love Coach & Healer Kamali Minter By Kamali Minter There are many reasons we may not be having as much sex as we want, AND there are many benefits to engaging our sexual energy on a regular basis. The good news is there are simple mind-body practices, that can open up a whole new experience of your sexuality, that can…
Ashanti By Veronica Wells Early last week, I stumbled across a clip of singer Ashanti taking time out during one of her concerts to speak to her audience about her personal life. In a video from the concert, she said: “See, I just want to make sure y’all really understand what I’m saying. I’ve been betrayed before, publicly at that”…
Teyana Taylor & Iman Shumpert By Brenda Alexander Another day, another “leaked” sex tape. Clips are “leaked” weekly, spread across social media, black twitter rates the performance, Lisa Bloom is hired as legal counsel and conversations of revenge porn are had across the country. I’m so over this cycle. I’m anticipating a new hashtag and for the annual Slut Walk…