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Dec 19

Black Doctors, Black Women, and Pregnancy: I Was Pregnant With A Hole In My Heart & Doctors Told Me To Toughen Up

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Black Doctors, Black Women, and Pregnancy: I Was Pregnant With A Hole In My Heart & Doctors Told Me To Toughen Up As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Brooke was pregnant with her second son when she realized something was wrong with her heart. But her doctors dismissed her, ignoring her concerns. Her story is one of thousands when…

Dec 19

A Black Childhood Memory: An Indiana Black Girl’s Interaction With The Klan

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Photo by Etty Fidele on Unsplash An Indiana Black Girl's Interaction With The Klan By Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com I’ve been thinking about the Klan a lot lately. One, because my husband had us watching some Vice documentary on “the new Klan” which purported to be different from the old one. As you might assume, it was some bullshit. They…

Sep 21

“Your Behavior Diminishes Your Message” Iyanla Scolds Tamar Before Exiting Braxton Family Values Finale

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Iyanla Vanzant By Veronica Wells I’m waiting with baited breath for the day WE tv shows the meet up between Iyanla Vanzant and the Braxton sisters. To put it simply, the Braxton sisters have a lot of things to work out and Iyanla has the type of no-nonsense, honesty that the family could use a lot bit more of. For…

Dec 18

Yay or Nay to Telling Your Friends What Your Man is Working With?

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By Veronica Wells In a lot of ways, I grew up in the “I’ll take your man” era. The sentiment was in the music. Terry McMillan was writing about it in Waiting To Exhale (which I read probably a little too early), and most importantly they were in the warnings from elders. For better or worse, my grandmother was preoccupied…

Dec 18

Is It Wrong To Call Your Kids The N Word?

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By Veronica Wells If someone decided to conduct an experiment to determine the most-used word in my vocabulary, I would tell them to save their time and energy. I can answer that question myself. The word is n*gga. I can hear the disappointed groans from those of you who argue that we should’ve buried the word a few years ago.…