Will & Jada and the Death of Black Marriages

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See what I did there?  I wrote a completely horse shit title, linking an equally bullshit rumor to a completely made up “crisis” in the black community.  And why did I do it? Adsense of course Yup, see I’m trying my best to whore out my integrity for pennies on the dollar hoping that one [...]

FacePalm of the Week: Let Steve Harvey ‘Locate Your Love’

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So apparently Steve Harvey now has a dating website “Locate Your Love.” I’m not sure if he owns it but I do know he supports and promotes it.  On Wednesdays he even ties it into his radio show where he tries to set people up on dates. No. Just stop it. There’s a section on [...]

3 More Reasons Black Men Don’t Want Black Women

Over the weekend, I had a conversation with a SBF (Single Black Female) about the murdered to death with an ice pick subject of why Black men don’t seem to be attracted to Black women like they used to be. As a woman of color (but not a lot of color) often this subject gets [...]

FacePalm of the Week: Steve Harvey’s Coming Out With Another Dumb Book

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So Steve Harvey has a new book coming out this fall. December 7th, Harvey’s follow up to his last *resists urge to vomit* Best Seller “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” will be hitting bookshelves.  The book will be called “Straight Talk, No Chaser”. Look, I’ll be honest.  I can’t stand the fact [...]

Why I’m Single Part 2: I Don’t Have Time For This

So I was sitting around trying to figure out what the next focal point would be the next entry in my “Why I’m Single” when I got bombarded with a ton of emails from work.   As I was reading those emails I then remembered at some point I was going to have to cut the [...]

Why I’m Single Part I: The Introduction

“Why are you single?” The question always asked of smart, successful and attractive young singles.  It never fails.  It could be a query from a first date, question from a nosy family member or some random “single serving friend” you met on a long flight.  Someone is always going to ask the question. Some will [...]

Why Does a Man Have to Chase A Woman?

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So I was doing what I normally do and making the rounds around the Internets looking at different posts when I came across one talking about a relationship “what not to do” for women.  The author talked about how in a traditional male-female relationship, men are the hunters and women are the rabbits they chase [...]

Who Is Responsible? Addressing the Discourse on Black Male/Female Relationships

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There are a lot of conversations going on these days about the hopeless plight of the modern single Black Woman. Everyone from single Black women to thrice-married Black men to Black male rappers are weighing in on the quality, appeal, and future of the single Black Woman. Many Black women feel they are under attack [...]

Dear Slim Thug: If I Wanted Your Opinion On Black Women I’d Give It To You

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One of my Big Brothers when I was on line used to tell us something very simple.  Whenever we were about to speak he would say “I want you to stop, think real hard about what you’re going to say and then…shut the fuck up.”  Why would he say that?  Because he knew no matter [...]

Rules to Cheating: The Lateral Move

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Did you hear?  Tiger Woods is back in the game of Golf.  He’s playing the Masters at Augusta.  Sure we have 2 wars going on, a Health Care Bill that just passed, a terrible economic climate and bunch of other “seriousy things” (said in a Sarah Palin voice) going on…but at least we get Tiger [...]