Tag: Featured
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Black Mothers and their Black Sons…
Everyday at work, I watch white people and their kids interact. They always give them words of encouragement; telling them they’re great, they’re doing a great job, explaining things to them. Even if they’re doing the most simplest things. Then, I think about my parenting skills and those around me and even my moms…
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Natural Hair…
I’ve always been that girl who roots for the girl with that natural Afro, the beautiful braid-out, the wicked nice twist-out or the bomb ass Bantu knot-out. I’m the girl that’s like, “Yassss Afro!!” But rooting for myself hasn’t been that easy. My hair journey has been up, down and all around. It first started…
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Keep The Family Close…
“I can’t deal with y’all shit, mommy shit and Rashaad’s shit!” Last year almost pushed me to the edge. That was me breaking on my sisters in our group chat… In 2018, I found myself in the eye of a hurricane holding onto my mom, sisters and brother. Making sure they didn’t get pulled…
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The Move…
So, like I’ve previously mentioned, I moved out of Brooklyn…. One of the most terrifying decisions I’ve ever made was to buy a house. Because, I never imagined myself being single and owning a home. I always imagined being married, having two and a half kids, white picket fence, coming home from work picking up…
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The Single, Working Mom…
Parenting shit is ridiculously, unbelievably… hard. It’s extremely hard for those who have a full time job and/or go to school. So, my hats off to those who do it because I know where you’re coming from. I’m not taking away from those who take care of their child/ren full time, but those who have…
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Soon-To-Be-Ex-Wife-Meets-The-Girlfriend
“When I understood that forgiveness does not mean re-entry I was able to find peace” – Alex Elle You might be wondering, why the hell am I meeting the girlfriend?!… Well, I have to meet the girlfriend because, when your child is around someone often you must know who they are. Point blank. So, my…
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BabeLand: Beyond A BlowJob
So, you’ve read the title, now it’s time for the story… I decided to go to a blowjob class. My homegirl introduced me to the idea a while ago, usually the girls agree to do things but never follow through and after about a year of procrastination, I decided to go. Before I went I…
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Three Became Two
My not so peaceful sleep was interrupted by a strange sound this morning. I jumped out of my bed and ran straight towards my son’s room, but instead, was greeted by a bathroom full of throw up. I said to myself at 3 a.m. “sometimes parenting suck!” He made it to the bathroom, but was…
Who Is Kay James? 