Always Be a Lady

Always Be a Lady

”I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.” – Maya Angelou (b. 1928), U.S. author. originally published in Girl About Town (Oct. 13, 1986). Kicking Ass...
Femininity Is Dead

Femininity Is Dead

“One thing that Momma taught me when I was little is that outer beauty is important but it isn’t everything. ‘A woman should have more to offer than how good she looks,’ she’d always tell me, ‘The true value of a young black woman is her mind.’” -Aaliyah Anderson,...
The First Church of Sasha Fierce

The First Church of Sasha Fierce

Quote from Blacknews.com “The National Church of Bey, an organization that recently formed the new religion Beyism (based on pop star Beyoncé Knowles), is a real organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. Although Beyoncé herself is not believed to be a part of it,...
The Issue is US

The Issue is US

 I don’t dress like today’s youth and luckily my era had a different dress code. I, however, am afraid that we are telling our young boys that how you look makes a difference in whether or not you’ll be successful in this country. We all have a...
The Foundation of The Black Union

The Foundation of The Black Union

Man and Woman are scientifically, spiritually, and biologically eternally interconnected.  This has been known since before we can even begin to talk about time, since Ausar and Auset in Ancient Kemet.  We know that all of the human species comes from the womb of the...
The Talk and the hypocrisy behind it

The Talk and the hypocrisy behind it

Y’all know me, at least those who allow me to speak into their brains with my usual brand of know-it-all bullshit. My opinion is no better than anyone else’s but a helluva lot better than many. I like to think that what I say is from my heart because its...