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A few weeks ago I drafted a long-winded blog post about having an alternative take on my faith. (I was inspired when I read this article from The Huffington Post about one of the Pope’s declarations.) I sent what I’d come up with to a friend of mine. Among other things, when she wrote me…
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That title came from this song: What are you doing for yourself these days? As I look ahead at my life’s next phase, I’m eager to prepare myself. For me, that involves removing a mantle of stress that has built up over the years. I find yoga’s helping me out along the way. The more…
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A few months ago when I attended How She Hustles, I wasn’t sure. Long ago a dear friend suggested that I make a web series, but I put that idea on the back-burner. However, a recent and steady diet of episodes from the people at Black & Sexy TV has brought old issues back up…
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Random thoughts: 1. Years ago when a friend labelled me “light skinned” I was stunned. In drugstores, I could never find matching foundation. When someone refers to something as “nude”, they’re often speaking of a shade of beige that doesn’t match my skin tone. Still, her comment left an impression. Although I knew about it…
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“I love my hair because it’s a reflection of my soul.” It’s appalling to me that from childhood, many black women are taught that their hair is nothing but a problem that must be dealt with. Rather than being told about how to care for it, they learn that it needs to be altered or…
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Well. I’ve seen it. After I went into Toronto on the 26th, when I got home, I realized I had forgotten my coat. Hence, another day trip to Toronto was in order. Last Saturday, once my mission was accomplished at Hotel Ocho, I was left with some serious downtime. It didn’t take long for me…
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Go ahead. Take one last look… Maybe it’s the time of year. Or, perhaps it’s all the ladies that I saw at How She Hustles, but I spent several days last week missing my ‘fro. If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you know that I’ve been cultivating dreadlocks. Over the years, I’ve tried…
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Because it’s easy to forget yourself… http://youtu.be/PScoegrbDXM This song isn’t only danceable–it puts a smile on my face whenever I hear it.
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