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Since reading a few comments to “Michelle Obama is role model, but maybe not a feminist one,” my most recent…
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At around 5:00 pm yesterday, I looked at the clock and the work I still had before me to complete….
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I can think of at least three things I’d rather be doing right now instead of writing a blog…
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As I mentioned in my post about what I’m into, I watch Scandal religiously. I’ve found, however, that I don’t…
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 Currently is today’s #BlogLikeCrazy prompt. I’ve never written a post about what I’m into at the moment, but I’m…
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I’ve made a commitment to #BlogLikeCrazy this month, an action I believe is necessary but also for real for real…
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Today is September 1, 2013, so it’s official: it’s been one year since a man asked for my number. To…
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Many years ago, my father said that by the time I have children, they’ll be white kids dipped in chocolate….
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Several weeks ago, I came across a Living Social deal for decorativewords.com and decided I wanted to decorate the walls…
Between traveling for work, fundraising for and attending VONA, and moving into a new place, June and July were and…
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UPDATE 7/7/2013: People who are better photographers than I am took tons of photos of everyone. Click here to see…
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Much has already been discussed about single African Americans’ dating desires based on findings from a poll released earlier this month that showed how black people feel…
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Dr. Ruth Simmons, former president of Brown University, delivered my commencement speech. Honestly, I don’t remember a thing she said….
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As I progress with subsequent drafts of my book, I’ve been meeting with another writer for accountability and feedback….
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Dear Ms. Rhimes: Most of the time, I love you and you make me regret not sticking it…
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Sometimes I read posts written as responses to something unusual and esoteric written online and wonder how the respondent found…
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The end of the year is near. I know that not just because of the change in seasons or the…
UPDATE 8/25: Watch the full broadcast here. I’ve promoted this appearance like crazy on Facebook and Twitter, but somehow, I…
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I’ve grown up attending wakes and funerals for people of my grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ generations. At these sad memorials…
My column below was published 8/2/2011 as “Hospital Merger is a Double-Edged Sword for Indigent Women,” in The Forum section…
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Notice in my last post I said I’m not the only one who feels this way, not felt. I should be…
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Photo by rhoadeecha “…our choice-rich lives have the potential to breed their own brand of trouble. … The problem, simply…
For kicks and giggles, let’s just say tomorrow, Saturday, May 21, 2011, really is the end of the world. I…
Over the next month or so, hundreds of thousands of students across the country will walk across stages to shake…
Like the fun but uneventful classroom parties of my elementary school years, most of the Valentine’s Days in my adult life blur together in one unmemorable picture. All except for one.
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