“If you cannot find peace within yourself then you’ll never find it anywhere else.”- Marvin Gaye I love the idea of making people happy, but it is not my responsibility to do so. It isn’t yours either. Because sometimes, no matter what you do, where your intentions lie or how much you’ve really tried, […]
Category: love and relationships
I Stayed Even Though He Beat Me: A Domestic Violence Story
1 in 3 women will experience domestic abuse in her lifetime. The practice isn’t exclusive to women as men are also victims of domestic violence. Nailah shares her personal story of how she escaped a violent relationship.
Even A Pimp Wants Love
About two weeks ago I saw a documentary. It involved a pimp, jail time, whores, lots of heroine and most of all a broken heart. The documentary, “Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp,” lays out the life and times of one of the most notorious pimps in American history. It also showed me that through […]
Why The Black Man Will Never Tell You He Wants Commitment
The long-held belief that black women are starved creatures who continue to be overlooked when it comes to love is sickening. It doesn’t matter if they are successful or average, pretty or standard, the idea that women are just sitting around waiting to be selected by a man who has his pick of the […]
Facebook:The Real Meaning Behind That “Like”
As social media becomes increasingly intertwined in our day to day living, we have to note the impact that it has on our mental. No one puts up a status on Facebook without wanting at least one or two people to like it.
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