Category Archives: My Sweet Nothings

What’s In A Name?

Posted on June 17, 2013 by

What’s in a name? A whole lot if you ask me.  Or maybe, not a lot is more accurate of an assessment. I had a conversation today with someone who is a self-professed feminist. She is highly intelligent, ivy league … Continue reading →

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I’ll Always Love My Mama, She’s My Favorite Girl

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

Dear Mommy: Being a writer (if that’s what I call myself) allows me a certain creative freedom that I don’t often know what to do with. But what good is being a writer, if I can’t share my thoughts about … Continue reading →

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The Bourgeois Black Girl’s Guide to Wearing a “Natural”: The Finale

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

A week has gone by and I haven’t died. I haven’t called my stylist for an emergency appointment.   I haven’t straightened my hair. It has however, been the longest 7 days of my life. Day 7: Am I wrong for … Continue reading →

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This Bourgeois Black Girl’s Guide to Wearing a “Natural”: Part 3

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

So day 4 was upon me and I was beginning to look a wreck. That pineapple was cool and all but my curls had transformed into thick chunky pieces that had turned me from homeless chic to sideshow Bob. So … Continue reading →

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This Bourgeois Black Girl’s Guide to Wearing a “Natural”: Part 2

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

So I started Day 2 of this experience with my morning exposure to the world (posted on Instagram) and included the hashtags #amiofficialyet #needacatchynaturalhairhashtag. This was clearly a joke but a dig at the more exclusive (and often annoying) hashtags that … Continue reading →

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This Bourgeois Black Girl’s Guide to Wearing a “Natural”

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

So for years I’ve watched friends and strangers “go natural”. What that means to those unfamiliar with that term, it is when a Black woman doesn’t use chemicals (a.k.a. a relaxer/perm/creamy crack) to straighten her hair.  And although I’d like … Continue reading →

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Where Do Broken Hearts Go?

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

A few weeks ago I went to a Sisterhood lunch hosted by my friend Robin and everyone there wrote out goals and their vision for their personal endeavors for the year. One of my goals was to blog at least … Continue reading →

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Dark Girls: The Movie

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Warning: this may get long and this may get deep. And this is really a film review to which I will follow-up with a personal piece (maybe). Because it surrounds an issue that has permeated my life and the lives of … Continue reading →

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I am Kim Kardashian.

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

I must admit, when the news broke about Kim Kardashian’s breakup from her grey eyed hunka husband Kris Humphries, I too joined the country in a great big LOL and an “I saw that one coming”.  Being one of the … Continue reading →

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