When Men Put You in the Homegirl Zone

May 03, 2013

In a piece for Clutch magazine, Jamilah Lemieux muses about options for "cool girls" who are overlooked as romantic partners and blocked from the "dating lane."

Sex Doesn't Define Me as a Woman

Writing at Clutch magazine, Jamilah Lemieux says that she hopes others can adopt a similarly relaxed perspective when it comes to physical intimacy.

Scariest Part About Rick Ross' Rape Line: Men Really Do It

Ebony's Jamilah Lemieux says that the Miami rapper's latest troubling verse about spiking a woman's champagne speaks to a major cultural issue. 

Being White and Racist in Philly: A Response

Jamilah Lemieux takes on a controversial Philadelphia magazine piece on the plight of the white urban dweller. 

Evaluating a Black Life

Last week, many were shocked to hear that Florida teenager Jordan Davis was shot by a white man at a gas station, but Ebony's Jamilah Lemieux was not. Instead she wonders how many more will fall victim to terrified and displaced white males in the Obama era.

Affirmative Action Versus White Privilege

Ebony's Jamilah Lemieux challenges the arguments of Abigail Fisher, a white candidate who says she was denied the right to attend the University of Texas, which insists she wouldn't have gotten in even without affirmative action. 

Chris and Rihanna: There's Nothing Left to Say

Writing at Ebony, Jamilah Lemieux unpacks the teachable moments from the troubled couple's story, in a piece that she says she hoped she'd never have to write.

Wyclef Jean's Dirty Little Secret

Ebony News and Lifestyle Editor Jamilah Lemieux wonders why the leader of the Fugees decided to air his group's laundry now.

What Americans Get Wrong About Rape, Abuse and Legitimacy

Jamilah Lemieux writes at Ebony that Republican Missouri Rep. and Senate hopeful Todd Akin is not the only one who has trouble with victim shaming. She says that our cultures (American and black) don't trust women.

Your Blackness Ain't Like Mine

In a piece for Ebony, Jamilah Lemieux says the public suggestions that black people are all the same when it comes to weight, sexuality, marriage or anything else have got to stop.