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  • Having a Baby With Your Gay Male Best Friend

    Danielle T. Pointdujour writes at Ebony magazine about a woman who is having a baby with a man who happens to be her gay male BFF. The concept of “family” mystified me in my youth. Although people always talk of traditional families, it always seemed to me that there were slight variations on what “normal”…

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  • Can an Open Marriage Work?

    In our society, marriage equals monogamy, but Danielle T. Pointdujour says in a piece for Ebony that she wants to buck the trend and have an open marriage. However, she’s concerned that her marriage will be on the rocks if her husband doesn’t want to take the plunge. Most women I know are the selfish,…

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  • I'm Pregnant, and I Have a Mother-in-Law From Hell

    An expectant mother has concerns about bringing a child into the world while a war with her overbearing mother-in-law rages on. She describes her battle to writer Danielle T. Pointdujour at Ebony. From the minute I walked through the door she was on me. She attacked everything from my hair to my major at the…

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  • Confession: I'm Hiding My Interracial Relationship

    Danielle T. Pointdujour writes at Ebony that she hopes her family can open their minds and share in her love, but if they can’t, that’s OK. … Since I wasn’t allowed to date until I was 16, I had a secret boyfriend in the months leading up to that milestone birthday. Mike was the best…

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  • 'The Sisterhood': Taboo for a Pastor's Wife to Discuss Sex?

    Writing at Clutch magazine, Danielle T. Pointdujour explains why she applauds the cast of the TLC reality series for being so open. Calling the women ungodly says more about the judgmental viewer than it does about the pastors’ wives, she says. Yes, they are First Ladies, representatives of their churches and of the Lord, but…

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  • This Black Woman Says Perfection Nearly Killed Her

    Writing at Ebony, Danielle T. Pointdujour explains how a serious health scare made her re-evaluate her commitment to being “superwoman.” After two years of marriage we were blessed with twins Even though it was a struggle, I never slowed down my pace. I worked and took care of my family 24/7/365. I was determined not…

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