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Haters Need to Stop Criticizing Beyoncé’s Time Magazine Cover
Evidently it’s the “list” time of year, and so far black girls are winning. On Tuesday, People magazine debuted its 50 Most Beautiful issue, starring none other than media (and fan) darling Lupita Nyong’o on the cover. Not to be outdone, this morning, Time released its annual 100 Most Influential People issue, featuring singer Beyoncé…
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RHOA Smackdown Should Serve as a Wake-Up Call
Hand me a late pass. I finally watched a clip of The Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion episode. (Sorry, since starring on reality TV, I stopped watching it.) Yes, the one where cast member Porsha Williams hit her co-star Kenya Moore over the head and dragged her across the floor by her hair like the…
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Don’t Like Your BFF’s ‘Ratchet’ Fiance? You Should Still Be a Bridesmaid
My BFF is engaged and so happy. Her fiance is a thug, cheater and liar. I don’t support ratchet, so I hadn’t planned to attend the wedding. I was just going to claim work responsibilities. Now BFF wants me as bridesmaid and for me to pay for my dress. How can I tell her that I…
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Mimi’s Sex Tape: The Most Confusing Moments
VH1 on Monday announced the May 5 return of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, its top-rated show, by releasing a super trailer for the new season. In the four-and-a-half minute video, cast member Mimi Faust talks about making a sex tape with her now-fiance, Nikko Smith. Later, Faust appears to be shocked when she learns…
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Don’t Let Friend’s Unhappy Relationship Ruin Your Friendship
My friend of many years has been in a relationship for 15 years with a guy she is not married to. She tells me all the time that she wants this next step, but he always says, “When this happens” or “Not before that happens.” I am annoyed because she keeps complaining but does nothing.…
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Man Who Hates Wife’s Natural Hair: Cut Him Some Slack
Love him or deride him, comedian, relationship expert and talk show host Steve Harvey nailed his advice to a newlywed black couple who recently appeared on his show for the segment “I Love My Man, But …” The wife, whose name is Love, recently decided to change her hair from the long, straight weave she’d…
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What Is Nick Cannon Thinking?
I like Nick Cannon. I do. I’m one of those people who defend him when women call him goofy because I like a guy who seems like he knows how to have fun and doesn’t seem to take himself too seriously. I’d take all of that over a man who thinks he’s God’s gift to…
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Hollywood Can’t Figure Out What to Do With ‘Exotic’ Lupita
Now that Hollywood’s award season has come to a close, perhaps it was inevitable that the fawning over media darling and Academy Award winner for best supporting actress Lupita Nyong’o would come to an end as well. The Hollywood Reporter put the official nail in the cliched coffin with its latest print issue, which asks…
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If He Can’t Meet You on Time, It’s Time to Move On
Dear Demetria: My boyfriend is constantly forgetting we have plans. I will wait hours for him to show up, and he doesn’t. When I call, he says he totally forgot and got caught up in something else, usually hanging with his BFF. This happens every two to three weeks. Am I overreacting to be upset…
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Fronting: We Need to Stop Living the ‘Fabulous and Broke’ Lifestyle
Last week, designer, A-list socialite and girlfriend to Mick Jagger L’Wren Scott committed suicide, hanging herself inside a $5.6 million New York City apartment. “Within hours,” according to the New York Post, “Scott’s life was revealed to have become an elaborate facade.” Her lifestyle—at least the one she showcased on Instagram—included fancy vacations arrived at…
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