As I watched Oprah Winfrey’s recent Tyler Perry interview, during which the filmmaker talked about being sexually and physically abused as a child by both men and women, I was listening for something specific. Some girlfriends of mine who had already watched the interview said they believed that Perry practically admitted he was gay right…

Standards. Everyone should have them, right? Apparently not if you’re a black woman. By now, surely, you’ve seen or heard about the “Black Marriage Negotiations” video, featuring a black businesswoman negotiating her relationship terms with a black businessman in a boardroom. This particular video, one in a series of online animated clips satirizing black relationships,…