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.” I’ve known a lot of guys who have praised the ‘cool’ girls in their circles for their relatability, for being down-to-earth and a refreshing alternative to the pretentious, superficial…

Clutch magazine’s Jamilah Lemieux says that she hopes others can adopt a similarly relaxed perspective when it comes to physical intimacy. … Sex has never been a source of agony for me in the way I’ve seen it be for some other women. I either wanted to sleep with someone or I didn’t; in situations…

Ebony‘s Jamilah Lemieux says that the Miami rapper’s latest troubling verse speaks to a major cultural issue. By now you have likely heard about Rick Ross’ controversial lyric on once-and future-struggling rapper Rocko’s new track “U.O.E.N.O” (NSFW): “Put molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it / I took her home and I…

Jamilah Lemieux takes on a controversial Philadelphia magazine piece on the plight of the white urban dweller. My first instinct upon reading “White in Philly” was to slam my head against my desk. My second was to fire off a takedown explaining why it was racist and terrible. Alas, I figured that lots of folks…

The election and recent re-election of President Obama signals racial progress in America, but Ebony news and lifestyle editor Jamilah Lemieux sees the death of Jordan Davis, like Trayvon Martin, as a sign that America still doesn’t value black life. Dunn’s daughter has come forward to defend her father as “a good person.” While we…

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. Despite having graduated from a good college and working in her desired industry in the city of her choosing,…

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. [D]espite the looming inevitability of a Chrihanna reunion, I had really hoped that I had edited, written or read my last piece about the two and their relationship.…

The extramarital affair between Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill during the late 1990s was one of the worst-kept secrets in black entertainment, but now the producer wants his fans to know more. This week, Jean released a new autobiography, Purpose, which details why the hip-hop group the Fuguees broke up, but Ebony News and Lifestyle Editor Jamilah…

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.  GOP Senatorial candidate Todd Akin shocked people across the world with his comments about “legitimate rape” this past Sunday.…

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. I do also wish that if we must hold up a mirror to Blackness constantly in the audience of others so that they…