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I Couldn't Take Being A Corporate Slave
As many twentysomethings face the reality that there are far fewer entry-level corporate positions necessary to help usher in their entrance into the business world, others are choosing to avoid the corporate world altogether. Starting an independent business is quite the feat for a person of any age, which is why many are now turning…
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To Designers, Minority Models Don't Make Cents
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Naomi Campbell has ignited a controversy. But this time, it doesn’t involve someone’s billionaire husband or an accusation that the model I love to call Nay-Nay smashed someone’s skull with her BlackBerry. Nope. The last of the supermodels is again publicly calling out the fashion industry for its…
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I Love To Paint, But I Worry About Making My Wife Struggle
Previously, I wrote an entry detailing the growing number of artists struggling as a result of many of the odd jobs used to supplement their income while they pursued their passion being eliminated. The reality is as much as one can love their craft you have to eat. So can there be a balance between…
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To Love B. Scott
In a culture where many black men typically succumb to the hyper-masculine roles assigned to them at birth, you wouldn’t expect many to be not-so-closeted fans of a gay man who concludes his commentary with the phrase, “double kisses.” Yet gender-bending Internet personality B. Scott, with his lengthy eyelashes, high cheekbones and long hair (usually…
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The Economics of Happiness
Oxford Analytica’s has unveiled a new report that sheds light on the psychological impact unemployment has on the state of your mental health. The report can be best summed with: If you have no job, you’re miserable. This just in: The sky still is blue. I know such a revelation seems pretty obvious. The same…
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Checking Yourself at the Checkout Line
It seems more and more people are employing the broke guide to shopping in their daily routines. It’s been estimated that was much as 25 percent of shoppers’ trips to the store result in at least one item ditched. By comparison, in the recession of the early 1990s it was 15 to 20 percent. That…
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Manorexia on the Rise
Upon reading the article about the growing number of men with eating disorders, I almost felt compelled to kick off this entry with details about how great my BBQ chicken pizza was last night. But discussing male eating disorders in jest plays into stereotypes about men and women, and negates a very serious issue. Professor…
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Confessions of a 'Tiny & Toya' Addict
Admittedly, I was suspicious of news that Tameka “Tiny” Cottle and Antonia “Toya” Carter—concubines of hip-hop royalty, T.I. and Lil Wayne, respectively—were going to have their own reality show on BET: Was this BET’s answer to The Real Housewives of Atlanta? Did we really need to see The Baby Mamas of Bankhead? But Tiny &…
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No Wonder People Ignore Bill Collectors
Granted, there are some people who know how to shake a bill collector as well as a stripper during NBA All-Star Weekend, but no one should be spoken to in that tone in a professional setting. Call it a hunch, but calling a person in debt fat, uneducated, ghetto, and a reject won’t lead to…
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Is The End Near For The Black Middle Class?
Have we reached the end of the road for the black middle class? Barbara Ehrenreich, president of United Professionals, a non-partisan and non profit membership organization for white collar workers, argues such a position in a piece entitled, “The Economic Fallout Has Decimated the Black Middle Class.” In it Ehreneich along with Dedrick Muhammad, a…
