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'A Goal Is a Dream With a Deadline': Auntie Unfiltered on Manifesting in the New Year
Happy new year, nieces and nephews! It’s funny, because we woke up on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021 with things looking much like they had when we went to bed on Dec. 31, 2020. We are still in the middle of a pandemic. We are still under quarantine. There is still a maniac in the Oval…
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Auntie Unfiltered Catches Up With the Legendary MC Lyte
Hey nieces and nephews! Have I got a treat for you this week. How many of you are fans of hip-hop? I mean real fans, like you know the history and who came when and that type of stuff? I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Ms. Lana Michelle Moorer, known the world…
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Auntie Unfiltered Talks Holiday Cheer With Niecy Nash
Hey nieces and nephews! Can you believe we are just two weeks away from Christmas? Three weeks away from the new year? What the hell is time and what the fuck is happening here? The year 2020 has been on one, literally and figuratively, and we have been coasting along with it, trying not to…
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Auntie Unfiltered Chats With Sheryl Lee Ralph
When I was growing up in the ’80s, there was a television show about a group of waitresses who worked in a restaurant at the top of the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The show was called It’s A Living, and it was my introduction to Sheryl Lee Ralph, one of the stars. Sheryl Lee…
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Auntie Unfiltered with Tichina Arnold and Tisha Campbell
Hey nieces and nephews! I hope you were able to enjoy Thanksgiving as much as possible. I have a special treat to carry you into the weekend. I got a chance to sit with Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold this week and talk about any and everything. The ladies are returning this year to host…
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Auntie Unfiltered Chats With the Ladies of En Vogue
I am about to date myself with this one. in 1990, I was living in the dorms on the campus of San Jose State University when one of the girls on my floor produced a tape of some sisters singing the types of harmonies that make you grab your hairbrush, stand in the mirror and…
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BREAKING: Not All Black People Use Lawry’s Seasoned Salt, a The Root Exclusive
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I spent some time this weekend doing meal prep to make eating during the week a bit easier for me, a busy news editor who is so exhausted by the end of the day it takes all my energy and effort to place my order on…
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'Million Maga March,' (White) Women for Trump, and ‘Stop the Steal’ Marches to Descend on Washington, D.C. This Weekend
As Donald Trump continues his refusal to accept the results of this year’s presidential election, his supporters are ratcheting up their efforts to try and shout down and talk over the voice of the American people by marching in our nation’s capital on Saturday in support of their little friend who is basically fired but…
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Auntie Unfiltered: The Crunk Auntie Edition
Hey nieces and nephews! Boy, do I have a treat for you today. On this episode of Auntie Unfiltered, we are blessed with the appearance of none other than the fantabulous Vivica A. Fox herself. Vivica has been a long time favorite of mine ever since her days playing Maya on the “Black” soap opera…
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Auntie Unfiltered: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Hey nieces and nephews. Can you believe we are at the end of the first week of October already? 2020 has been something else, and as we are still trying to catch our breath, 2021 is peeking around the corner like Wilona on some “Hey y’all!” We are still in a pandemic. In the U.S.,…