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Friday's Headlines
AP: Obama versus the Fetid Remains of the Once-Proud GOP ABC: Delta Blues: Blacks None Too Pleased with Airline’s Diversity Initiatives UIA: Surprisingly, Black Students Have Hard Time Finding Niche at Univ. of Idaho (…) AP: Handyman Pleads Guilty to Oakland Editor’s Murder FTU: Kujichagilia with Ujima on the Side! Black Students Thriving in Afro-Centric…
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30s Rock
I’m just going to come right out and say it: Mothering in your 30s is about getting your proverbial sh*t together. School is out, and playtime is over. If you’re like most working mothers in America, by the time you hit your third decade, you’ve woken up to a few things. Unless you’ve been studying…
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Mother’s Day Remix
Twenty years ago, my mom’s “Stuffed Bell Peppers” were one of my favorite dishes. When I came home from football practice to the alluring scent of onions, ground beef and mom’s mélange of herbs and spices, I knew that in an hour or so the earthy-tangy deliciousness of this thoroughly Southern dish would be blossoming…
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Losing a Mother, Being a Mother
Every morning when I wake up, one of the first things I see is a picture of my mother and me. Taken nearly 19 years ago on my wedding day, it is a picture of us at our best—at peace with each other. I usually don’t give the picture much thought, but now I stare…
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The New 50s
The knock on our bedroom door came at 2 a.m. It was my 11-year-old daughter, Ariane, complaining through tears that her legs were cramping in pain. Rising from bed, I stood gingerly on my own creaky legs. Some kind of “-itis” was stiffening them, but I didn’t want to claim it by giving it a…
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The CEO Track to Motherhood
I treasure handmade cards from my son. But honestly, my idea of the perfect Mother’s Day is relaxing alone in a luxury hotel—resting and getting pampered. The greatest present my family can give me on Mother’s Day is some well-deserved “me time.” I love my family, but as a working mother I’ve learned to do things…
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How to Avoid the Seven Biggest Weight Loss Mistakes
Yeah, yeah, “eat more, weigh less,” we’ve all heard it. But this isn’t just a women’s magazine cover line. As counterintuitive as it sounds, eating too little and not often enough is one of the most frequent mistakes people make when trying to lose weight. Dr. Ian Smith, author, medical/diet expert on VH1’s Celebrity Fit…
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My Mother, the Stealth Feminist
No one who knew my very traditional Haitian immigrant mother could have ever mistaken her for a feminist. Although she lived in the United States for four decades—enough time to learn a thing or two about women’s lib—she also was married for 57 years to my father, a traditional Haitian man with narrowly defined notions…
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Honoring Mom–On HER Terms
I remember spending Mother’s Day with a woman who was furious. “What I want,” she told me “was to stay in and be quiet.” Instead she got dragged out to a noisy brunch. Not her happiest moment. And her husband couldn’t understand why she didn’t appreciate the gesture. Here’s the deal: there are 364 other…
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Message to the Class of 2009
It hit me yesterday that as of Saturday it will be two years since I’ve graduated from Howard University. I immediately started thinking about everything I haven’t accomplished since that day, but I quickly snapped out of it and instead searched for an email that included the commencement speech Oprah Winfrey delivered at my graduation.…