culture
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Is It OK to Travel Without My Husband?
Have you ever written about doing separate vacations when you’re married? I think it would be an interesting topic. —Anonymous Occasionally readers write in, asking me to tackle subjects that may not apply to their current lives, but they’re curious to hear my thoughts about anyway. This question is not as random as it sounds.…
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Being Mary Jane Recap: Selling Out
Black-girl realness and Latina-girl truth telling were on full display. Girls’ night out at M.J.’s members-only club is rife with girl talk about the imagined size of President Obama’s you-know-what, male stalkers and prenups—or “legislating love,” as M.J. calls it. After her girls leave, M.J. dashes back in to get some lip-lock action with her…
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That Moment We Realized That Coolio Was Serious About Those Braids
I have to admit, I rolled my eyes when I discovered that this week was the anniversary of Coolio’s sophomore album, Gangsta’s Paradise. Coolio? With the crazy braids? (Unlike most old-school trends, Coolio’s braids looked (almost) as ridiculous then as they do now). From what I could remember, Coolio was just that rapper with that…
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Should You Incorporate to Protect Your Money?
Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.
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A NY State of Mind
If I had moved to New York City last fall as intended, you would surely be referring to me in the past tense today. I wasn’t ready—mentally, financially or emotionally—to give up my chill yet scatterbrained and spiraling life in Panama to write and power-walk for a living in the City That Never Covers Its…
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I Fantasize About Other Women When I’m Having Sex With My Wife. Am I Cheating?
Dear Drs. Lewis and Gail Wyatt: I have to think about other women to have an orgasm with my wife. It feels like I’m cheating on her. Should I tell her? Is this normal? —Scott C. This is a really good question because thinking about other women (or men) in order to feel the heat…
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Apple and Thurgood Marshall College Fund Build Tech Pipeline for HBCU Scholars
Apple Inc. and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund have partnered to build a pipeline for African-American students into the world’s largest information technology company, with a new internship effort called the Apple HBCU Scholars Program. This year, 31 students from HBCUs will each be awarded $25,000 during their senior year of study. They will also participate…
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Serena Williams: The Next Avenger
As a kid, I was never really into comics. I watched the occasional Saturday-morning cartoons, but beyond that, the unique arcs and storylines of the Marvel and D.C. universes are something that I’ve come to understand more of only in recent years—usually while a male paramour is rabidly trying to explain that the schism between…
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Patti LaBelle Calls Man Whose Review of Her Songworthy Pie Went Viral
When James Wright Chanel of Chicago burst into song last week during a funny video tasting of a sweet potato pie made by R&B diva Patti LaBelle, he seemed to just be having fun. But then his hilarious review of the pie, which is sold at Wal-Mart, snagged more than 6 million views, pushing him…