As if black women didn’t have it hard enough.

What’s up, Black America! Now that the Oscars have come and gone and awards were given to winners and what not and…

“I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don’t notice it,” Shug Avery famously…

There was palpable energy in the theater on the opening night of Drury Lane Theatre’s revival of The Color Purple—and…

I’m a pretty open-minded chap. I’m not a foodie but will try almost anything. I even listen to country music. That…

To quote Shug Avery from The Color Purple, “I’se married now!”

I have three chirrens. They are ages 9, 3 and 2. At this point, because children are sponges and shit, I am very…

All my life I had to fight. That’s not true, but you can’t say “all my life” and NOT add “I had to fight” if you’re…

Oprah is the type of anomaly that is an eternal source of inspiration: black, female, plus-size, from humble…

You should know the name Shug Avery. She’s only one of the biggest and boldest characters from one of Alice…

While accepting an award from the nonprofit group Women in Film, actress Elizabeth Banks took some time out to talk…

Jennifer Holliday is a self-proclaimed Broadway baby—and once a Broadway baby, always a Broadway baby.

Broadway is affectionately known as "the Great White Way" for being one of the first streets in the United States to…

As I wrote a couple weeks ago, The Wife Person and I are expecting. A child. An actual human baby. An actual human…