Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a multipart series. Catch up with part 1.

Recently, a couple I have known for a long time split up—much to the surprise and disappointment of everyone around…

New year, new me. People make fun of that saying, but if you think about it, it is a mood, a message and a…

Sunday night will be the last Sunday night of 2017. For some, it will be the last night they can stay up as late as…

Your MCM was secretly engaging in personal relationships with three women on the timeline, lying to each of them,…

Would you believe that as we near the end of the year 2017, there are still men out there who have not mastered the…

On Friday morning, Ann Coulter sent out a tweet about single people living empty, quiet lives of desperation and…

On Thursday night, I was looking at the Facebook post that linked to my column on raunchy twerk anthems. As I do on…

I know I am not the only person with a playlist full of raunchy songs that get me in the mood to twerk all over my…

There was a time when sex on the first date was considered taboo. Is that still a thing?

Last week, over chicken wings and tequila, one of my girlfriends relayed a story to me that was hilarious,…

Sometimes we want someone so badly, we overlook all the warning signs and red flags that should send us running in…

I can’t count how many times I played Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor,” singing along to the lyrics, woefully aware of the…

I spent $300 on bras last week. Lane Bryant had an incredible sale: any single bra for $29.50. On Thanksgiving…

In one of my previous posts, I asserted that I am, in fact, a size queen. I am also queen-size, but that’s a…

Welcome to The Root After Dark, where I get to talk about all the things Danielle Belton (our editor-in-chief),…