So many things that we say sound like clichés when we run them off almost with not thought. “Tomorrow isn’t promised,” “make every moment count,” “hug your kids everyday”…until a tragedy like the Boston bombing strikes. Many of us, myself included, immediately turned to Twitter and Facebook to send out our sentiments. Most of the […]
Last week the world learned what basketball great Magic Johnson and his wife Cookie had known for many years—that their son, Earvin Magic Johnson, Jr. was gay. If you didn’t already respect Magic for appearing to be a stand up guy, a philanthropist and a businessman who has invested heavily in inner-cities, then perhaps he’ll […]
Every girl needs to get away at some point or another in her life! And author, speaker, media personality, marketing professional, minister, entrepreneur, and proud mom – Vikki Kennedy-Johnson wants to provide you with the perfect opportunity to do just that with her Girl Talk Unplugged weekend getaway! Girl Talk Unplugged is a movement birthed […]
The controversial video of an African American father whipping his two teenaged daughters has gone viral and is sparking lots of conversation, which is always a good thing. (See video below) I just hope some of the conversation brings about change and not just more of the same. At some point we have to realize […]
You would never subject your teenaged daughter, niece or little sister to sexual objectification, right? You wouldn’t encourage her to dance in a strip club, surgically enhance the size of her breasts, or become the next Video Vixen. But some people think we may inadvertently be sending our young girls down this road in ways […]
In the new issue of Sister 2 Sister Magazine, singer Fantasia candidly discusses what went wrong in her relationship with Antwaun Cook. Their very public relationship has been played out in the media from day one—how she fell in love with a married guy, how he left his wife for her, her pregnancy, an alleged […]
I see it and hear it every time a story comes out about a teenage boy being linked sexually with a female teacher: the snickering and even feigned jealousy of grown men who claim they wish they could have been as lucky when they were back in school. Some even wonder why young boys don’t […]
The verdict is in but the story about the two Steubenville high football players convicted of raping a West Virginia teen girl continues to make headlines. More recently two high school football players in Torrington, Conn., were charged with assaulting a 13-year-old girl, and the alleged victim has been menaced on social media as a […]
“Bow Down Bitches/I Been On” is the name of Beyonce’s new single that has everybody talking, blogging, and tweeting. Has the March “Vogue” magazine cover girl hailed as “Queen B” gone too far? A lot of people think so. “Beyonce sabotages her female empowerment efforts with Bow Down,” declares a tweet from The Washington Post. […]
Jada Pinkett Smith wrote an interesting piece that might give us all a different perspective on bullying. Normally, when we hear the word, we picture one kid abusing another kid either physically, mentally and now even via social media. But Jada, has flipped the script. She wonders whether the media, is in fact, playing the […]
In a new book about women in the workplace, author and C-O-O of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, discusses the importance of like-ability in the work-place … for females. She takes into account a study done at the Columbia School of Business about two employees, Heidi and Howard. In the study, half the students learned the real-life story of […]