Quite some time has passed since I have been a student, yet the anticipation of summer still gives me excitement like it did when I was a kid. Summer was never just about having extra time to play for me (although this is important for children as well). The time away from the norm was […]
Few are synonomous with love songs to the extent Luther Vandross is. His music, more than decade after his demise, remains a penicillin for the lows and woes of love. Despite Luther’s clear penchant for singing of love unrequited, his music remains homogenized in the “love making” category. He sang about “love” but he did […]
TLC released the first single from their long-awaited fifth studio album and it bops! The song is true to the ATL sound they introduced to us in 1992, all while nodding to the sounds of today. The tune is just breezy. You can dance to it but just the same you will enjoy going down […]
Isaiah Thomas openly wept as he faced the Chicago Bulls for the start of the 2017 NBA playoffs. Just the day before he lost his sister. Time will tell how the playoffs will end for the Celtics, but Thomas has done much more showing the emotional maturity of black men during his grief. Black […]
Black womanhood is the most nuanced of femininity. While historically many women were expected to be confined to their homes, black women were expected to physically labor alongside black men to build a country that was not theirs. Our beauty has historically been dismissed, even dehumanized, yet commoditized and fetishized for the profit of others. […]
Tax season springs up many jokes about refund checks, but the manner the funds from the citizenry is spent annually can be quite antagonizing. The way the government allocates taxes does not always seem to serve people. As a matter of fact, sometimes it feels harmful. Marvin Gaye was plagued by tax issues much of […]
The holiday season can be the happiest of times but also the messiest. With so many festivities during the end of the year, people have the natural inclination to ask about your personal life. Depending on your current events, you might have some matters you would rather not touch. After all, it is your […]
