Yesterday I was on the way home from work and I stopped to put a couple of bucks in the gas tank. I see a car pull up with a young black woman in the passenger seat and a young black man driving. They’re in a discussion as they pull up but I’m not really [...]
Run Your Marriage Like A Business
Well at least financially, that's what an article I just read advises and most of that advice doesn't look half bad. Here are a few excerpts from the MSN write-up on marital finances. Marriage makes people richer. Not all marriages, of course, and "richer" is relative. But overall, people who get married and stay married build significantly more wealth than single folks: The median net worth of married-couple households in the latest Census Bureau wealth study, conducted in 2002, was $101,975. For single men, median wealth was $23,700. For single women, $20,217. A 15-year study of 9,000 people found that ...
Is Black Radio Poisoning Our Kids?
by Tara Pringle Jefferson By now, if you've spent any time listening to a Radio One station over the past several months, you've heard Radio One founder Cathy Hughes screeching about how H.R. 848 The Performance Rights Act, sponsored by congressman John Conyers, will put black radio stations out of business. The bill aims to make it right with artists by making radio stations pay extra fees to play their songs. In one camp, there's well...Cathy Hughes, who insists that this bill REPRESENTS THE END. She's oh so serious about this, y'all. On the other hand, there are people who wish black radio ...
FREE Giveaway: The Princess and The Frog DVDs
AND THE WINNERS ARE...... LEKASHIA TP2 LASHAE WE'LL BE IN CONTACT VIA EMAIL WITH MORE INFO! THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING EVERYONE. The Princess and The Frog DVD officially hits the streets today and we're celebrating by giving away 3 copies of the single disc DVD to three lucky readers. From the press release: Burbank, Calif., January 26, 2010 – Tiana, the ninth and newest enchanting addition to the legendary lineage of Disney Princesses, makes her home entertainment debut in a rollicking Big Easy-style fairy tale when The Princess and the Frog arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD on March 16, 2010 from Walt ...
FREE Screening of Happily Ever After in St. Louis This Week
This Thursday March 18th 2010 FREE!!! For One Night Only! Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage "The movie that started a movement" Followed by a panel discussion on black marriage and relationships featuring Essence.com blogger Lamar Tyler along with local couples and experts. 6:30PM at the Tivoli Theatre. Early arrival is suggested since we expect a full house! RSVP at: reserve@blackmarriageworks.com Call 314-769-1103 for info - See film trailer below
VIDEO: Kindred The Family Soul- Six Is It (Episode 2: We Are Ordinary People)
In this episode of Six Is It: In the intro Fatin talks healthcare. Aja and Fatin visit the kids school for story day. Nina writes a book about her Atlanta trip. The kids enter the talent show to do a dance. Six Is It is a biweekly reality web series that follows the first family of soul- Kindred The Family Soul as they live their day to day lives as accomplished music performers and the parents of six children. You can check out previous episodes here.
Dear New Girl: I Don’t Like You. Don’t Take It Personal.
by Aja Dorsey Jackson Once upon a time there lived a wife. She and her husband would often hang out with the husband’s friends and their wives or significant others. The wife enjoyed this as she got along well with the women and had developed friendships with several of them. One day one of the couples splits up, which saddens the wife because their split means that she will likely see less of the other wife/friend. Enter the new woman. The wife does not like the new woman. Now not only does the wife not really care for the new woman simply ...
Do 12-year-olds Need Special Condoms?
by Tara Pringle Jefferson This post all started as a response to these: smaller condoms designed for 12-14 year old boys. The thinking was, most 12-14 year old boys do not use protection when they have sex. So let’s make condoms that fit them. Ahem. Is this okay? Are we just accepting now that 12-year-olds have sex? I’m having a hard time believing it, even though I consider myself to be pretty open about most things. If one of my kids came to me and say, “Mom, I’m ready to have sex,” and they are 12, 13, I’m gonna seriously have ...
