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Puberty, Perv Magnets, and Sexual Harassment [VIDEO]

by Arielle Loren August 31, 2010

I discovered this short, artistic video on sexual harassment, black girls, and mental health over on the Coco Mamas blog. I’ve had several conversations with friends and family who have been victims of sexual harassment and even child molestation. The reality is not pretty or artistic. It’s painful and something we ought to be discussing. [...]

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If God is willing… And da Creek Don’t Rise: Remembering New Orleans

by Jessica Lynne August 30, 2010

It has been five years since Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc upon the shores of New Orleans and quiet as kept there is still much work to be done in the Big Easy. Time flies. A friend once told me that when he first saw news footage of New Orleans during the immediate hours after the [...]

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Nolstagia, a reading, and finding to power to action

by Ope Bukola August 30, 2010

I was up at 6am yesterday morning, volunteering to help shuttle NYU freshmen and their families into a residence hall on a Sunday morning. The building was the same one where my parents left me years ago, and I recognized the excitement (and shell shock) as families unpacked bags from their cars or from the [...]

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I Love Myself – Tonight at MoCADA Brooklyn!

by Ope Bukola August 26, 2010

We hope to see you at MoCADA tonight!

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Email Etiquette 101

by Nikita T. Mitchell August 25, 2010

Email etiquette, like cubicle etiquette, is another one of those things that is not quite common sense yet doesn’t get included in many companies’ orientations or formal job trainings. Ignorance may be bliss, but when it comes to your professional reputation, bliss could actually turn out to be a nightmare. To avoid that, here are [...]

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I Love Myself: Meet the Readers – Twanna Hines

by Zora&Alice August 25, 2010

Twanna A. Hines is a Manhattan-based sex, dating and relationships writer. She studied at New York University. Her B.S. and M.A. degrees are in sociology. Called one of “the internet’s sultriest sharers” by the Village Voice, details about her rendezous have been printed in Glamour magazine. She has appeared on CNN, NPR, Sirius Satellite Radio [...]

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I Love Myself: Meet the Readers – Nina Fernandez

by Zora&Alice August 25, 2010

NINA FERNANDEZ is featured in the film Senioritis, an official selection of the 2010 Los Angeles International Family Film Festival. The 2007 Poetry Out Loud National winner has volunteered in Dakar, Senegal; where she featured in and raised funds for the Dakar International Theatre Festival. She is graduating in May ‘11 from the Tisch School [...]

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I Love Myself: Meet the Readers – Aiesha Turman

by Zora&Alice August 24, 2010

Educator. Writer. Filmmaker. Advocate. Parent. Aiesha is a lot of things, but what holds them all together is her passion for young people, particularly those from backgrounds one might call disadvantaged or “at risk.” With nearly a decade of experience working with young people in New York, and at institutions such as The Museum for [...]

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Intersections of Race & Sexuality in Art: Thelma Golden’s TED Talk

by Arielle Loren August 24, 2010

I stumbled on an interesting article on Ebony Jet that featured a TED Talk by Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum of Harlem. Back when I was a toddler, Golden solely curated a famous exhibition entitled, “The Black Male.” It provoked all types of discussion and controversy about the modern day black male and [...]

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Maybe Next Time Wyclef

by Jessica Lynne August 23, 2010

If we don’t remember the presidential election of 2008 for anything else, I think we will at least remember that campaign season as the year hip-hop entered the white house. And no, it is not President Obama’s literal occupation of the oval office to which I refer. While our current president has happily admitted that [...]

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