In this cosmetic glam era, women and girls have to be intentional about building confidence and worth because this culture is not. This culture teaches us that something is wrong with every part of our body. It sells a product for almost every body part, starting with our head. Wigs…

Social policy is problem-oriented; that is, it attempts to improve the lives of people who need help in meeting certain needs. If people were able to meet their needs through their own efforts, society would not need to develop programs to help them (Burger, 2014, p. 277). Some of the…

Life is a beautiful journey. To date, you have had some licks. Some hurts. Some disappointments and you have handled it all very well. As you leave home for Kent State University, stay. Finish your studies. Go to graduate school. Do what God called you to do. …

Don’t ever be bullied, coerced, intimidated or shamed into silence. Your truth may offend. It may shock. It may shake. One thing is for sure, it will always unnerve your perpetrators. The days of “what goes on in this house stays in this house” are over. Snatch the cover off of deceit, shame, hypocrisy and wickedness. Now and forever. I won’t be censored. I am a black woman sharing my story. I write about it. I produce plays about it. I publish books about it. I do stand up about it. I speak power to it. I live it.

In one cover, Rihanna and Rocky defy Patriarchy! It takes a solid, strong human being of a man to acknowledge the extraordinary power of his woman and be cool with it. He needs to teach a master class! When they initially got together, I knew Rihanna was teaching us something…

We all have received the Sacrificial Lamb memo. The enemies of our happiness and bliss, have made sure we have been inundated with information regarding all of the crises that abound outside of our front door and abroad. We are shocked and often traumatized by vile visual accounts of violence…

Y'all know I am a RA RA Girl Power chic but every now and again, Spirit lays something on my heart for men. A few minutes ago, I called to check on a dear friend who just had major surgery. He was in ICU for a week and is home…

I saw a post today on social media that really infuriated me. A woman posted that her father’s daughter stood her up for the Father-Daughter dance. Again. Let’s be clear, fathers do not stand children up so please stop referring to males who do as such. Secondly, why was he…

Seated in the seat of my soul is one of my sacred and beautiful places. I arrive naked, vulnerable, and exposed. Ready to see what I see, and uncover what lies beneath pieces of man-made garments and layers of cosmetics designed to cover imperfections as opposed to celebrating them. I…