There’s been much talk recently about that controversial street harassment video where a woman walks through New York City for 10 hours getting harassed and followed around by men. The controversy around the video stems from the fact that the people behind it edited out all of the White street
At the DC stop of Oprah’s Life You Want Weekend tour a few weeks ago, Oprah said MANY amazing, uplifting things that I recapped for you on Guideposts.org. She is a treasure and I appreciate her light so very much. But what has really stayed with me–mostly because I have never heard
Warning: This post contains Game of Thrones Season 4 spoilers and Jesus stuff that I gleaned from a television show. (I often glean Jesus stuff from TV and movies, if you didn’t know!) Oh Oberyn. That face. That accent. That dance with the spear… I’ll miss it all next season
It’s June 21st, the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Today (also known as the Summer Solstice), because the Earth is tilted towards the sun, we will have 15 incredible hours of daylight. The word “solstice” comes from two Latin
An Excerpt from today’s EBONY.com column, “[THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] Lent and the Art of Letting Go“: It’s Ash Wednesday! For many denominations of Christians and Catholics, today marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a 40-day period of self-sacrifice that honors Christ’s sacrifice of Himself on the cross for our sins, which
January 1st is a great day to make promises and start fresh. January 7th is a great day to thank God for loving us unconditionally, even if our best efforts to be someone “new” may fail. It is so good to know that we don’t have to succeed or be
In August 2010, I wrote a post called “Red Pill, Blue Pill,” wherein I described my angst about the two awesome job offers I had and my difficulty choosing between them. Now that three years have passed, it’s very easy to feel like the complaints I have in my current
A funny thing happened during the Mercedes-Benz Spring/Summer 2014 Fashion Week in New York. I attended cool shows and did a few interviews for BET.com and forgot to tell my fellow Ditherers and Divas about it. Ooops! So before 2014 is out, here’s a recap of my superfun time at
You are probably aware by now that the federal government of the United States has shut down operations for the first time in 17 years. The Republicans in the House of Representatives have banded together to prevent Congress from passing a budget to fund government operations in an attempt to
A few years ago, Pastor Howard-John Wesley gave a timely message at Alfred Street Baptist’s monthly “Come As You Are” service on How to Discover Your Purpose. I was so impacted by this sermon that I tweeted out my notes. But just in case you haven’t been following me on