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Is Feminism In My Blood?

• April 23, 2012

My Feminist ParentsI once told my little brother that feminism ...

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2pac Hologram: Modern Miracle or Creepy Precedent?

• April 17, 2012

2pac back! 2pac back! I log on to Facebook and ...

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One “Haute Mess”

• March 21, 2012

The current cover story for Vogue Italia has been turning heads ...

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7 Steps to Successful Public Speaking

• March 14, 2012

In 2010 Vikki Grodner of the Birmingham-based event planning company ...

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3 Lessons We Can Learn from Chris Routly

• March 13, 2012

You've seen it before: commercials for things like diapers and ...

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Melissa Harris-Perry gets me talking about Chris Brown again

• February 20, 2012

For anyone who has always wanted to watch political commentary ...

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On tattoos and comparing women to cars

• February 7, 2012

Late last month Lisa Khoury, assistant editor of The Spectrum, ...

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Mae at the Movies

OMG! There are black people in The Hunger Games

• November 16, 2011

I am quick to scoff at you Twi-hards (a.k.a. Twilighters) ...

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Is the Nivea “afro ad” racist?

• August 18, 2011

Yesterday Twitter and Facebook were abuzz about a recent Nivea ...

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Afrobella on the Business of Blogging

• July 29, 2011

Yesterday was blogger mania for me. Thursday evening, through my ...

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