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Ask Demetria: "Should I Only Date Men At My Income Level?"

"Is it wrong to seek out guys who are at my level, career- and salarywise, and have the same goals? I have tried dating guys who weren't, but their insecurities popped up, and it became frustrating...

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The Root: That Time Snoop Ran A Brothel

Nothing should surprise me about rapper Snoop Dogg -- or, er, Snoop Lion, as he recently rebranded himself in what seems to be a midlife crisis. This is a man who launched his career 20 years ago...

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The Grio: Stop Talking Ish About Charles Ramsey

I don’t think I need to explain to you that Charles Ramsey is “famous.” Earlier this week, he gave a descriptive interview to an ABC affiliate in Cleveland after he assisted a woman who was...

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Ask Demetria: Do Titles 'Really' Matter?

"I read something about a woman who was dating a guy for six months and he didn't introduce her when they ran into people. It got me thinking -- does it matter if your boyfriend introduces you like...

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The Delusional World of Mister Cee

Over the weekend, a popular New York radio DJ Calvin “Mister Cee'” LeBrun was arrested for soliciting a male prostitute in Brooklyn. This is his third arrest for solicitation in three years. He...

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The Root: 'Dark Girls'- Can We Have True Healing?

Last week, OWN announced that Bill Duke's controversial documentary Dark Girls, which explores the colorism faced by dark-skinned women, would be heading to the network in June. I refer to it as...

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The Root: I Didn't Have His Back in A Family Feud; He's Mad

"My boyfriend invited me to a cookout with his family at his mother's house over the weekend. It started off OK, but he got into a heated argument -- yelling, cursing and all -- with some of his...

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The Root: Why Don't All Women Think Women Can Lead?

"Can a woman really make a good leader?" I rolled my eyes dramatically and looked out at the Brooklyn, N.Y., skyline. I'd been invited to a rooftop event, a monthly brunch when a group of mostly...

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The Grio: Street Harassment: No, It's Not Flattering

Last week, I was contacted on Twitter by a man who recently stumbled across an article I’d once written about street harassment, the bane of existence for every black woman walking, well, the...

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Is It Ever Ok to Snoop?

Over the weekend, I attended a brunch where I had an interesting discussion with a few women, some of who hold a rather cynical view of relationships. The cynics believed that all men are capable...

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The Root: My Husband's Too Hard on My Daughter

"I don't like the way my husband disciplines my 9-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. He doesn't speak down to her or hit her or anything, but he seems unnecessarily hard on her...

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The Root: Kerry Rhodes- Gay? Straight? Who Cares?

I said I wasn't going to touch the "Kerry Rhodes drama." If you stick to higher-end news sites, you have no idea what I'm talking about. If you occasionally find your way to urban-gossip sites to...

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The Root: What Becomes of Brokenhearted Men?

"Why is it always the women who are heartbroken and disappointed, as opposed to men?" --S.D. I'm unsure where this idea came from, but I've heard the assumption that "men don't have feelings"...

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The Grio: 'Central Park Five' P***ed Me Off.. But For Unexpected Reasons"

If I’d known last week that last night PBS would air the The Central Park Five, a documentary about the black and brown Harlem-bred boys wrongly convicted for raping, assaulting and attempting to...

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Clutch: DMX: The Line Between Entertainment & Exploitation

I’ve always liked DMX’s persona. That, of course, comes with some qualifiers. I had to ignore the violent and misogynistic imagery in most of his lyrics, which I was much more willing to do in X’s...

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The Grio: Why I Became Hopeless About Hip-Hop

When corporate sponsor Reebok finally bowed to pressure from pissed off listeners and fired pro-rape spokesperson Rick Ross last week, and then Rick Ross apologized, seeming one thousand editorials...

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The Root: Why Do BW Still Support Tyrese?

I have a friend who looks similar to Tyrese. He has the same complexion and chiseled features, and a fondness for wearing plaid shirts, which Ty wore in a pivotal scene as Jody in John Singleton's...

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The Root: Celibacy Is Wearing Me Down

"I've been celibate for almost five years. Yeah, I know -- 'Man down! Code 10!' I am trying to wait until I am married to have sex again. Lord knows I am. But it's becoming extremely hard. My male...

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Clutch: Have You Ever Been Sexually Harassed?

President Obama’s recent quip about California Attorney General Kamala Harris “best-looking attorney general in the country” and Adria Richards dismissal after tweeting a picture of two men making...

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The Root: Yes, Black Women Do Get Along (Sheesh!)

On Monday night's episode of The Gossip Game, the Source magazine editor Kim Osorio shared with her husband that she was planning a roundtable with the show's cast to discuss hip-hop. She hoped...

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The Grio: Press: Please Lay Off the 'First Couple'

For several months in 2011, the world of hopeful romantics was tilted on its axis. Rumors swirled and swelled and were splashed across gossip sites and magazines “reporting” the end of Will and...

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The Grio: Can Kim K Really Raise A 'Color Blind’ Child?

Another day, another Kim Kardashian story. Sorry. Between her press tour for the recently released Tyler Perry’s Temptation and the ongoing hoopla over her pregnancy, Kim Kardashian is unavoidable...

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Clutch: Princeton Mom Says Female Students Should Husband Hunt in College

Forgive my lack of a proper set up for this story, one with wit or something deep to draw you in. I can’t pull one together right now that has more depth than, “what the entire **** is going on?”...

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The Root: Is the Worst of Reality Tv Over?

By now, surely you've been privy to the many discussions, petitions and open complaining over the image of black women on reality TV. There's been an ongoing discussion about this topic ever since...

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The Grio: Bashing Kim K's 'Bump' Is Dead Wrong

I know you’re not a fan of Kim Kardashian. In 2012, the New York Post asked readers to vote for their most hated celebrity and ‘Kim K.’ came in a close second, after Casey Anthony, a mother found...

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The Root: I'm Taken But Want to Get Back With My Ex

"My ex is still in my life even though we've been apart since 2009; we dated for a few months. We haven't seen each other in four years and talk every day, even though I'm taken (and unhappy) and...

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Clutch: Women— Our Own Worst Enemies?

Stay with me. I ki-ki a lot, and lean toward fluffier subjects matter. But I’m in thinking mode, and I’d like you to consider something that’s been on my mind. Yesterday was D-Day. Yes, I’m...

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The Root: Black Women Won't Be Erased Here

When I was in my first semester of journalism school, a well-meaning professor pulled me aside to offer some constructive criticism. He was one of my favorites, a great teacher and an accomplished...

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My Mother Is Adopted... And Other Sorted Stories

Mum & me (circa 1980)It all started-- for me-- when my father won a family trip to Senegal when I was around 10. I’d been out the country before, of course. But I was little so I didn’t need a...

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Ask Demetria: "Should I Only Date Men At My Income Level?"

The Root: That Time Snoop Ran A Brothel

The Grio: Stop Talking Ish About Charles Ramsey

Ask Demetria: Do Titles 'Really' Matter?

The Delusional World of Mister Cee

The Root: 'Dark Girls'- Can We Have True Healing?

The Root: I Didn't Have His Back in A Family Feud; He's Mad

The Root: Why Don't All Women Think Women Can Lead?

The Grio: Street Harassment: No, It's Not Flattering

Is It Ever Ok to Snoop?

The Root: My Husband's Too Hard on My Daughter

The Root: Kerry Rhodes- Gay? Straight? Who Cares?

The Root: What Becomes of Brokenhearted Men?

The Grio: 'Central Park Five' P***ed Me Off.. But For Unexpected Reasons"

Clutch: DMX: The Line Between Entertainment & Exploitation

The Grio: Why I Became Hopeless About Hip-Hop

The Root: Why Do BW Still Support Tyrese?

The Root: Celibacy Is Wearing Me Down

Clutch: Have You Ever Been Sexually Harassed?

The Root: Yes, Black Women Do Get Along (Sheesh!)

The Grio: Press: Please Lay Off the 'First Couple'

The Grio: Can Kim K Really Raise A 'Color Blind’ Child?

Clutch: Princeton Mom Says Female Students Should Husband Hunt in College

The Root: Is the Worst of Reality Tv Over?

The Grio: Bashing Kim K's 'Bump' Is Dead Wrong

The Root: I'm Taken But Want to Get Back With My Ex

Clutch: Women— Our Own Worst Enemies?

The Root: Black Women Won't Be Erased Here

My Mother Is Adopted... And Other Sorted Stories

The Grio: Beyoncé asks women to ‘bow-down’

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