Every so often people have the need for a change in their lives. It could be a physical change, a mental change or an emotional change. One thing is for sure, everyone needs a reinvention at times. This past summer, I had the pleasure of seeing women reinvent themselves in many different ways. Some went …
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Fashion Questions from Readers
Hey you!!!! Hope you are doing well and staying ever so fabulous. I wanted to ask you for some advice/recommendations. OK, so I am seeing this girl. She’s great. BUT she is not as fashionable. She is really into Polo’s and conservative sporty looks. I change for no (wo)man, but I thought it would be …
Community Impact
It is not the situations in our lives that demand our minds, but it is our decisions that crave our hearts. Most people do not understand that all of our decisions and actions have a ripple effect. What we say we will not do, what we can not deal with, and what we least expect …
As Philadelphia Crumbles
Government Subsidies With each morning that I awaken and with each step that I take in a positive direction, the blaring but dimmed lights of my culture’s lack of progress never seems too far from my sight. As I rise each morning, most times before the ember hues of dawn can emerge from a tucked …
Where’s Your Money? Part 2…
“Check yourself before you Wreck yourself” …how many of us remember that 90’s verbiage? It was usually in relation to “checking” or correcting your words and actions before someone else did it for you in a not-so-kind way! However I prefer to use that saying when it comes to BANKING…Why so? Well we’re ten years …
Where is Your Money?
Hiding money under the mattress or storing it in a shoebox are old antics right? Well guess what? There are many who still use these ways to “save” their money! Imagine if you will, if the unthinkable were to happen. Your home catches fire…and your finances go up in flames along with all of your …
Just Like That
Most mornings, when I don’t have to tend to any one of my three jobs, my alarm isn’t what wakes me. Instead, it’s his “Good morning” text. And just like that, a smile crosses my face, from ear to ear, cheek to cheek. My brown eyes I’m sure light up because I don’t even feel …
Singing From the Soul
Hopes and dreams aren’t just thoughts that float in our mind when we close our eyes. For Selina Carrera, 23, a Poet/singer/songwriter from Philadelphia these dreams were just images of what her life would soon be like if she allowed that little voice inside of her to take the lead. As a graduate of the …
Hip Hop May Be Dead…But Poetry Isn’t
They’re funny, rhythmic, and use language as a means of expression…oh yeah, I better not forget SUPER sexy and single (hey boys!). Moses West and his friend and fellow Poet Seven travel across the United States performing on stages for fellow word enthusiasts, writers, and everyday people that just like to vibe out to language …
Works in Progress
She came in, initially cheerful and jolly, her usual buoyant self. But as soon as she sat her food on the counter, slid her feet from her boots, and dropped her bag onto the floor, it were as if she was dropping a load she’d been carrying for too long. At the thump of her …