I want to be in love with love… I want to have its arms wrapped so tightly around me that as it kisses me goodnight, its worries of the day suddenly become second place to my…laughter. I want it to love me so deeply and purely that its only answer to problems is to work …
Occasionally, my sister-friends and I get together and talk. We’ve been doing this for years – since high school at least. These “conversations” or “discussions” have grown from immature girlish cackles to full blown woman conversations about womanly things that now range and run the gamut from careers and money, sex and love, children, weddings, …
Dear Essence Magazine Editor in Chief Angela Burt-Murray, As a child growing up in a sheltered environment, books were my means of escapism. During summers, while most children went to camps and participated in extra curricular activities, I was home. In the comfortable restraints of my house, I let my eyes demolish anything with written …
Musician, Corey Harris “I didn’t know that I was going to be a musician,” he explained, “when I was a kid I wanted to study dinosaurs, play soccer…even draw.” He laughed smoothly. The mellow tone to his voice is enough to make you want to listen; a tone like that soothes your mind, eases your …
A common issue in the African American community Under normal circumstances, I would have never noticed him. He was a piece of chocolate tucked behind the shelves of the gas station convenience store. I briefly noticed the smooth surface of his forehead peaking above the butterscotch krimpets and the honey buns. It was very early …
“Instinct leads me to another flow, Everytime I hear a brother call a girl a b****or a hoe, Trying to make a sister feel low,You know all of that gots to go…” Ahhh, the ever so poetic words hailing from the Queen herself…Latifah that is. The truth she spoke back in 1993, still holds …
Truth can’t be denied They’ll try to lie and cheat you Beat you Strip you of your dignity I need you to dig deep in the recess of your memory And reset the negativity The remedy is perseverance Not adherence to false realities Never drop your arms, hang your head, or live on your knees. …
As this New Year begins, I cannot help but look back at 2010 and ask, where did the time go? To be honest, I cannot completely remember what I did in 2010. I mean, I remember that I went to Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale; I reconnected with a friend I hadn’t seen in about 6 …
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 …
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 …
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