*Spoilers included, cuz I know y’all don’t wanna risk waking up. Originally it was my plan to write a Barbie movie review for the people who might actually, ya know, want to watch it. I was writing to my people, the ones who love Barbie, even some of the folks who hate to love her, […]
As has been my tradition for about 16 years now, my official New Year begins today, on my birthday. We say goodbye to last year’s theme, 50 & Fabulous and Falling in Love with My Own Damn Self. What a year it was, with only about four months of “normal” before the world fell apart. […]
Today is the amazing, incredible, goddess PINK‘s birthday. On her Instagram, she issued a challenge: despite the chaos of this moment in history, she was going to take this opportunity to practice a little self-love and celebration… and she asked us to do the same. List one thing you like about yourself multiplied by the […]
It’s been a while since I sat down to blog, which is odd, considering blogging has been a go-to coping mechanism for me since 2003. Yet, oddly, I didn’t even think about working out all the emotions I was going through as the entire world turned upside down. Looking back, this may have been was […]
Yesterday was a hard day. They don’t happen often, but when they do happen – they come with a vengeance. And yesterday came out of the blue, already swinging. Well, not really out of the blue. January is an emotional minefield, and has been for the last 25 years. Yesterday they all caved in at […]
I have a confession to make: I have been in a toxic relationship since the day I was born. An argument could be made that the abuse started before I was born. One might even say that the toxic environment was the very reason I was conceived, but that’s another story for another day. (Put […]
Last night I was able to spend some time with a friend of mine and his son. Watching them interact touched my heart. I watched my friend listen with rapt attention as his son was chatting away, talking about his ideas and thoughts and opinions. For his son, this attention validated what he had to […]
I’m a creature of habit. I’m not a big fan of change. In fact, it sparks a lot of anxiety for me. I like knowing what to expect and will stay in painful situations if it means I’m “safe” from something scary and new… like a whole new scenario with unknown variables. That feels like […]
I know all of us have, at one point or another, lived with someone who lied to us about something. Whether a parent, a friend or intimate partner, at one point our realities were riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiippped out from under us when we realized that the person we loved and trusted to take the best care of […]
Even if it makes others uncomfortable, I will love who I am. – Janelle Monae “Q.U.E.E.N.” The week I released my book Glitter on the Web in 2016, Romancelandia was turned on its head when a male model who did cover work for our industry went on a fat-shaming rampage against both readers and writers […]
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