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Gender Bashing

I've been keeping this thought to myself for a while, but after reading Girls Who Always Fall for the Awful Guy, I figure I should write it out now. I've heard and seen a lot of people go through rough patches in thei…
Black Women and the Interracial Relationship

From the time I was a little girl, I tended to hear the same, uniform response from all of my female relatives about white men: stay away from them. According to my relatives and equally uninformed friends, white men an…
Ethnicity, Attraction, and Weight

I know I'll probably take some flack for this, so as a disclaimer: Stereotypes. We all know they aren't universally true, and yet they must contain some element of truth to become widespread. I want to be clear that I k…
Wearing My Sorority's Letters is NOT an "I'll Sleep with You!" Sign

When I made the decision to join a sorority at my university, I got some really appalling responses from some of my friends, dormmates, and aquaintances who weren't all supportive of my decision. Their images of Greek l…
The Black Men are Taken, Now What?

Interracial relationships are nothing new in the United States today due to multiculturalism. I’ve witnessed this a lot amongst the younger generation ages 16 to 25. To back up what I’ve seen, a Gallup Poll…
She Said She Can't Date a Guy Who Drives a Kia

I heard a woman say something incredibly dumb that I had to write a post on it. She said that she “Couldn’t date a dude who drove a Kia.” She went on to say that Kia’s simply weren’t ma…
A Letter to Black Women Who Complain About Black Men

I'm trying to find a less crass way to say this, but nothing is coming up. So I will just say this: You really have some nerve saying "there's no good black men" or "all good black men are taken (by whites, biracials or…
In Defense of Strippers & Hookers

I had a conversation with a guy yesterday. We both found it extremely interesting for opposite reasons. Which I then, naturally, found interesting.
How Sexism Hurts Men: “Undateable”

If you were to read a book, written by men, giving straight women advice on how to turn themselves into acceptable romantic partners — a book consistently advising women to adhere to a rigid, narrow window of trad…
Women: They Shouldn't NEED to Use a Guide to Understand You.

There's a certain phenomenon I've noticed in the internet world, particularly Xanga. A number of people have jokingly, or worse, seriously, written up guides to understanding what the female gender "really" means when t…