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On Helen Gurley Brown.
TweetHelen Gurley Brown, legendary editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine (1965-1997), died yesterday. She was 90 years old. Admittedly, I knew nothing of the legacy of the woman who would be responsible for informing and influencing my views about femininity, sex and sexuality in the media. My earliest relationship with Cosmopolitan Magazine amounted to annual purchases in [...]
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The unbearable politicizing of black hair
TweetFull Disclosure: I’ve been natural for nearly 12 years. Many years ago, when I was working on a big real estate project as an entry level project manager, a fellow black woman admonished me for wearing a colorful headscarf. At the time, I wore my hair in double strand twists that I would do myself, [...]
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Youth dating violence impacting even younger teens
TweetOver a decade ago we learned it was young people (age 16-24) that endured the highest rates of dating violence which catapulted a variety of programs in an effort to decrease the disastrous rates with which young people were experiencing intimate partner violence. Ten years later it appears little has changed. The Center for Disease Control found [...]
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Melissa Harris-Perry talks “War on Women” and Beyonce
TweetI recently interviewed Professor Melissa Harris-Perry for Loop21.com and she dished on everything from intersectionality to Beyonce. Melissa Harris-Perry‘s show (by the same name) has been such a breath of fresh air on the cable news landscape. They’ve had a wide array of segments that will surely attract different swaths of viewing audiences. It’s important for [...]
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Vagina, by any other name.