Dear Michele Bachmann: Shut Up About Black Moms and Breastfeeding
Here’s what I’m gonna need: I’m gonna need Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Michele Malkin and Fox contributor Sandy Rios and them to sit down and...
When “Beautiful” Means “Different”
By Stacey Conner Who does her hair? She asks me gruffly. I look up from the table where I am trying to manage my four...
Are More Black Women Saying “No†To Motherhood?
I was about 11 or 12 when I started thinking about having babies. There was nothing nefarious about it I didn't have a boyfriend (or...
Tales of a (Not So) Supermom: Busting the Multitasking Myth
By Lorraine Sanabria Robertson At a church function recently, another mom I'd been chatting with quizzed me on how I get everything done. You blog,...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Single Mom Dating Is Confusing And Kinda Sucks Ass
I've been single since before Boogie was born. I was not with his father while I was pregnant or any time after that. I've dated...
Princess Boys: Should Boys Wear Dresses and Sparkly, Pretty Things To Kindergarten Class?
This little boy who fancies hot pink dresses and remarkable ruffles and sparkly, pretty things—he makes me giggly and hopeful and wishful that the...
I’m Gonna Hip You To The Tee: Remembering Teena Marie
I can not tell you how many Friday nights I spent down in the basement of my childhood home back in Long Island, hairbrush in...
Another Black Boy, Another Senseless Murder When Will It Stop?
Pace University Football Player Danroy Henry, Jr. By NICK CHILES When will it stop? Another innocent black man killed by the cops. This time it...
If I Hear R. Kelly On My Radio One Mo’ ‘Gin…
Correct me if I’m wong, but wasn’t R. Kelly dragged to trial on charges he peed on and had sex with a 13-year-old? On tape?...
{Bringing Up Boogie} There Is No Comfort In Silence
Editor’s note: If you follow poet and Bringing Up Boogie columnist Bassey Ikpi here on MyBrownBaby, you know that she is a tireless advocate for...
