A MyBrownBaby Weekend: We'll Be Watching Lifetime's "Sins of the Mother"
Oh, I’m going to be straight GLUED to the Lifetime Movie Network on Sunday, when “Orange Mint and Honey,” the breathtakingly beautiful novel written by...
The Boy Is Going To College!
By NICK CHILES Finally, it is here. Today is our son's signing day, when he publicly signs his letter of intent to play football for...
Watch This! Diary of a Single Mom
It’s a story that always seems to be told from the underbelly the single mom as the long-suffering, community-ruining, government program-draining, man-eating, neck-swizzling baby mama...
Generation XXL: Michelle Obama's Got a Good Point, and We're Listening
I didn't appreciate my pediatrician's words at all and I'm sure my face made that clear, seeing as I suck at hiding my emotions. Basically,...
All Kinds of Wrong: Padded Training Bras For 10-Year-Olds
When I was about 12, I probably single-handedly doubled my family’s toilet tissue budget with all the wads I stuffed down in my tank tops...
Happy Valentine's Day!
Take the weekend to remember what matters and to love the ones you’re with. Have a lovely weekend!
John Mayer, the Biggest Loser
It’s not that John Mayer has a preference for white girls. Or even that the guitarist/singer said it out loud in a Playboy interview, no...
Busted
Editor’s Note: In my latest column on Dove.com’s Connections, I was asked to write about the “Do As I Say, Not As I Do” policies...
Wordful Wednesday: The Cutest Dog, Like, Ever
It’s been a pretty intense few days around here at MyBrownBaby, what with babies showing their biases toward black men and my lamentations on black...
I Am a Black Writer
EDITOR’S NOTE: I originally wrote this piece for my writer friend, Eisa Eulen, author of the novel, Crystelle Mourning, and the purveyor of EisaUlen.com, where...
Evil Black Men
It was supposed to be a simple assignment — a little something to remind the kids about their lesson on adjectives. Magazine and newspaper...
Spiked Hot Chocolate
Godiva Chocolatinis. Godiva liquer- and rum-infused fudge and caramel brownies. The oh-so-chocolatey Morris Chestnut (The Best Man) and Omar Epps (Love & Basketball). And my...
Terror on the Pole
By MALAKA GYEKYE I'm really hoping to go to Ghana this summer with the girls. I'm in the midst of looking for a Twi teacher...
Wordful Wednesday: A Beautiful Black Boy
This is my nephew, Miles. Take a good, hard look at him. What do you see? He’s athletic, sure. And a handsome lil’ devil, too....
Moms Helping Moms
See, the thing is, she’s a baby been on this here Earth only four short years. And over the last few weeks, this pretty little...
