Kam Franklin: Paving Her Own Yellow Brick Road Out Of Emerald City
Kam Franklin, the soul-belting lead of the Gulf Coast Soul band, The Suffers, celebrates her Black Girl Magic—and doing things her way.
When Is It Okay To Let Girls Wear Makeup?
In the MyBrownBaby household, one need not even ask until high school—and even then is questionable.
“With This Ring”: Yo! My Book Is A New Lifetime Movie!
The debut of "With This Ring," the new Lifetime movie based on "The Vow," the novel I co-authored with Angela Burt-Murray and Mitzi Miller, has me feeling some kind of way. Pass the tissues.
The Best R&B and Soul Christmas Music Playlist Ever
If you’re a true Christmas music connoisseur, you’ll love this R&B, Soul, Gospel and Jazz Christmas music list I whipped up just for MyBrownBaby!
The Best Of MyBrownBaby, 2012 Edition: Stories That Moved the MBB Crowd
From controversial shootings (Trayvon Martin), celebrity deaths (Whitney Houston) and celebrity kid growing pains (Willow Smith) to political triumphs (President Barack Obama and Obamacare) and...
Hard Labor: Mom’s Near-Death Pregnancy Convinces Dad To Be Pro-Choice + More Fresh Links
With Republican politicians proclaiming rape a “gift from God,” and the continued nationwide assault on women’s reproductive rights, the ever brilliant Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor...
Sparkle: A Novel, by MyBrownBaby’s Denene Millner, Hits Stores Today!
Today is the day that Sparkle: A Novel, hits bookstores—happy publication day to me! I’m so very excited to introduce my 20th (!) book, a...
Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela. The World Loves and Honors You.
By NICK CHILES As the entire globe pauses today to say Happy 94th Birthday to the remarkable Nelson Mandela, I wanted to take a moment...
A Great Day In Atlanta: Instagram Pics Of Our Fun Family Day (Wordful Wednesday)
I can’t even begin to tell you how nutty the last six weeks have been. First off, I wrote a book in two weeks: the...
POW! SCOTUS Upholds Obamacare—A Win For Women & Children, Plus: Nora Ephron, Sparkle Links
If you and your brood are lucky enough to not have to worry about little things like pregnancy being a pre-existing condition, your kids being...