Gang Rape in Texas: When Will We Stop Sacrificing Girls In Defense of Black Boys?
She is 11. And 18 boys and men have been charged with gang raping her. You read that right. Eighteen. From ages 14 to 27....
{Bringing Up Boogie} The Place From Which A Mother’s Love Flows
By Bassey Ikpi I love my son. That seems like a really base thing to say. Mothers are supposed to love their children. If you...
Hanging With Mickey at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports
Being an athlete well, the mother of athletes! has some pretty awesome perks: Friday night lights. Trophies galore. Healthy kids. And invitations to Disney! For...
Want Your Man To Make YOU Happy? Watch This.
Uh huh got something for you, babies. Press. Play. This is Honey Do: The Web Series, a whip-smart, funny, straight, no-chaser set of...
Joy and Fear: When a Black Mom Finds Out She’s Having a Boy
By Nadirah Angail So far, I have one child, a little brown girl (LBG). She’s only 20 months, but I’ve already started my campaign against...
Share Your Breakfast With Kellogg’s And Feed A Child In Need
I’m not gonna lie: I SUCK at eating breakfast. Like all-too-many women, eating a big plate of food first thing in the morning makes me...
You, Me and He What We Gonna Do About This Co-Sleeping?
By Kia Morgan Smith I've got a confession. My husband's been having many sleepless nights and I'm to blame. Someone has come in between us...
My Daughter and Mavis, the Brown One
By Katherine Malmo Lately my three-year-old brown baby has become aware of skin color. She points out all the black children at the pool and...
School Fundraising Sucks Big Ol’ Kim Kardashian Booty.
So I just opened Lila's homework folder and sweet Mother of God, there's an order form for yet another fundraiser. This one for what is...
Curse of the Tiger Other: How Amy Chua Fueled Stereotypes And Set Back Asian Moms
By J. Lisa Oyama She’s a nut job … and, she’s a genius, because she is making a lot more money off of this book...
MyBrownBaby Fresh: Waiting For “Superman” DVD
This is what it says on the back of the box for the newly-released DVD, Waiting For Superman: From the Academy Award-winning Director of An...
Black Women Speak Up! Tell Congress To Stay Out Of Our Wombs
Make no mistake about it: Planned Parenthood is under attack. With not even two months under its belt, the new Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Grammar Police
By Bassey Ikpi Boogie: Oh, mommy! Today I saw some gooses… Me: Geese Boogie: What’s a geese? Me: Geese is plural for goose. Boogie: What’s...
And Now, the Part Where My Daughter Starts Hating Her Bootylicious Butt
So there's this study out by Glamour magazine that says women, on average, have at least 13 negative thoughts about their bodies during the course of...
Parent Fail #2080: My Son Is Clueless About How Banks Work
By Nick Chiles There comes a time in every parent's life when we are faced with an undeniable fact: we have left holes. Somewhere in...
