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The Word for The Day…”Rape”
Culture has a whole really has a problem contextualizing the idea of what rape is. We as a society in many ways have swept some facets of rape under the […]
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“Do I Look Like An ATM?”: Filling Souls With Soles
Across America about ten years ago, long lines of adults began crowding outside of retail stores, often sleeping outside overnight, elbowing and fighting for their chance to purchase products, such […]
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Open Friday: Am I Wrong For Wanting My Man to Change Jobs For Me?
FATC, Love the new layout and design of the site! Well let me get right into my question. I have dated a guy for about a year and he is […]
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Relationship Titles…What Is The Point?
My male friend and I always seem to have this discussion because for the life of me, personally, I didn’t get it. Him and a female friend are doing everything […]
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The 10 Cuffin Commandments
After checking the monthly forecast, it appears that spring is finally upon us. This means the start of baseball season, flowers blooming and white women wearing little to no clothes […]
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The Right Man/Woman IS NOT Going to Make You A Better Person
The other day I was watching the movie As Good as It Gets with Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt. There is a scene in the movie where Nicholson’s character says […]
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Why Are You Dwelling On Past Or The Future?…Live For Today!
I actually originally wrote this post two years ago but I received a heart-felt email from someone yesterday who was worried about a family member being effected by the Boston […]
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In The Review: You’re Not A Victim, You’re a Volunteer
This edition of “In The Review” we highlight writer Lincoln Anthony Blades of popular blog This is Your Conscience. He has a new book You’re Not a Victim, You’re a […]
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Allen Iverson…The Modern Shakespearean Tragedy
The last few months haven’t been the best for one Allen Iverson from no NBA team wanting to pick him up to his many financial problems He recently has been […]
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The Marcus Graham Chronicles: You Won’t Know About Love Until There is Conflict
“The Marcus Graham Chronicles” is my personal journey of dealing with love and relationships. It is called the “Marcus Graham Chronicles because of my affinity for the movie “Boomerang” and […]
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Those Selfish and Entitled Women That Men Love
You would think that men would be smart enough to fight back against women demanding unrealistic and uncharacteristic things in a relationship, but the vicious cycle of strong women making […]
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Be Careful What You Wish For Because You Just Might Get It
I guess God was like, aight fine Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps Try to give it back he be like – nah […]
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Everyone’s a Winner???….Oh Really??
I want to take my readers back today. Who remembers Field Day? The shuttle run, tug-o-war, sack races, egg races, and many more. I remember being a buck-toothed, lanky kid […]
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Stop Loving Your Agenda and Love a Real Person
When it comes to dating and relationships we all get into these ideals of who we want out of a relationship. Many times the things we believe we want are […]
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So, You Just Gonna Wake Up in a New Buggatti?
There is something about the things we believe in and give energy to. If you want something to happen you need to speak those things into existence. The energy we […]
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Hip-Hop And Brand Names – A Complex History
Can you imagine a company that has no respect or want for your craft and you only learn about this after you’ve earned them millions of dollars through promotion? I […]
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Character is More Valuable Than Money
I love documentaries with a passion particularly documentaries about mafia/crime/drug lords and white-collar criminals (ala American Greed). I don’t know it is something about watching how much people...
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To Those Underappreciated Fathers
I wanted to write something for the singles fathers out there doing an excellent job raising their kids, but especially the ones who are raising daughters alone. One day is […]
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Here Comes The Bride…
“Some women aren’t meant to be tamed. Maybe they need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them” ~Carrie Bradshaw Like most little girls […]
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Guilty By Association-You Are The Company You Keep
In the movie The Pursuit of Happyness Will Smith portrays the character Chris Gardener who made it in the financial world against all odds. In the film he goes through trials and tribulations […]
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Are You Caught Up In Your Own Hype?
Do you know where you are going to? Do you like the things that life is showin’ you? Where are you going to? Do you know? -Diana Ross Notorious B.I.G. […]
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What’s the Big (Fat) Deal? : Kim Kardashian’s Weight Gain
I stay on the periphery of media and pop culture. Part of me would like to stay up on it, but there is always such harmful messaging that I feel […]
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You Are Only Allowed Three Great Loves in Your Lifetime
Two of the things that drive us as humans the most are survival and happiness. Both can many times go hand in hand but happiness is the ultimate thing we […]
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Beautiful and Crazy -The Halle Berry Stigma
Halle Berry is a very likable, pretty, and pragmatic woman when interviewed. In magazine spreads and in front of the rolling cameras she is goddess-level bad! But recently when I […]
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Open Friday: Why Do Men Cheat Down??
Dear D, My girls and I were talking one day and we were talking about men and cheating. We were talking about Kirk from Love and Hip Hop and how […]
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You Are Just “Too Cool” For Your Own Happiness
Coolness is a part of what we all want toto some extent in our lives. Most people want acceptance or the ability to feel like we are being looked at […]
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A Pimp in My Own Mind: Let Me Explain
Maybe I bought into MJG’s words a little too much. Or maybe that line where Kanye said “I don’t know what it is with females but I’m not too good […]
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Classy Women Offer to Pay for Dates Always
Recently the New York Daily News published a survey that stated that men would prefer if their dates chipped in for the bill. The number of men surveyed yielded 64% […]
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Sponsored Video: Sponsored Video: What Have You Done For A Klondike Bar
Klondike is not only known for its creamy and chocolate ice cream sandwiches but also their creative commercials with the moniker “What Would You do for a Klondike bar?”. The […]
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Do We Believe in the March on Washington More Than We Believe in Ourselves?
This past week was the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a Dream” speech. In 1963, almost 250,000 people attended the march […]
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Drunken Epiphany: Never Chase After Sex
I have always had great stories of incidence that have happened to me or around me. Call it dumb luck or inopportune situations by usually my stories ALWAYS have some […]
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Don’t Allow Fear To Break You
Fear, That word can make or break us. Fear comes in many shapes and forms and are different for everyone. Fear can stop us from reaching our goals. Stop us […]
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Why Do We Go Out of Our Way to Romanticize The Past?
How many times have you heard someone say, “This sure are getting worse in this world”, or “Things used to be so much better back in my day.” I can’t […]
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Cuffing Season: Choosing a Mate for the Winter
“Damn…it’s starting to get kinda cold outside bruh.” “Yeah, man, this weather ain’t gon be no joke.” “Hell nah! Shit…Its about time I found a boo.” C’mon. Don’t front! You […]
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Preachers of LA: Saving Souls or Saving Paper
Being an agnostic theist I am not the most religious guy but I have always wanted to keep myself in tune with many religions and philosophies. I don’t personally subscribe […]
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The Strategy of Shaming Deadbeat Dads is Failing
Whenever there is a crisis it seems that the first line of defense that people always take is to shame the perpetrators into changing. In our modern, cynical society this […]
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Why is Left Eye Never Mentioned in Hip Hop Conversations?
Last week was the premiere of VH1’s biopic film on TLC Crazy, Sexy, Cool. First off I have to admit when I heard the cast be announced for the film […]
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Friends to Lovers..Is it Possible?
There is this one girl who has been in my life for a long time. And from day one I have been Jonesing. I tried to get at her back […]
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Accepting Someone For Who They Are Sometimes Isn’t Enough
One thing that has been preached and conveyed is the idea that people should accept someone for who they are. Though I agree that we definitely should accept the idea of […]
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Open Friday: Why Are Woman So Frustrating??
Dear D, I feel like I’m the epitome of a black male constantly friend zoned and disrespected by black women. I even try to date outside my race but they […]
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25 Questions For You To Ponder
Does California owe Kash Delano Register a heavy amount of money for having him wrongfully in jail for 35 years? You thought his name couldn’t be Kash Register for real […]
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Why Are You Really Mad at a Guy Named…Juicy J??
Rapper, founder and quasi member of the group Three Six Mafia a few months back announced he was giving a $50,000 scholarship away. Yes, Juicy J the “ratchet king” himself […]
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Why Marrying The Side Chick Can Go Right Or Wrong
Some men decide to fly the straight and narrow. Find one woman, wine and dine her, fall in love, get married, and live a life that’s deserving. On the other […]
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Sometimes Its Hard to Judge People When We Are ALL Just “Trying People”
The other day I was scrolling through my Instagram and of course it was littered with a smorgasbord of different types of pictures from people’s meals, to kids playing in […]
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Don’t Let The Idea of Valentine’s Day Fool You!
This holiday is suppose to get lovers to express their love for each other by presenting flowers, greeting card, dinner and so forth. A lot of people get excited about […]
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25 Questions For You To Really Think On
Yeah it is back another 25 Questions for you to answer or think about… How wrong was Nicki Minaj for using Malcolm X’s image for her single “Lookin Ass N***A”? […]
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Confessions of a Light Skinned Girl
Ugh Ugh Ummm (Clears throat). “Excuse me. May I have your attention please? My name is Nameless and I happen to be a proud light-skinned woman! These are my confessions” […]
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Put Hot Sauce on All of that S***
The Straight Outta Locash podcast has been in full effect as it keeps the good times moving with the great music, comedy, news and information. The last few episodes […]
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All For The American Pie: Donald Sterling and V. Stiviano
Everyone and I mean EVERYONE is having something to say about the Donald Sterling and his racist rant to his side chick gold-digger girlfriend. People have been expounding on his […]
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We ARE ALL #MikeBrown, We ARE ALL #Ferguson
As many of you all know I am a resident of St. Louis, Missouri and the past week and a half has been a hard time for my city […]
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