Dare To Love Yourself

(Another older post that I thought was still pretty relevant.)As of late, I’ve been catching all the media promotion for Chris Rock’s documentary “Good Hair.” The movie, which debuted on October 9 to theaters across the nation, offers a deeper...

A Thought on Adversity

Adversity. Thinking of that word brings to mind my grandparents’ generation, the generation of toilers that developed into adulthood during World War II, that saw every social and world phenomena from Civil Rights and the Cold War to Feminism, Hip Hop, and 9/11,...

Confessions of a Once Aspiring Super Hero

Growing up, I never wanted to be Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella. I wanted to be Storm from X-Men. Being a beauty queen now, I’m sure that’s hard to believe. Trust me, I was never the girl waiting to be rescued. I was and remain to be the kind of girl that prefers to...