Shaken Ignorant Black Woman Syndrome
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Shaken Ignorant Black Woman Syndrome Inspired by dialogue in the Facebook group, Sex, Swirling, and You: BWWOB After Dark Topics, I asked, “Is it a federal offense for ‘Shaken Ignorant Black Woman Syndrome‘”?  What is ‘Shaken Ignorant Black Woman’s Syndrome’ … Continue reading

Listen To Your Inner Voices – Vet or Else
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I know that I installed the word “VET” into my vocabulary as I found myself coaching more and more women on finding suitable mates. What if someone does all the right things, asks all the right questions and still ends … Continue reading

Is Your Heart Going In The Wrong Direction?
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IS YOUR HEART GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION? “Rejection is God’s way of saying “Wrong Direction” – Anonymous When Your Heart’s Desire Goes Away When you are hurting and believe me, I have been there more than once, it seems … Continue reading

Who Am I©
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Who Am I© My blood runs red I mourn for the dead Tears flow when I cry When my heart stops beating, I will die So, I ask “Who am I?” I laugh at anything funny I can taste the … Continue reading

The Red Lipstick Manifesta by LC Johnson
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The Red Lipstick Manifesta by LC Johnson This is what owning our image is all about!  Thank you, LC Johnson and MM Calloway for bringing her talents to my attention! Copyright protected by Digiprove © 2013 TBB TeamAcknowledgements: LC Johnson and Swirl GirlAll Rights ReservedOriginal content here is … Continue reading

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Until Next Time Video Series – Celebrating You!
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Often we hear how we should ‘TOLERATE’ this person, this group, this religion, this point of view, etc. However, how do you feel when you are being TOLERATED in a relationship? When do you know when to call it quits? When do you begin to recognize that it’s okay to be CELEBRATED?

Until Next Time Video Series – Celebrating You!

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Misee Harris Interview
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misee harris bacheloretteDr. Misee Harris is on her way to becoming the next and best Bachelorette! We’re wishing her the greatest of luck!

Bringing Femininity Back Into Feminism
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Bringing Femininity Back Into Feminism

Bringing Femininity Back Into Feminism: It may surprise many of my readers and listeners that one of my brands includes the term feminist.  In light of much misunderstanding about that term, it is very important that I clarify my position.  … Continue reading

Genuine Black Women Interracial Relationships®
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JOIN FOR FREE! Welcome to the Genuine Black Women Interracial Relationships® website.  We are a group of amazing, awesome, beautiful, educated, elegant, intellectual, motivated, and successful Black women who are in interracial relationships with like-minded men.  Our purpose is to … Continue reading

Black Women In History – Private Cathay Williams
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Black Women In History – Private Cathay Williams Private Cathay Williams was the only woman to serve in the US Army as a Buffalo Soldier. On November 15, 1866 she enlisted in the Army as a man. Williams reversed her … Continue reading

Favorite Will Misee Harris Be the First Black Bachelorette?
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Dr. Misee Louise Harris What is going on over at the ABC network? Recently the Internet was all abuzz about the four black women on “The Bachelor” and now we have our own candidate for “The Bachelorette”. Dr. Misee Harris … Continue reading

Frank’s Friday – Letters To a Mixed Race Son Forward
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Letters To a Mixed Race Son By Frank E. Robinson, Jr. Copyright © 2011 by Frank E. Robinson, Jr. All Rights Reserved To my son, Frank Gershom Robinson. You are an arrow I took to my bow, pointed to the … Continue reading

I Built This! The BWE Bloggersphere™
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The BWE Bloggersphere™ This is not an article about politics.  This is an article about me.  This is neither about being conceited nor about being selfish.  I want to be honest and clear.  I built this site.  I am the … Continue reading

Favorite Interracial Love African Style
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Sola and Seth Coats One year ago, Sola Ogunniyi had no idea that she would be ringing in 2013 as a newly married woman. She is an American woman, originally from the Edo tribe of Nigeria. Sola had completed her … Continue reading

The History of HIV/AIDS, Black Women, & Interracial Relationships
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The Faces of HIV/AIDS: An International Review Why is it when the topic of HIV/AIDS is discussed, many automatically assume Black women are diseased-ridden and the main carriers of this deadly virus? It?s quite interesting to read comments about… Click … Continue reading

A Black Woman Conservative Speaks Her Peace
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By Lorraine Spencer, www.swirlingandmarriage.com I must say that although I am a conservative, I am not disappointed that Obama was elected. The American people spoke and it is as simple as that. Obama’s election was a History making event and … Continue reading

Want To Get Your Degree Overseas – For Free? by Lorraine Spencer
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I have always been a go getter. When I was a teenager in high school, the opportunity came to be a summer student in Mexico. I along with a few members of the Spanish club at my high school raised … Continue reading

The Shaved Heads Club
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For some, cancer touches their lives in many ways.  It could be a close family member, a dear friend, or even the person.  No matter who cancer decides to visit, it can have a devastating effect on our lives. Last … Continue reading

You Attract What That Which You Are
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You do not attract that which you want, but that which you are. ~ James Allen ~ If you are negative yet you seek a positive life, it will not happen until you first change your negative attitude.  As it … Continue reading

You Can’t Have Any. It’s Mine. All Mine!
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For those of you who remember Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, there’s one episode that cracks me up every time I watch it.  The premise of the cartoon is a great treasure is found and secured by an Arab treasure … Continue reading

Beauty Beheld
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I don’t need a man to tell me I’m beautiful.  I want a man who will treat me like I’m beautiful. It astounds me when men tell me I’m beautiful.  I’m not being conceited.  I’m just sharing what every man … Continue reading

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Until Next Time Video Series – GabbyD Hair Affair
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Until Next Time Video Series – GabbyD Hair Affair

The silliness of some Black women regarding Gabby Douglas’ hair is beyond comprehension.  The love/hate relationship those women have with their hair was projected onto one of the most amazing young Black female role models of all time.  Get over it and go buy yourself a wig while the rest of us celebrate Gabby’s greatness!

PLANTATION NEGROS ARISE AGAIN!
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When I think I’ve read enough about the deprecation of Black women another group of plantation Negroes up the ante on ignorance.  There are plantation Negro women who are criticizing 16-year old Gabby Douglas; and their criticism is SO VERY … Continue reading

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY FROM CRAZYLAND
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Katie Holmes’ escape from Crazyland hits home for me and many women who fall for guys who are beyond controlling. I had to literally escape for my life from such a relationship and had the marriage annulled a year later … Continue reading

The Black Patent Leather Shoes
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That day will never die although I have spent most of my life trying to forget.  It was a bright and beautiful, fall day; and I was playing in the front yard of my maternal grandmother’s house.  Inside, my aunt … Continue reading

Blackistan: A Blackistani Expatriate
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The Black Community continues to stand by with its hands covering its eyes, ears, and mouths as though that will negate all resemblances of nuclear destruction.  I am a forever optimist; hoping the Black Community has reached as low as … Continue reading

Shhhhh . . . Keep Your Plans to Yourself
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There was a time when I was thinking of something spectacular, a plan that would change the lives of many (so I imagined), I would pick up the phone and call my closest family member(s) or friend(s).  I was always confident … Continue reading

THE BWE BLOGGERSPHERE™ HAS ARRIVED: Uncensoring The BWE Voice
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There comes a time when it is necessary to push through the madness of deliberate censorship.  This is especially true when it comes to the BWE (Black Women Empowerment)/BWI (Black Women Improvement) movement.  What is the BWE/BWI movement? It is … Continue reading

BLACK WITHOUT BLINDERS: BLACK COMMUNITY ARE YOU PISSED OFF YET?
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People are pissed at the timing of Glenn Beck’s event at the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. However, who’s pissed about Blacks not fulfilling Dr. Martin Luther King’s “dream”?  Who’s pissed about the … Continue reading