The Color of Love

I’m not one to read a lot of magazines, but the ones I do read are Glamour, Allure, Marie Claire, and the occasional Essence. I really like those magazines because those are the ones that tend to pay particular attention to their readers. I was reading the March issue of Essence this weekend when I […]

Toddlers and Tiaras and Tantrums

My mom told me the other day that when I was a baby, some woman came up to her and told her that she should put me in beauty pageants. She told me this while we were watching this absurd reality show called Toddlers and Tiaras. It’s on TLC and it follows families who have […]

Leonardo DiCaprio Fan: Growing Up Tween

Like most tweens in 1997, I saw Titanic for the first time, and that was enough to turn me into somewhat of a Leonardo DiCaprio fan — you know, making my dad subscribe me to a Leonardo DiCaprio merchandise magazine so that I could make him buy me Leonardo DiCaprio coffee mugs, mouse pads, calendars […]

The Hollywood Hoax

I watch The Bachelor, Big Brother, Survivor, The Real World, American Idol, Project Runway, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and Top Chef, to name a few. What’s the common denominator? These are all reality shows. Reality TV has taken television by storm. It all started with The Real World in 1992. I was too […]

To Shop or Not to Shop

Black Friday marks the beginning of the Christmas season. It is a day that is anticipated by shopaholics and bargain hunters nationwide. It is the Superbowl of shopping, and as we have come to learn, only the tough can survive this adventure. People line up hours, in some cases a day ahead of time to […]

I’ll Do It Later!

I am a sworn Procrastinator. I have been doing it as long as I can remember. I actually remember being in grade school and my parents would have to sit me down and make me do my homework at the table because I didn’t want to do it right then, or at all. Sometimes I […]

The Politricks of Christmas

It has begun. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. The music that is being played even though it’s not yet Thanksgiving, the sales, the movies, the influx of people in the mall that has spontaneously regenerated out of thing air as if they have been hibernating for the past six months; the cold […]

Take A Bite Out of This

What is this obsession we have with vampires? Is it their knowledge of the afterlife? Is it their power to control us and bend us to their will? Or is that they are so mysterious that we give in to them, mind, body and soul?
From the first vampire novella, Carmilla in 1871 to Stoker’s infamous […]

Sibling Rivalry

With my sister away, I’ve noticed changes in myself, my family, and how I interact with everyone else around me. I have never noticed my interaction with the people around me before she moved away more than I have now. As some of you out there can attest, living with four other people is just […]

Let It Be, Ladies

Have you ever read that book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus? I was reading this article on Yahoo about what men shouldn’t criticize women about. This inspired me to write about what women shouldn’t criticize men about.
His Style
This is the one thing that has been changing over the years. Women have always dominated […]

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