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Aaron Hall’s “Don’t Be Afraid” — When Sexual Assault Had a Catchy Beat…

Do some of your favorite songs promote immoral messages?

Now That Mo’Nique Has Lost All The Weight, Will She Still Be Funny?

So much of her comedy was centered around weight, what’s she going to talk about now?

Me, Biggie, And Coltrane: What It Really Feels Like To Lose A Pet

While some might say, “Just go out and get a new pet!” losing an animal you’ve bonded with, who has even protected you at times and been a constant companion and trying to replace them isn’t easy.

When Cooning Is Proper: Why Is The Gas Station Couple Different Than Charles Ramsey?

Why were we so accepting of the singing couple but not a national hero?

When Looks Matter: Wet Seal, Abercrombie & Fitch And The Reality Of Appearance-Based Discrimination By Retailers

When a company sets its sights on appealing to a specific niche market, including one based on looks, it opens itself up to creating and perpetuating an environment where prejudice is acceptable. And of course, it’s not.

The Light Skin, Curly Hair, And A Falsetto Era: Remember In The Early ’80s When Every Male Singer Looked And Sounded The Same?

From Prince, to Christopher Williams, Al B. Sure and El DeBarge, did anybody else notice this trend in the ’80s?

Stephens And Williams: When Competition Goes Off Court

Competition can be healthy until it goes too far.

We All Know One: Charles Ramsey, Antoine Dodson, Sweet Brown And The Long Tradition Of Black Storytelling

Just because certain folks, aka racist people, may find something worth mockery in their accounts, none of that makes Ramsey, or Dodson or Brown’s form of storytelling inherently bad. They just happen to be better at it than others.

Look Around: Is Your Social Circle Holding You Back Professionally?

Are the people you know helping you get to where you want to go?

Is It REALLY Possible To Change One’s Sexuality (Or Even Pray The Gay Away)?

All I know is that this is why I hope that as a society, we really do get to the place where sexual identity doesn’t matter, because really and truly, it doesn’t.