Writing at Clutch magazine, Danielle C. Belton says that her reaction to the news that the singer didn’t sing the national anthem live at the inauguration was “So?” Here’s how she categorizes those who had more to say about the incident. DID YOU THINK: This is a historic day! And President Obama will never be inaugurated again!…

Clutch magazine‘s Danielle C. Belton begins to explore the other side of the ubiquitous statistics about black marriage. A lot of fuss is made about black women and why we collectively (per society and possibly the Washington Post) can’t find a man. It’s a heavily skewed statistic/topic/news story that usually enrages (or terrifies) more than…

When her friend said, “All black women are crazy,” XOJane columnist Danielle C. Belton had to take a moment. This man, she writes, is surrounded by women and knows that blanket statements like that are completely untrue, but thinks it’s comical to blurt out anyway. What’s a girlfriend to do? This is a man who…

Clutch magazine‘s Danielle C. Belton says that men in New York have been testing her “friendliness” with physical contact that really crosses a line. … But when I really thought about it, how often had this happened where a guy grabbing me and pulling me in a direction I had no interest in going got…

Clutch magazine‘s Danielle C. Belton reviews recent studies that suggest a practical way to increase your odds of finding and keeping a spouse. Marriage advice! Don’t you just love it? (Not really.) But don’t you just love being told that you’re too fat, old, unattractive, bad in bed, corny, angry, bitter, skanky, virginal, black, or…

At Clutch magazine, Danielle C. Belton tries to figure out what West sees in Kardashian — and whether Beyoncé really considers her a friend — and finally concludes, “The rich are not like us.” Being rich — and on TV — can make you very “different,” to paraphrase novelist and witness to the Roaring 20s…

Clutch magazine‘s Danielle C. Belton challenges the thinking of black women who want to date “a white guy” versus a guy who just happens to be white. A while back a friend of mine suddenly announced that she was going to start dating white guys — which, you know? Sounds dandy. Sure. Go forth and…

When The View co-host was threatened with violence on Twitter, she decided to fight back publicly. But Clutch magazine‘s Danielle C. Belton says that was her biggest mistake. Oh, Internet! The land where the weak become strong and the strong become morons. Where even the most intelligent person can be lowered by the discourse that…

Danielle C. Belton argues in a piece for Clutch magazine that you can have a good life at any size. Ah, the “bikini body.” That ethereal thing where everyone, suddenly, is supposed to look like a swimsuit model or a Hollywood starlet or a freshly sunned Kardashian — instead of their bony, lumpy, awkward selves.…

Danielle C. Belton writes in a piece for Clutch Magazine that the antics of the singer’s family in the wake of her death are starting to look like exploitation. Before Bobbi Kristina Brown took the stage Sunday night to honor her mother, music icon Whitney Houston, during the Billboard Music Awards, stories surfaced online about…