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Fresh Dressed: 10 Reasons You Should Watch This Stylish Hip-Hop Fashion Doc
After flipping through the September fall fashion issues of my favorite magazines with black “it” girls such as Beyoncé, Kerry Washington, Serena and Misty Copeland on their covers, I’m unusually interested in clothes. All that paging through magazines got me wondering: Where are all the black-owned fashion brands? Yes, of course well-known black brands still…
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My Jewish Boyfriend Claims He Loves Me, but He’s Keeping Our Relationship a Secret From His Family
Dear Demetria: I’ve been with my guy for almost a year. I am completely in love. We talk every day; he tells me he loves me almost every day. I’m black. He’s white and Jewish. He always talks about “If we’re married … ” and about being together in the future. But our relationship is…
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Should I Propose to My Man?
Dear Demetria: A friend is considering proposing to her boyfriend. I am against it, not because of gender roles but because a man will commit to you when he is good and ready. How do you feel about women proposing to men? —Anonymous In theory, I’m not against women proposing to their boyfriends. I was once a…
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Prewedding Jitters Led Me to Sleep With My Ex. Should I Call Off the Wedding?
I’m knee-deep in it and truly don’t know what to do. I am getting married on Saturday. I have been having my “what if” moments, more than I thought I would. “What if” led me to my ex, the man I initially thought I would be with forever. I told him my thoughts. We talked and…
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Sign of the Times: A Performance Artist’s Creative Approach to Finding a Husband
On Sunday afternoon, I was at an annual event in Brooklyn, N.Y., which was attended by thousands of people, mostly young black professionals looking for a good time. In the crowd, I spotted a woman who left no doubt about why she’d shown up that day—not for the music or to hang with her girls…
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Why Do Guys Feel the Need to Send Unsolicited Pictures of Their Junk?
Dear Demetria: Why do guys send unsolicited d—k pics? I feel like as I talk to guys, we slowly venture into sexting, then the guy just takes it from zero to 100. I’m interested in him, but the picture just came out of nowhere. Do any girls actually like these things? How do you respond?…
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Drake vs. Meek Mill: It’s Not Even Close
Last night, a week after he began a feud with popular rapper Drake on Twitter, lesser-known lyricist Meek Mill of Philadelphia released a much-anticipated but largely underwhelming diss track, “Wanna Know.” The song title trended on Twitter for hours as hip-hop aficionados mostly clowned Meek for taking so long to produce a song so terrible.…
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Should I Buy My Own Engagement Ring?
My fiance proposed in April with no engagement ring. He wanted to just go down to the courthouse and marry me plenty of times. I’m not a materialistic person at all. Even when we do get married, I probably wouldn’t wear my wedding ring every day, but I want my engagement ring now. My fiance…
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Do You Really Want to Date a Guy Who Abandoned His Pregnant Ex?
I’m talking to this guy. His recent ex is actually pregnant by him. He explained to me that he strongly felt like she tried to trap him because he told her before she got pregnant that he wasn’t ready to start a family. When she got pregnant, he told her the best thing would be…
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Plantation Tours: Don’t Expect to Hear How Horrible Slavery Really Was
I’m not sure how I picked up the hobby of touring plantations. I think it started with my interest in architecture—picked up from my husband, who works in real estate—and my best friend of 20-plus years, who is an interior designer. Over the years, I’ve adopted their combined interests. I’ve been to four plantations and…
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