Black Love
Black Love
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If Erotic Literature Is Your Ministry, The Turn On Is a Blessing You Shouldn't Be Without
While this pandemic has deprived us of plenty, itās also provided us with all the time in the world to devote ourselves to two pretty popular hobbies: reading books and having sex. And with its insightful explorations of the intricacies of having sex while Black, critically-acclaimed literary erotica podcast, The Turn On, has returned with…
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OWN's Black Love Called Out for The Glaring Absence of Dark-Skinned Black Women in Promo for New Season
The creators of Black Love, an OWN docuseries which says it aims to tell the stories of Black couples and increase representation, spent the weekend fielding backlash from Black Twitter after releasing a promotional trailer in which dark-skinned women were made all but invisible. Released on Friday, the teaser for the fourth season of Black…
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Da Brat and Jesseca Dupart Confirm Relationship on Instagram With $200,000 Bentley Birthday Gift Video
The catās out the bag. And Da Brat is out the closetāapparently. Page Six reports that the hip hop veteranāknown for her collaborations with Jermaine Dupri, Missy āMisdemeanor Elliott,ā Lilā Kim, Tyrese and Mariah Careyāhas opened up about her relationship with luxury gift-giving girlfriend Jesseca Dupart. āIāve always been a kind of private person until…
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Dwyane Wade Conjures Up the Emotions of Telling Gabrielle Union About Baby He Conceived With Aja Metoyer
Dwyane Wade is letting it all hang out in an upcoming documentary about his life on and off the court. One nugget the retired NBA star drops is the moment he had to tell his then-girlfriend Gabrielle Union that he fathered a child while the two were āon a break.ā āI had a child with…
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Exonerated Fiveās Raymond Santana Jr. Is Engaged to Flavor of Loveās Deelishis
He liked it so he put a ring on it. Raymond Santana Jr.āalso known as one of the exonerated āCentral Park Fiveāāpopped the question to Flavor of Love star Deelishis last week. And she said yes. On Thursday, the reality TV personality and social media influencer shared videos of Santana asking for her hand in…
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Lena Waithe Comes Out About Secret Marriage to Longtime Partner Alana Mayo
Hold the āmayo,ā please! Lena Waithe has come out of the closet ā¦ with news that she is a married woman. The screenwriter, producer, and actress revealed that she married her longtime partner Alana Mayo during an interview on Fridayās episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. āWe snuck and did it, you know,ā the Emmy…
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Yes! Susan Kelechi Watson of This Is Us Fame Announces Her IRL Relationship Goals
Susan Kelechi Watson, who plays one half of the #RelationshipGoals fan favorite coupleĀ Randall and Beth Pearson of This Is Us fame, has announced her own IRL relationship goals by sharing news of her engagement to her boo and fellow actor, Jaime Lincoln Smith. As CNN reports, Watson shared her news on Instagram with an ode…
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'Marriage Is Not Checkers, It's Chess': Summit Explores Making Black Love Last
Barack and Michelle Obama arenāt the only black married couple in this country, and the Black Love Summit, held in Atlanta on Saturday, proved that. A spill-over from the successful docuseries Black Loveāwhich returns to OWN on Aug. 10 and was created by real-life married couple Tommy and Codie Elaine Oliverāthe summit attracted a few…
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Reframing History: In Houston, Juneteenth Becomes a Celebration of Black Love
Every story of black struggle and black triumph is also a story of black love. Too often, we view love mainly through the lens of romance, as if those are the only love stories worth telling. But there are bigger, more expansive, more radical ways that we can contemplate black loveāincluding self-love, familial and platonic…
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The Breakup Has Come Home to Roost for Birdman and Toni Braxton. He Says, 'Its Over'
Brrrr, what happened to that relationship? Wow, the end of 2018 saw the loss of iconic black Hollywood couple Forest Whitakerās and Keisha Nash Whitakerās marriage, and 2019 canāt even get comfortable on Big Mamaās plastic-covered couch without another celebrity breakup. This time, itās Birdman and Toni Braxton. According to E! News, Birdman wrote a…