Stuff Black Bloggers Say

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Let’s be honest, we can’t get away from it.  We’ll probably be dealing with the fad until at least the end of the month.  If you guys follow me on Twitter, @DrJayJack, you know that I despise trending topics.  I only get involved with a trending topic every once in a while, just to show [...]

Red Tails: Expecting the Worst or Supporting the Best?

You'll be okay, shugah. You'll be okay.

**Commercial for Red Tails airs for the 34th time** Her: Oh! Red Tails comes out this weekend. Let’s go see it! Me: You think that movie looks good? That preview was kinda lame sauce… Her: It’s not about the preview. It’s about supporting the movie. We don’t get many opportunities. Me: It didn’t really move [...]

Love & Hip Hop: Why You Should Never Mix Business with Pleasure

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Never mix business with pleasure. It’s a mantra that we have heard time and time again. It’s also a mantra that has been broken throughout the course of time. The separation between your personal and professional life can be a fine line, and when this line is overstepped, more often than not chaos erupts. No [...]

The Truth About New York: How Big City Dating “Corrupts” Single Black Men

What? This is easy!

I was chatting with a friend of mine — we’ll call her Tameka — about her dating adventures in New York City. She’s a good person that takes care of her appearance and knows how to converse. But she regularly runs into an issue that my other female friends in NYC run into: Men that [...]

The Key to a Happy and Successful Relationship: Let Your Man Cheat

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At least that’s the assertion put forth by American sociologist Dr. Eric Anderson author of The Monogamy Gap: Men, Love, and the Reality of Cheating. The Huffington Post conducted an on-line interview with Dr. Anderson, which you can read in full here: Why Men Need to Cheat. Dr. Anderson argues that monogamy is not natural [...]

Five Movies That Changed Our Lives Forever

Please don't talk, please don't talk to me in the movies.

  If you’ve ever spent time reading my work on The Book of Jackson, you know that I really enjoy watching movies.  I can sit in my place all day, rediscovering old favorites and discovering new ones.  There’s something special about certain motion pictures- they captivate minds leaving lasting imprints.  We’ve all had those moments [...]

The Problem with Black Men Accusing Their Women of Being “Crazy”

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Today’s post is a Guest Post from a good friend of mine, Ayanna Abrams, Psy. D.  She graduated from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and is completing a postdoctoral fellowship as a Psychotherapist at Emory University Student Counseling Ctr.  I thought this would be a good way to present this post.  I had long thought about [...]

Will You Compromise What You Believe for Who You Love?

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Is it a priority for you to date someone that believes in the same God(s) you do? For the majority, the answer is yes. We want to be with someone that has a similar belief system because we’re gonna have many of the same values, and we’re going to be able to speak a similar [...]

The Man’s Burden: 5 Ways Men Break Up With Women and Why

Letting go is the hardest part...

People have strange rules involving break-ups: You can’t break-up with someone within 72 hours of having sex, 7 days before or after their birthday, during the month of any major holiday, by text message, and never in the seasons of winter, spring, or summer. Given all these rules, you can technically only break-up with someone [...]

Why We Get Mad at Our Wives

You should just know!

Earlier this week, CNN hosted an article from Parenting.com called Why We Get Mad at Our Husbands. After reading the title, I hoped to find insight on why women get upset with men and steps I could take to avoid the wrath of my future wife. I had no such luck. Instead, I reached the end [...]