Empowerment Archives

Recently I reposted a video on my Instagram page which was a scene from the movie Malcolm X. It was a scene where Malcolm was talking to Betty about the rebuilding of a nation. He stated that the foundation of a nation lies within a woman. “The mother is the first teacher of the child, […]

Empowerment

The Funniest #DrakeAlwaysOnBeat Memes You Need To See!

October 20, 2015 Jeff J.

Last night, Drake released the visual to his hit song “Hotline Bling“, and the internet went insane. Some were in a frenzy over Dram’s declaration that Drake’s single is a rip off of “Cha Cha”. Others were in tears over the variety of dance moves that Drake put on display. Drake has been both a […]

Empowerment

Another Year Goes By and I’m Feeling Fine

October 2, 2015 Dr. J

I pen this post at least once a year and typically it posts around my birthday. It’s my annual reminder to everyone who is celebrating a birthday and also dealing with the slight depression of missed goals and deadlines that we should all calm down. The fact of the matter is that life’s goals don’t […]

Portrait Of Young Couple Sitting In Park

Empowerment

Debunking The Myth Of Doom For Single Black Women

September 23, 2015 Celeste

Unmarried, accomplished black women are an anomaly to mainstream America. Not unmarried white women or asian women or light-skinned Latinas. Just the black ones. So self-help articles are written, listing the things that these sorts of women should do to catch a man, providing examples of relationships that “beat the odds” to encourage them […]

Advice

Are Straight Men Confused By Transgender Women?

June 3, 2015 DamnPops

“Men are only upset at transgender women because they are confused as to if they should be attracted to them.” Talk about a mouth full right? It was only a week ago that I said the beauty of life is the ability to have great debates and discussions. In the interim, we now have a […]

Dating

She Got Body Part 2: You With All Those “Curves”…

March 25, 2015 DamnPops

This is part two of the “She Got Body” series here on SBM. Part one was last week and covered the topic of women who were late bloomers and became “finer” as they got older. Give that a look here. This week I wanted to speak on a different aspect of body image that is […]

Empowerment

What The Failure to Indict Darren Wilson Means to Us

November 25, 2014 Dr. J

Over the past few months there has not been a lot of discussion on the Michael Brown case in Ferguson but today I wanted to put something out to provide a forum for discussion. Also to inform our readers where we as blog, bloggers and most of all Black men stand on this issue. I […]

Empowerment

Buzzfeed Says This Is “What Men Are Really Saying When Catcalling Women”

August 14, 2014 Dr. J

The other day, I heard about this video but I didn’t watch it. Not that i’m not interested in the discussion around street harassment because I am. But because there’s a ton of videos from various sources coming out every other day and it’s a lot to keep up with. Without further adieu, here’s the […]

Group of young men and women in hip-hop fashion partying

Empowerment

10 Reasons Why Your Life is Over at 29 and Begins at 30

June 20, 2014 Dr. J

Many of our friends are beginning to stress out about the idea that they’re turning 30 soon. Having already passed that threshold, I’m totally over it. Honestly, my life went from good to great when I turned 30. So, I jotted down a list of reasons why it’s better at 30 than it was in […]