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Why Are White People Pushing the ‘Two Parent Household’ During Slavery Narrative So Hard?

Posted on June 19, 2017
by Malaka
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There is a push by both liberal and conservative white circles to reimagine - and now, to rewrite – the devastating effects that slavery had on the Black family unit. I first became aware of this trend (one that is part of a larger effort…

Thanks, Thinx! Now We Can All Finally Have That “Happy Period” Male Advertisers Are Forever Going On About.

Posted on April 29, 2017
by Malaka
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Have you ever been watching a sci-fi series or flick and thought to yourself, “Man, it would be great if we had a tablet that held all of my books and personal information?” And then poof! 15 year later, Apple comes out with an iPad…

80s Pop Culture Reared Me to See Myself as a Monkey

Posted on March 9, 2017
by Malaka
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My husband says that my vast knowledge of obscure cartoons is evidence of my latchkey upbringing. “I had parents who loved and nurtured me, and made sure they were home with me after school. Whereas as YOU had television.” He was joking, but there was…

In Defense of the Cowardly Marwako Employees Who Stood By As Their Co-Worker’s Face was Pushed into Pepper

Posted on March 6, 2017
by Malaka
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Note: I will tell you all about the brain tumor that’s kept me from writing, but let’s table that for now so we can talk about this. On the 4th of March in the year of Lord, two thousand and seventeen, it was widely reported…

Seven Lessons in Seven Days

Posted on February 5, 2017
by Malaka
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Somewhere along the way in late 2016, I (apparently) uttered the words “I desperately need a vacation from my family!” Now, I don’t recall ever saying this aloud - but as the old Negro proverb goes, “From your lips to God’s ears!!!” That is how…

The Rejuvenating Power of Creation

Posted on January 17, 2017
by Malaka
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In the summer of 2009, I paid a drop-in visit to my cousin in Ohio. She’s an extroverted introvert, so I knew my chances of catching her at home were pretty good. And home she was, just as I’d predicted. Her house was exactly as…

Query: Is Pumpkin Spice Supposed to be the New Watermelon?

Posted on November 15, 2016
by Malaka
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The election is over, thankfully. We’d all hoped for some normalcy to return to our lives (Trump’s repeated threats to rip apart families and unleash his Gestapo on communities of color, notwithstanding) but things have only gone on to get more and more bizarre. Now,…

This Will Be My Last Post For a While Because…

Posted on November 6, 2016
by Malaka
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I need to conserve my daily word allotment to reach that 50K word goal by the end of November, and I'm already 6 days behind. :( Curious about #NaNoWriMo? Read about it here! I'll still be on Twirra and Face-Waste Your Time-Book if you want…

Reflections on Language

Posted on October 10, 2016
by Malaka
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Damon Young, editor in chief over at VSB, has curated a list of things Bougie Black People (BBPs) love. Among the litany are unnecessary hashtags, Solange and full beards and Jesse Williams. (I think it’s fair to say that ALL Black people love Jesse, bougie…

Announcing a Week of ‘MOMvertising’ Here on M.O.M!

Posted on October 7, 2016
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

On early Monday morning, a member of the Plett health and wellness community published a request for bloggers to bid on a writing position he had available for his organization. The opportunity to write for a genre I’d never focused on before – drug rehabilitation…

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