Guest Post: An Important Distinction in Many Successful Relationships

Dialogue from Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown: Louis Gara (Robert DeNiro): You trust Melanie around your business? Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson): She’s trying to play you against me, huh? Louis: Yeah. Ordell: See, I knew it. You ain’t have to say nothing, I know that [woman]. Louis: I don’t understand why you keep someone around [...]

Friday Reading: Black Women See Fewer Black Men at the Altar

The New York Times writes on new research indicating that black men are increasingly marrying women of other races.  Based on research from Pew Research Center, 1 out of every 5 black men married outside their race in 2008: It is a familiar lament of single African-American women: where are the “good” black men to [...]

black and brown girls speak out: Lies and Honesty

One of the most amazing things about starting blackgirlgrown is “virtually” meeting lots of black and brown girls on the web with similar callings, but all with a unique voice. Here are a few recent posts that caught my eye: The Savvy Sista gives an honest perspective of what it is to be a single [...]

In Single Black Women News: Nightline Program Airs Tonight

It seems as if news and commentary about the plight of the single black professional woman is the topic du jour.  For your viewing (dis)pleasure, Nightline will air its “Why can’t a successful Black woman find a man?” program this evening.  The panel includes Sherri Shepherd and Jacque Reid against author Jimi Izrael (The Denzel Principle) [...]

Have Feminism and Sexual Freedom Cost Us Our Happiness?

Iranian model Pegah Patra writes in the Huffington Post on the cost of sexual freedom: According to a recent survey, in 1980 6% of men ages 40-44 were never married. Today that number has jumped to 17%. Men are delaying or avoiding marriage like never before and women want to know why. Well, as the [...]

All The Single Ladies!

Sometimes the single life doesn’t feel like a Beyonce video.  And as we learned from Race Talk’s Angela Stanley, it ain’t cheap either.  Shoveling duty over the last two weeks has also put me in the “yeah, I’m independent, but I could still use some help!” mood.  There is still snow on the ground but [...]

Black Men and Marriage

In case you missed it, Yolanda Young wrote an opinion piece in the USA Today on the much talked about issue of single black women, and asks, “what about the men?” As a single, African-American woman, I shrug each time a new pessimistic report comes out highlighting the dismal state of affairs for black women [...]

What is Black Love?

What is Black Love? A simple woman like me would suggest that it is the love between a black man and a black woman. Perhaps that’s why there is such an uproar about Essence’s Black Love Issue with New Orleans Saints player Reggie Bush. For those of us not up on pop culture paparazzi news, [...]

A Tale of Two Couples

I was already sick of hearing about the White House party crashers. And in the last 24 hours I’ve tried to avoid the unfolding drama of Mr. and Mrs. Tiger Woods – like a scary movie in which you already know the ending. Field Negro has an interesting post comparing these two couples: Tonight I [...]

Professional Black Women: You’ll Never Find a Husband

At least according to some cold hard data.  You’ve probably read recent news articles this past week on the subject. I must admit I have subconsciously avoided reading them.  The current flurry of articles expound on research presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Yes, it’s no longer anecdotal as social [...]

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