I stood back and opened my eyes. I stared wide-eyed into the mirror, taking in my new style. Three bottles of bleach and two days later, I was now a blonde. My transformation had taken a lot more time... Read more >>

When I started wearing my hair natural, without hot comb or chemical straightening, it felt so right for me. Key phrase: “It felt so right for me.” For the last fifteen years, I have been... Read more >>

The exit polls, taken immediately after voters have exited the polling stations, typically focus on the following categories: party identification, gender, race, age, income, and education. Media... Read more >>

I recently decided to take another gander at this whole online dating thing. I am an African-American female in my thirties living in Atlanta, never married, and trying to make my parents feel... Read more >>

Like most African Americans from the southeast coast of the United States I thought I knew my ethnic heritage. We have a lengthy heritage for the most part, entwined for better or worse, with the... Read more >>

“Excuse me, ma’am, but are you biracial? You look biracial.” “Why, don’t tell me, you must be German!” “You know, young lady, you look just like my... Read more >>