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Written by Kay Saul
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 Perhaps this was my fault, as pillow talk should be a free and open space to be yourself - in every capacity imaginable. Two people lie there after obvious physical grappling and have a calm chat about simple things that don’t matter here or there. Perhaps I don't have to make special note here that my pillow talk is far from meaningless. It's a time when my mind runs to issues of compatibility, world dilemmas, the state of our country and other undesirable topics to discuss at this highly inappropriate time.
After brief silence, which I can't stand for longer than 10 minutes outside of a yoga studio, I bring up my displeasure with the continued dissolution of print media. Magazines, news journals, educational and sociological publications have all taken at least 60% of their content online. We see more Nooks, Kindles and iPad’s on the subway being utilized by gentrified reading audiences than ever before. We read our newspapers via an iPad or iPhone New York Times app. Certainly, I acknowledge the reasons for this shift - technology has provided us with more convenience than ever before. We don't have to log around multiple books to keep a sharp mind; we no longer have to use our memories to remember phone numbers, notes or other necessities. Hell, even the most religious among us (get the pun there) no longer need a Bible or any other religious text in print. We have apps for that.
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Written by C.B. Forde
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 This is a tricky one to answer. In fact I don’t think there is an answer. “When Should You Sleep With Him?” is an article from the January 2009 Issue of Glamour written by Penny Wrenn. I decided to give a Black Male response to this article because, with the exception of Essence and Ebony, the debate on sexuality is dominated by white women. I bought the magazine for research, and became captivated by the content. I decided to get
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Written by C.B. Forde
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 I am a serial monogamist. I have tried to find the cure for my disease through therapy and yoga, advice from my married friends and I’ve even tried to settle down – it just hasn’t worked out for me. I love Black women, they are the drug I can never give up. Some brothers complain that Black women can be difficult, materialistic, hard to approach, hard to please, etc. And although I don’t disagree with them I still love my sisters, especially the ones with attitude. They are the ones that melt. My uncle once told me that a good woman never gives herself away.
With Obama’s election victory the relationships between Black men and women has become a major point of focus for me. In the search for my own Michelle Obama, I’ve identified my patterns as a serial monogamist. My objective is to interject some new thoughts into the ethos of Black male and female relationships. |
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Written by Afrika Brown
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 Ladies, in spite of our constant complaints about not wanting to play games when it comes to love, it seems that most relationships are a series of mental and emotional arm-wrestling matches. A relationship with a man of any age is certainly a challenge, yet any woman that has a relationship with a younger man would concur that the word "challenge" would be an understatement. Your "chess" skills would have to rival those of Bobby Fischer to be able to sustain a relationship with a younger man and maintain your mental capacity.
I have gained much knowledge as a veteran of a long and committed relationship with a twenty-something man. In that time, I have learned that a relationship with a younger man is truly a private game of Survivor without the exotic locale, disgusting cuisine, and physical challenges. This is a game that is purely mental and emotional--there is no "immunity." The goal of this Survivor is to "out-clever", "out-sport", and "out-last" your
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When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade, right
Well, living in the Big Apple gives you the choice of making apple pie. But there is one Big Apple feat that isn
t easy as pie, and that
It can be tough living in the city that never sleeps or slows down to find that special someone. You may have to kiss a few toads to get your prince charming.