Earlier this week, I read an article in the Huffington Post that started with an age old phrase about money and marriage that got me wondering if it is still true today — “Whoever controls the checkbook controls the marriage.” My grandfather was the head of the family went without saying. He was a benevolent […]
How would the nation’s school system be different if teachers were paid like engineers? Secretary of Education Arne Duncan proposed last month that a significant boost in teacher salaries could transform public schools for the better by luring the country’s brightest college graduates into the profession. Teachers should be paid a starting salary of $60,000, […]
It’s bad enough when your wife divorces you over a lack of sex and the judge rules you “solely responsible.” It’s worse when she takes you back to court two years later and garners $14,000 in damages. But this apparently happened in—where else?—France, where a man known in court documents as Jean-Louis B. was ordered […]
An Ohio man who missed his weekly work lottery pool while he was out with a back injury is suing his co-workers for a share of their $99 million jackpot. For 8 years, Edward Hairston diligently contributed $15 per month to his lottery office pool. His lawyer claimed he was cheated out of the winnings […]
Three weeks ago, actor Boris Kodjoe’s fingers got a little loose on Twitter. “Had nightmares thought about 300-pound women in thongs gnawing on chicken wings while grinding on me. Scary. Gotta Love North Carolina.” He did a quick save when his plus-sized followers asked what exactly he was trying to say. “Just to make it […]
Recently, I stumbled across a heated blog discussion on Essence.com about Halle Berry’s decision to put a two-piece swimsuit on her 3-year-old daughter, Nahla Aubry, while she played at the beach. I kept going back and forth on how I felt about this when I read the headline, “Babies in Bikinis: OK or Not OK?” […]
Every romantic comedy movie we watch will brush upon the most clichéd stereotype of monogamy—that once we say “I do,” we stop having sex. Well, apparently sex isn’t all we stop having. A new survey revealed that nearly 1 in 5 married couples go without kissing for as long as one week at a time. […]
Remember that classic song that asked, “Friends…how many of us have them? Friends…the ones we can depend on?” Well, apparently, Whodini’s question is still valid. According to a new Self magazine poll, 84% of women admit to having a toxic friend. The survey, which polled 18,000 women, found that although many women have a wonderful […]
When it comes to raising children, most of the focus is on mothers. But a growing body of research shows that fathers play an essential, but often undervalued, role in a child’s development. Uninvolved fathers have long been accused of lacking motivation. But research shows that many societal obstacles conspire against them. Even as more […]
A new online dating site, 2date4love.com, lets users search for partners looking for love but not sex. You don’t need sex to find romance. That’s the premise behind a new online dating website targeted at men and women who are unable to have sexual intercourse due to disease or disability. Created by Laura Brashier, a […]
The disheartening news about women in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields just keeps coming. Following on the heels of the Department of Commerce’s report showing that only 25% of STEM jobs are held by women and that women with STEM degrees are much more likely to work outside their fields than are […]
Check out this very interesting article from Clutch Magazine: I love reality TV and I won’t apologize for it either. Maybe that makes me a part of the problem. It is entertaining and packed with drama, but the critic in me is highly interested in race, popular culture and gender representations on television which keep […]
