<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19461988</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:21:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>black girls</category><category>african  american teen girls</category><category>Africa</category><category>Aids</category><category>Condoms</category><category>HIV</category><category>I PLEDGE THIS TO MYSELF..</category><category>Kierna Mayo</category><category>PAULA NEAL MOONEY...MY FRIEND.</category><category>RUSSELL SIMMONS CHANGES STANCE ON BITCH /HO CALLING OF WOMEN IN LYRICS</category><category>Rape</category><category>South Africa</category><category>TECHNORATI EXCHANGE EXPERIMENT...</category><category>THE MEDIA...</category><category>WE ARE UNIVERSAL...</category><category>Why I wish I would have stayed a Virgin</category><category>Women</category><category>abuse</category><category>adhd</category><category>african american teens</category><category>applications</category><category>author</category><category>birtday party</category><category>black girl fame</category><category>blige</category><category>book</category><category>china</category><category>cute</category><category>dog</category><category>dress for success</category><category>duck</category><category>dyslexia</category><category>entertainment industry</category><category>essence</category><category>ex boyfriends</category><category>exgirlfriends</category><category>friends with benefits</category><category>homy lover friend</category><category>interview</category><category>isaacs</category><category>job readiness</category><category>jobs</category><category>karu f daniels</category><category>kendu isaacs</category><category>kimberly</category><category>kimberly bowles</category><category>kimberlyjbowles</category><category>latina moms</category><category>learning disability</category><category>lexus</category><category>los angeles</category><category>ludacris</category><category>mark liddle</category><category>marraige</category><category>mary</category><category>mary j blige</category><category>mary j.blige</category><category>mary jane productions</category><category>men</category><category>mom</category><category>mom and daugher program</category><category>mom and daugters programs</category><category>no more drama</category><category>one night stand</category><category>queen of hip hop soul</category><category>relationships</category><category>resume</category><category>runaway love</category><category>self confidence</category><category>self esteem</category><category>services</category><category>sex</category><category>sexual abuse</category><category>sexually transmitted diseases</category><category>stay at home moms</category><category>std&#39;s</category><category>sweet 16</category><category>sweetygyrl</category><category>tareyah</category><category>teen boys</category><category>teen girl</category><category>teen girls</category><category>teengirls</category><category>toxic relationships</category><category>unhealthy emotional patterns</category><title>&quot;The Truth Behind SweetGyrl&quot;</title><description>Welcome to SweetGyrl, Inc. Online Diary! In this forum you will have the opportunity to take a sneak peek into who and what &quot;SweetGyrl&quot; really is, what is the reason behind the organization? What did the organization&#39;s founder go through that birthed the idea &quot;SweetGyrl&quot; INC. 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OR  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;                  ABSTINENCE?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sound Off: Half of Black Teen Girls Has an STD???&lt;br /&gt;Posted Mar 18th 2008 3:15PM by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/bloggers/angela-bronner&quot;&gt;Angela Bronner&lt;/a&gt;Filed under: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/category/blackspin-black-news-headlines/&quot;&gt;BlackSpin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/category/black-fashion-relationships-love-urban-style/&quot;&gt;Lifestyle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/category/black-african-american-health-issues/&quot;&gt;health&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Angela Bronner, BlackVoices.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control released a study that found that one in four young women or 3.2 million teenage girls is infected with a sexually transmitted disease.&lt;br /&gt;The kicker is, according to the study, nearly half of African American girls (or 48%) in this age group has least one of the following: the human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes, or trichomoniasis, with HPV leading the charge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, that&#39;s right, according to the CDC -- one out of every two African American girls ages 14-19 has an STD. The report, sponsored by the CDC and conducted by the NCHS (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/&quot;&gt;National Center for Health Statistics&lt;/a&gt;), took a national sample of 838 young women. The study did not include the STDs syphilis, HIV or gonorrhea. In a word, this is alarming.&lt;br /&gt;Does this mean that if there are 20 tenth graders at a bus stop, say, the cheerleading squad at an all black high school -- that 10 of them has HPV?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a word, no, or not necessarily, according to Dr. Stuart Berman, Chief of Epidemiology and Surveillances, STDs at the Centers for Disease Control.&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Put in context, you take a sample, but a sample done in a smart way, so you can extrapolate the data,&quot; Dr. Berman explains. &quot;What this study says, is that this is a problem for the country. It&#39;s your kid, my kid, the neighbor across the street.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berman further cautions not to take these results and stigmatize teens, young black women, or by default, young black men, who are most likely their sexual partners.&lt;br /&gt;&quot;These things can be stigmatizing but [loose sexual behavior] is not the reason [for the higher rates],&quot; he says. &quot;Once the community risk is higher, even if your behavior is not higher, the chances are greater.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The doctor says social and economic factors such as access to care, low or no health insurance, incarceration, and racism, all add up.&lt;br /&gt;&quot;There&#39;s an aggregate of a whole bunch of community factors, each doing a little bit, making it a little more prevalent,&quot; says Dr. Berman. The key to making any inroads into this problem, says the good doctor, is to have frank, and honest discussions with our kids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;A lot of kids think, &#39;He she looks healthy,&#39; &#39;I&#39;m in love&#39; &#39;He or she doesn&#39;t have any symptoms&#39; and therefore are not at risk. Who is talking to them?&quot;The two most common STDs in the study -- HPV, and chlamydia -- may not show any symptoms.&lt;br /&gt;The most contagious of these infections, the human papillomavirus, HPV, or genital warts, is responsible for 70% of all cervical cancers. Black women are at least 50% more likely to die from cervical cancer than white women.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HPV and chlamydia are in fact treatable; also, that there is now an HPV vaccine against the virus. The CDC also reported on results from pilot programs in New York City and California, where the agency found that if you test for STDs where young women get care for other gynecological issues such as pregnancy tests, emergency contraceptives (and I would add abortions) – all of which assume unprotected intercourse -- we can begin to stem the tide.&lt;br /&gt;The agency recommends annual chlamydia screenings for sexualy active women under age 25 and vaccination against HPV for young women and girls between the ages of 11 and 26.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;It&#39;s like that show &#39;Hill Street Blues,&quot; says Dr. Berman, who laughs as he says he is dating himself with that reference. &quot;We have to tell our kids, you have to be careful out there.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;Sound off.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; 
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Often time young women get caught up in the hype of Sex, Boys, Smoking weed, ect. Not all but some. We are here to show them, You only have &quot;One Life To Live&quot; and &quot;One Youth&quot;. Take this time and &quot;Live it Up&quot; Have fun, focus on your goals, yourself, your dreams, Yes your dreams.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have a naysayer about Your dreams, look at the many people out there liveing &quot;Your Dreams&quot;. Never take advise from anyone more screwed up than you are. You buy thier advice, You buy thier lifestyle. Learn to love and adore yourselves. When you do that, other people will have ABSOLUTLEY no choice but to LOVE AND ADORE YOU. Spend time with friends, family, and if you must have a boyfriend, that &quot;Celebrates&quot; you not tolerates you!! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am glad to see that more young people are less sexually active. As teen men, they are not ready for the emotional responsibility or maturity that comes with sex. As young women, your neediness and desire to be loved will not come from that. I am exited about this article.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teenagers Having Less Sex, Study Finds&lt;br /&gt;By JENNIFER C. KERR,&lt;br /&gt;AP&lt;br /&gt;Posted: 2007-07-13 07:15:37&lt;br /&gt;Filed Under: &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.aol.com/health&quot;&gt;Health&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.aol.com/nation&quot;&gt;Nation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;mod.253505&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WASHINGTON (July 13) - Fewer high school students are having sex these days, and more are using condoms. The teen birth rate has hit a record low.More young people are finishing high school, too, and more little kids are being read to, according to the latest government snapshot on the well-being of the nation&#39;s children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s good news on a number of key wellness indicators, experts said of the report being released Friday.&quot;The implications for the population are quite positive in terms of their health and their well-being,&quot; said Edward Sondik, director of the National Center for Health Statistics. &quot;The lower figure on teens having sex means the risk of sexually transmitted diseases is lower.&quot;In 2005, 47 percent of high school students - 6.7 million - reported having had sexual intercourse, down from 54 percent in 1991. The rate of those who reported having had sex has remained the same since 2003.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of those who had sex during a three-month period in 2005, 63 percent - about 9 million - used condoms. That&#39;s up from 46 percent in 1991.The teen birth rate, the report said, was 21 per 1,000 young women ages 15-17 in 2005 - an all-time low. It was down from 39 births per 1,000 teens in 1991.&quot;This is very good news,&quot; said Sondik. &quot;Young teen mothers and their babies are at a greater risk of both immediate and long-term difficulties.&quot;The birth rate in the 15-19 age group was 40 per 1,000 in 2005, also down sharply from the previous decade.Education campaigns that started years ago are having a significant effect, said James Wagoner, president of Advocates for Youth, a Washington-based nonprofit group that focuses on prevention of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;I think the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the efforts in the &#39;80s and &#39;90s had a lot to do with that,&quot; Wagoner said of the improved numbers on teen sex , condoms and adolescent births.&quot;We need to encourage young teens to delay sexual initiation and we need to make sure they get all the information they need about condoms and birth control,&quot; he said.The report was compiled from statistics and studies at 22 federal agencies, and covered 38 key indicators, including infant mortality, academic achievement rates and the number of children living in poverty.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; 
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Currently we offer services to one girl per month. One one Coaching..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We offer group coaching and one 2 one.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Career Coaching. Girls today, have really big, big dreams. It&#39;s a shame because often time they are around nay sayers or people that say that they can&#39;t do. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;At SweetGyrl we are here to show you that YOU CAN!! we don&#39;t only say you CAN. But we offer, resources, advice, and guidance, as well as linking you with mentors in the related field of work you may be looking to get into.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dress for Success is important. No one tells you how to take all of your life experiences paid and unpaid, put it on paper and develop a &quot;functional&quot; resume.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We teach and explain the diffrences and purpose in resume formats.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;We also show you how to properly fill out an application, not leaving blanks, but filling everything in!! Yes, I know. It&#39;s the basics right? But because its the basics, we forget the basic stuff. You have to master the basics before moving on to the big stuff.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you dress for an interview? What colors do you wear? What kind of makeup do you wear? Whats appropriate for you nails and shoes? Hmm, sounds like I hit a nerve.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What kind of language do you use during the interview, slang? ebonics? or proper english?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;These are just some of the services we offer. Every month we will feature one young lady, from our community. They will get to pilot our services for free. One young lady per month. Then we will expand to the other 5o states.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stay tuned for our feature young lady!! until then Stay cool!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; 
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Please read the below Interview, This is is a powerful young lady!! Tareyah, I am so happy with what she is doing for our young women in the Entertainment Industry. Girl Power~~&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tell me more about Black Girl Fame?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Black Girl Fame is a website which supports and promotes young, underrated and Black famous entertainers. The site currently features over 65 girls and we&#39;re still growing. What prompted you to start the company/site? I wanted to see more support for young Black entertainers. I knew that if I wanted to see a change I had to do something to make it happen. So, I decided to start Black Girl Fame. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it only you or is there a partner? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well, I&#39;d like to say it&#39;s a group effort. I have a team of administrators who work on the site with me and there are many members and parents who help out with the site by contributing news, articles, pictures etc. I am the founder and Super Administrator but the site couldn&#39;t have achieved the success it has thus far without the help of all I&#39;ve mentioned. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How long have you been doing this?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I started Black Girl Fame as a small message board in November 2004 then decided I wanted to go further with it and make it into a website. The site opened in April 2005 and I&#39;ve been doing it since then. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What kinds of feedback have you been getting as far as the obstacles that Black girls encounter trying to be in the Entertainment business? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well, it&#39;s harder for young Black girls to get quality roles that represent them in a positive way. There aren&#39;t many roles, especially lead roles written for them and when there are, the majority of them are built around stereotypes. There&#39;s also a lot of competition as there are so many girls and so few jobs. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What kind of services do you offer? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My site helps to gain a lot of exposure for these girls. We introduce new talents and we post regular updates about them and their upcoming projects so that everyone can know what they&#39;re doing. We have profiles on the girls which people use to learn more about what they have done and just who the girls are in general. We also provide things like banners that our visitors can use to promote the girls on other websites so that we can hopefully create a bigger fan base for these girls. We have a forum and a really great community among our members. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you been able to get famous actresses to support you in your endeavor on what your trying to do? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Actually, since a lot the girls featured on my website are really young they don&#39;t directly help out but their parents offer a lot of support. They donate money to help keep the site up, they refer other talents to us and the girls themselves promote our site. It&#39;s also the parents who help us keep the site going by contributing news, pictures and things like that; they are very supportive of the motives behind the site and are usually very pleased to learn that their daughters are part of it. I am blessed to have a lot of support! If so who? We&#39;ve been very fortunate to have contact with so many of the girl we feature. They include; Keke Palmer, Tiffany Evans, Rhyon Nicole Brown, Chelsea Tavares, McClain Sisters (&quot;Daddy&#39;s Little Girls&quot;), Parker McKenna Posey, Ashley Monique Clark - and the list goes on. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are your passions/dreams? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My passion is supporting my people! I have so many goals that I want to accomplish but my main focus at the moment is getting a better education for myself. One of my many dreams is to start a Non-Profit Organization geared towards helping young Black people do something more positive with their lives and become more successful. I&#39;d like to teach them things about the entertainment business as well as teaching them to support one another along the way. Those are just a few of the things I want my organization to offer. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do you hope to accomplish from this? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There are many things that I&#39;d like to accomplish from the site. I want to encourage other Blacks to support Blacks. I feel that it&#39;s the only way that we can really make a change. If we don&#39;t support our own people, no one else will. I&#39;ve seen firsthand that a lot of times, instead of supporting one another Blacks hate on and try to bring each other down. I feel like this is the main reason why our people aren&#39;t making any progress. I think it&#39;s time we stop blaming others and take a look at ourselves. It&#39;s sad to say, but it&#39;s true. Also, I&#39;d love for my site to be used as a tool for casting agencies, where they can come to find out more about new Black talents and eventually I hope that by the girls getting more support and exposure there will be more jobs available to them. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What&#39;s next for Black Girl Fame? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well, I&#39;ve already started branching out from Black Girl Fame, as we recently opened up our site for boys. It&#39;s still fairly new but I hope that one day it will be as successful as Black Girl Fame. As for Black Girl Fame, I just want the site to continue to grow with new talents and become more popular with visitors around the world. Any suggestions/advise for girls out there trying to enter the Entertainment industry? KEEP GOD FIRST and NEVER GIVE UP! I&#39;ve learned from many of our girls that you have to stay focused and really love what you&#39;re doing to make it in the industry. It takes a lot of heart and hard work, but if you want it bad enough, you will make it. I would also say that when your work pays off and you are making your way, I will be here to support you on your journey in the best way I can with my two websites. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; 
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BLIGE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A TRUE ICON.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have always been a fan of Mary J. Blige. She represents true Strength, Triumph, and Transformation for and her many fans.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I get goosebumps watching her appear on Oprah, Tyra, and many other shows. We are the same age. I remember how raw, and hot! she was when she came out, I was living the typical hip hop life as a young lady in my early 20&#39;s (not that I am old). I was in College, with my 2 year old son Samuel on my back. Life was a hustle, I was working 2 jobs, catching th bus, and having drama with his daddy and his &quot;other would be&#39;s. I have to admit, when I first heard her, I did not like her. However as I kept listening to her music I was like DAMNNN!! This chis is HOT!! I started trying to sing like her! (at home of course). &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;She became my TOP FEMALE RECORDING ARTIST OF ALL TIME. She reminded so much of the 70&#39;s music era I grew up listening to.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bobby Womack&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Al Green&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barry White&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brook Benton&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sister Sledge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chic&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aretha Franklin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marvin Gay&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Curtis Mayfield&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rolls Royce&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Heck even the BeeGees&#39;s &amp; Andy Gibb was Hot!! The list goes on! anyhow, enjoy the interview! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blackvoices.aol.com/blogs/category/entertainment-newswire/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MARY J. BLIGE: Men, Marriage, Motherhood and &#39;Mahogany&#39;&lt;br /&gt;Posted May 14th 2007 2:20PM by &lt;a href=&quot;http://blackvoices.aol.com/blogs/bloggers/karu-f-daniels&quot;&gt;Karu F. Daniels&lt;/a&gt;Filed under: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blackvoices.aol.com/blogs/category/entertainment-newswire/&quot;&gt;Entertainment Newswire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Karu F. Daniels, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blackvoices.aol.com/&quot;&gt;AOL Black Voices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is there not to love about Mary J. Blige?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;For the past 15 years, we&#39;ve watched her blossom from a hard-edged, street-savvy new-jill songstress to a critically-acclaimed, polished, much emulated cultural icon.&lt;br /&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.essence.com/essence/&quot;&gt;&#39;Essence&#39;&lt;/a&gt; magazine has been there every step of the way -- to help chronicle her remarkable journey.Talk about transformation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Yonkers, New York-bred Queen of Hip-Hop Soul is gracing the June edition of the best-selling black women&#39;s magazine. For her record ninth cover, the recently-married Grammy Award winner gets double exposure -- with two different magazine covers; one very beauty-oriented, the other with her new husband/manager Kendu Isaacs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a remarkable photo spread shot by Mark Liddell, the 36-year old Chevy spokeswoman channels the 1976 urban romantic classic &#39;Mahogany,&#39; which starred Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams. (Pick up the actual magazine(s) to see the Asian-inspired centerfold. Very fashion forward!!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together with Isaacs, a former business associate of Queen Latifah who now is a partner of Mary Jane Productions, Blige looks the happiest she&#39;s ever been.&lt;br /&gt;They were married Dec. 7, 2003.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And for the first time the royal couple sits down together and talk about their courtship and marriage and how breaking through Mary&#39;s pain brought them to love.&lt;br /&gt;&quot;I came from hatred,&quot; Blige shared with writer Kierna Mayo. &quot;All my life I&#39;ve been in a bunch of junk where men were jealous of me. They wanted my career, they wanted money from me-something.&quot;Though Isaacs was married (with three children) at the time of their initial meeting, he turned out to be her knight in shining armor. &quot;I said, Damn, he&#39;s cute, and then I left it alone because I thought he and Latifah were a couple,&quot; she recollected. &quot;I didn&#39;t know for sure what was going on, so I went to work. We all hung out later that night, and we got to know each other better.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blige&#39;s doubts of a relationship with Isaacs caused her to question her role in the ending of his marriage. &quot;I thought, &#39;I can&#39;t do this. I&#39;m not a home wrecker,&#39;&quot; she revealed. &quot;I was like, give me a gun and I&#39;ll just blow my brains out, because I&#39;m at the point of...like I said...my spirit is dead. There was a lot of pain, so I ran straight into more self-destruction. I was thinking about the wife, I was thinking about the kids, and I was thinking, I just don&#39;t want to be responsible for that.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaacs clarified to &#39;Essence&#39; that his first marriage was already dissolving before Blige was &quot;fully on the scene;&quot; He said that today he and his ex-wife have a good relationship.&lt;br /&gt;The six-time Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter has had her fair share of romantic ups and downs throughout her life. She has mastered the art of connectivity with her massive fan base due to the fact that her music has been an emotional canvas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Future-wise, Blige contemplates motherhood -- as Isaacs&#39; three children are very much present in their lives. &quot;God&#39;s got to be done with me, the low moments and all the insecurities of the past,&quot; she confided about the possibilities. &quot;Your kid is around you 24/7. When you have stepchildren, they come around and then they go home. My child is going to be watching me go up and down on the days that I go down. I don&#39;t want my child to feel what I felt when I was coming up, what it was like for my mother to hurt all the time. So I have a fear-it&#39;s probably one of my biggest fears-a fear of my child suffering, you know, with that energy.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the professional front, Blige, who recently starred in the CBS series &#39;Ghost Whisperer&#39;-- has been attached to a Nina Simone biopic project. According to Bridget Bland of &#39;MTV Radio Networks,&#39; Blige will star in an upcoming episode of HBO&#39;s red-hot Hollywood series &#39;Entourage.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;The June issue of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.essence.com/essence/&quot;&gt;&#39;Essence&#39;&lt;/a&gt; -- with that scandalous Andrea Kelly story in it -- arrived on newsstands, nationally, May 14.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ROCK ON MARY I SO LOVE YOU!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; 
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES April 27, 2007 Family breakdown tops the list of concerns for young people when discussing their futures, while getting married and having children are overwhelmingly popular life goals, according to a survey. The findings were released this week by New America Media, in cooperation with the University of California Office of the President and Bendixen &amp; Associates research company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Young people have a &quot;fear of winding up alone,&quot; said Sandy Close,executive director of New America Media, an association for 700ethnic news organizations that was founded in 1996 by the Pacific News Service. Members of the new generation, who spend much of their time on cell phones and text messaging, and &quot;who we think of really as the connected generation is, in a way, most afraid of winding up without intimate connections,&quot; she said. There is a &quot;deep yearning for traditional structures and values.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another hallmark of this generation is its embrace of across-cultural &quot;global society,&quot; said Ms. Close. Fifty-three percent of white youths and Asian youths say most of their friends are of a different race/ethnicity, while a smaller 41 percent of blacks andHispanics say the same. Sixty-five percent of those ages 16 to 22said they had dated someone of a different race, and 87 percent said they would be willing to marry someone of a different race. &quot;So this is a generation that has worked through, in their own experience,problems their parents are still wrestling with,&quot; Ms. Close said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The survey asked the 601 youths, 80 percent of whom were born in California, 7 percent elsewhere in the United States and 12 percent outside the United States, to identify &quot;the most pressing issue facing your generation in the world today.&quot; Twenty-four percent chose &quot;family breakdown&quot; as their biggest concern, followed by violence in local communities (22 percent),poverty (17 percent) and global warming (14 percent). War and government issues ranked low on the list; drugs,&quot;environmental issues in general,&quot; &quot;economic issues&quot; and &quot;racism/discrimination&quot; barely registered. Nearly 90 percent of the youths, who were all interviewed by cellphone, said it was very likely or somewhat likely that they would &quot;be married or have a life partner at some time&quot; in their lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same overwhelming majority also thought it was very or somewhat likely that they would have children. The survey also showed a surprising interest in religion and spirituality: Seventy-three percent said those things were very or somewhat important, and a second question about religious expression found that only 3 percent of youths had no religious expression in their lives. The faithfulness of youths contrasts with other poll data that rank California as having the &quot;highest percentage agnostic&#39; adults in the United States,&quot; New America Media said. The poll&#39;s margin of error is four percentage points. 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WE PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, DRESS FOR SUCCESS, WHY HATE THE OTHER GYRL, MATH &amp; SCIENCE CAREERS, AND WHY HATE THE OTHER GYRL. TODAY MANY GYRLS DO NOT HAVE THE TRAINING OR UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW TO &quot;NOT&quot; DRESS FOR WORK OR INTERVIEWS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS ARTICLE WILL SHED LIGHT ON SOME OF THE DO&#39;S &amp;amp; DON T&#39;S.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleHeadline bbarticleText&quot;&gt;10 Crimes of Work Fashion&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleByline bbarticleText&quot;&gt;Laura Morsch, CareerBuilder.com  writer&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleBody&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleText&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;Fair or not, appearance matters in the workplace. Just ask Desiree Goodwin.  The Harvard assistant librarian sued the university in 2005, claiming she was  rejected for jobs or passed over for promotions 16 times because her supervisors  viewed her as just as &quot;pretty girl&quot; who &quot;wore sexy outfits,&quot; according to media  reports.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;When it comes to professional perception, clothes make a difference.  According to a survey by Office Team, an administrative staffing firm, 80  percent of workers say a person&#39;s work wardrobe affects his or her professional  image.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This means that dressing appropriately is a must if you want to be taken  seriously at work. But knowing what&#39;s acceptable attire isn&#39;t easy in today&#39;s  workplace. Business-casual dress codes vary widely between companies, and even  between departments. The following items, however, are almost never acceptable  to wear to work:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. The crime: Poor-fitting clothing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too-tight clothing is never  flattering and usually too revealing, but too-baggy clothes make you look sloppy  and unprofessional. Pant length also matters -- if you&#39;re showing too much sock  or leg, expect to be teased all day about an upcoming flood.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Redemption:&lt;/b&gt; Find a good tailor. It&#39;s a rare person who actually looks  good in clothes directly off the rack. Buy an item to fit the fullest parts of  your body, and the tailor can nip in the rest.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. The crime: Too much perfume or cologne&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You never want your  co-workers or clients to smell you before they see you, and a colleague could be  severely allergic to your favorite scent.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Redemption:&lt;/b&gt; Apply perfume or cologne with an extremely light hand. If  you spritz too much, put some rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball and dab off the  excess.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. The crime: Shorts or too-short skirts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Showing too much leg is  never a good professional move -- for women or men. Revealing a little leg makes  men appear overly casual or sloppy, and makes women look more sexy than  serious.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Redemption:&lt;/b&gt; Men should stick with long pants, and women should wear  shorts or skirts that hit within an inch-and-a-half of the knee.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. The crime: Out-of-control hair&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whether it&#39;s frizzy coifs or  bushy beards, wild hair just doesn&#39;t look professional.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Redemption:&lt;/b&gt; Women should invest in a good haircut and some styling  products that can reduce poufiness and make hair easier to manage. Men should  keep their facial hair well-trimmed, or better yet, go clean-shaven.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;5. The crime: Dirty, ripped or torn jeans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even on casual Fridays,  ripped jeans look too dirty and messy for the workplace.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Redemption:&lt;/b&gt; When you do choose to wear jeans to work, make sure they  are well-fitting and in extremely good condition.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;6. The crime: Cleavage&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are very few legitimate jobs where  showing off your chest is a good career move.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Redemption:&lt;/b&gt; Cover up. Whenever possible, avoid wearing anything  low-cut to the office. If you can&#39;t part with your V-neck shirts, simply buy a  few camisole shirts to wear underneath them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;7. The crime: Tank tops&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Showing too much skin in the office is  never a good idea, and tank tops are especially inappropriate for men.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Redemption:&lt;/b&gt; If it&#39;s hot outside and you&#39;re going out with friends  after work, simply keep a cardigan at your desk to cover up. That way, you&#39;ll  stay comfortable in frigid air conditioning and look professional when your boss  stops by.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;8. The crime: Noisy jewelry&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An armload of bangles or long,  dangling earrings are perfect choices for a bar, but downright distracting in  the office.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Redemption:&lt;/b&gt; Keep your office jewelry simple. A small pendant, stud  earrings and a delicate bracelet look much more professional than trendy pieces.  Save your flashier jewelry for happy hour.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;9. The crime: Gym attire&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even in the most casual workplaces, yoga  pants, shorts, T-shirts and running shoes make you look sloppy and  apathetic.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Redemption: &lt;/b&gt;At the very least, wear nice jeans and  professional-looking shoes. If you&#39;re going to the gym or catching a flight  after work, change into your comfortable clothes in the bathroom on the way  out.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;10. The crime: Extremely high heels&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Extremely high heels are too  sexy for the workplace -- not to mention impractical. Few things would be more  embarrassing than wobbling or tripping over your extreme footwear in front of  the boss.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Redemption:&lt;/b&gt; The highest heels you should wear to the office are 2 to 3  inches. That way, you&#39;ll actually be able to walk in them, and they&#39;ll be  comfortable enough to wear all day. You might feel shorter, but you&#39;ll no longer  fear grates or sidewalk cracks.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Copyright 2006 CareerBuilder.com.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; 
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NOT SO FAST! LEARN HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP STYLES NOW! READ BELOW..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleHeadline bbarticleText&quot;&gt;Relationship Relapse&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleBody&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleText&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;By Meredith Broussard&lt;br /&gt;Courtesy of Match.com&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.happenmagazine.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Happen  magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleEnhancementAlign1&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleText&quot;&gt;&lt;!-- MOD: info_themedlist - 126757 --&gt;In medical terms, a &quot;relapse&quot; happens when you think  you&#39;ve suffered through the worst of an illness and feel like you&#39;re on the road  to recovery, until bam! -- out of the blue, your symptoms return, sending you  back to bed with a box of Kleenex. Now, &quot;relationship relapse,&quot; on the other  hand, is not an official medical diagnosis. But that doesn&#39;t mean it&#39;s not very,  very real to the people it strikes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#39;s what happens: Just when you  think you&#39;re starting to get over your ex and realize all the flaws in your  relationship, you run into him or her somewhere. Maybe it&#39;s accidental, or you  make an excuse to get together -- perhaps for the sake of closure. You try to be  just friends, sure. But you end up hanging out, and maybe you start sitting  dangerously close to one another. Promises are made. There is kissing, a brief  feeling of euphoria, and then bam! You&#39;re back in bed together, along with all  of your old dysfunctional patterns: renting movies, fighting over silly things,  wondering if there is anyone better out there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If this scenario sounds  all too familiar -- or maybe you&#39;re living it as you read this -- I&#39;m here to  warn you that relationship relapse can be deadly to your dating life. That&#39;s  because by revisiting your past, you&#39;re taking yourself off the market -- thus  preventing you from finding The One. So, the next time you&#39;re tempted to slip  back into an old relationship, check out these tips instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rx No.  1:&lt;/b&gt; Purge ex-related toxins from your environment.&lt;br /&gt;You&#39;ll forget your ex  faster without any reminders, so you should immediately begin to remove all  traces of him or her from your life. First step: cell phone. Erase your ex&#39;s  name, digits, friends, pictures. This way, you&#39;re not tempted to call -- and you  won&#39;t &quot;accidentally&quot; dial (Freud would say there are no accidents.) Next, purge  your computer: Erase photos, e-mails, files, anything having to do with your ex.  If you have trouble letting go, burn everything onto a CD and hide it someplace.  Finally, take all the physical evidence (clothes, gifts, artwork, sporting  equipment, etc.), and get rid of it. You may want to have a yard sale -- this is  the perfect opportunity to clear your clutter and make way for the new single  you. If you get hives at the idea of throwing away perfectly good stuff, try  making a box: Take everything that reminds you of your ex, pack it up in a  cardboard box, and stash it in your attic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleEnhancementAlign3&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleEnhancementAlign3inner bbarticleEnhancementSizeSmall&quot;&gt;&lt;!-- MOD: info_themedlist - 70235 --&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;mod.70235&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleText&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rx No. 2:&lt;/b&gt; Avoid using alcohol as  anesthesia.&lt;br /&gt;Drinking, while an effective way to numb post-breakup pain, also  lowers your resistance to infection -- from germs and from ex-lovers. Think of  it this way: When you get sick, you get emotional. Maybe you feel sorry for  yourself, maybe you decide you don&#39;t just want your ex, but you need your ex to  help you through. And once your ex drops by with orange juice and tissues, it&#39;s  all over. And, of course, we probably don&#39;t need to tell you that getting blotto  can also lead to Drink and Dial episodes, where it seems like a good idea to  call your ex at 3 a.m. No surprise here, but these calls never go well. We&#39;re  not saying you need to be a teetotaler, but it&#39;s best to figure out what&#39;s  driving your urge to imbibe. See which way your mood is headed by asking  yourself: Do you want a refill because you&#39;re having fun with your friends, or  because you&#39;re not having fun since you wish your ex were around? If you&#39;re  leaning toward the latter answer, order a seltzer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rx No. 3:&lt;/b&gt;  Safeguard yourself against emotional stress.&lt;br /&gt;You&#39;re cruising along with your  recovery when wham! -- you get canned from your job, a pet dies, or you hit some  other personal crisis. Think it&#39;s OK to lean on your ex for a spell until you&#39;re  back on your feet? Tempting, sure, but no. Just ask Ellen Rosenholz from  Philadelphia. &quot;My ex-boyfriend said, &#39;I don&#39;t want a girlfriend&#39; so we broke  up,&quot; she recalls. &quot;Then, my pet died and I had to call him. And he had to take  me out to dinner to comfort me ... I realized that I missed him.&quot; They got back  together immediately, but it didn’t last long; he was compassionate, but he  still wasn&#39;t ready to commit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since times of personal crisis are so  unstable, the impulse to run towards someone who&#39;s served as a rock in your  recent past is understandable. Keep in mind, though, that your ex isn&#39;t the only  person who cares about you. Your mom, dad or best friend from high school would  probably all be happy to come to your emotional aid. Plan ahead and identify a  friend or family member you can call in times of need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleEnhancementAlign1&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleEnhancementAlign1inner bbarticleEnhancementSizeSmall&quot;&gt;&lt;!-- MOD: info_themedlist - 201914 --&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;mod.201914&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;module colorOne&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;bbarticleText&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rx No. 4:&lt;/b&gt; Abstain from ex sex at all  costs.&lt;br /&gt;Breakup sex, once more for old times&#39; sake, friends with benefits --  all of these things are delusions if you&#39;re really trying to avoid relationship  relapse. One midnight booty call leads to another, and before you know it you&#39;re  back to the same old argument over who gets first dibs on the Sunday Op-Ed page.  Rachel Cope from Miami can relate: &quot;I was dating a guy for a year and a half and  actually had planned on ending the relationship -- then he broke up with me,&quot;  she recalls. &quot;We did the breakup sex thing, which led to an awful limbo in which  we weren&#39;t together but I gave myself up at the drop of a hat, and then went to  my room and cried hysterically ... Then I realized that even if things did go  back to normal between the two of us, that normal had never been that great.&quot;  Rachel took decisive action and ended the relationship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Need some ideas  of what to do instead? Make a list of all the things you disliked about your ex  or about the relationship. Carry it in your wallet and consult it whenever  you&#39;re tempted to re-establish intimate contact. Then, get busy (not in that  way!): Pick up a new hobby, go on an adventure, or travel somewhere you&#39;ve  always wanted to visit. Join a club or group that involves meeting new people  and getting out of the house regularly. You never know who&#39;s out there…and  that&#39;s your better bet than revisiting your past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Meredith Broussard  is the editor of a new anthology &#39;The Encyclopedia of Exes: 26 Stories by Men of  Love Gone Wrong.&#39; Her website is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.failedrelationships.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.failedrelationships.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; 
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The slur &quot;nappy,&quot; used by Imus, describes the tightly curled hair of many African Americans.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;CHANGING STANCE&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Monday&#39;s statement changed course from another one by Simmons and Chavis dated April 13, a day after Imus&#39; show was canceled, in which they said offensive references in hip-hop &quot;may be uncomfortable for some to hear, but our job is not to silence or censor that expression.&quot;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Imus controversy stoked a debate in the United States about how to deal with inflammatory words that are widely considered highly offensive but at the same time commonly and casually used in youth culture.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yqlink&quot;&gt;&lt;form class=&quot;yqin&quot; action=&quot;http://yq.search.yahoo.com/search&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name=&quot;sourceURL&quot; value=&quot;&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;fr&quot; value=&quot;yq-news&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt; &lt;input name=&quot;context&quot; value=&quot;U.S. black leaders such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have led the charge to suppress offensive words while many artists have argued for freedom of expression. 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Our discussions are about the corporate social responsibility of the industry to voluntarily show respect to African Americans and other people of color, African American women and to all women in lyrics and images,&quot; the statement from Simmons and Chavis said on Monday.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The network recommended the formation of a Coalition on Broadcast Standards that would consist of leading executives from music, radio and television.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;div id=&quot;ynactions&quot; class=&quot;clearfix&quot;&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;storytools&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;ratings&quot; class=&quot;clearfix&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;!-- END STORY BODY --&gt;            &lt;!-- BEGIN SIDEBAR --&gt;      &lt;div id=&quot;sidebar&quot;&gt;    &lt;div class=&quot;mainphoto chunk&quot;&gt;   &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070423/photos_en/2007_04_23t142945_450x309_us_usa_hiphop;_ylt=AqaOTXuQfkBsxHdbaXBmRcWYExkF&quot; onclick=&quot;openSS(this.href);&quot; target=&quot;ss&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070423/2007_04_23t142945_450x309_us_usa_hiphop.jpg?x=180&amp;y=123&amp;amp;sig=bsgEmbatIT0_b9rpjlsTwg--&quot; alt=&quot;Russell Simmons speaks at a news conference in New York, in this February 28, 2006 file photo. 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http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://sweetgyrlnetwork.blogspot.com/2007/04/hip-hops-simmons-wants-to-remove.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEhFwBYI9cxelFFsnuGF0k29zKbdByvffPh1MMRPymFj_6eZ7pq_IMS6Opu3ww9JoJocyVuM4dgYlz2jkAX-2geA6DfClo6Lo2ZsfN09WtxQk8kOhlnqwMCKXL5kspUwELqSL/s72-c/kimavatar1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19461988.post-1876107969215738170</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-04-16T22:47:48.034-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkxAUALbG76cPTCEKQ_XvgIWUBbaLf-xiYNu4YWQBKunAU9i_LEWt-Yv1Ef7g2HMtWkjoDw2fASTuXJiUX3sIviP0rlSTEKyVnOmUQE70qJsM17qzAF4gUYc3ZAgBlUz14RwA/s1600-h/kimavatar1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054223224079136802&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkxAUALbG76cPTCEKQ_XvgIWUBbaLf-xiYNu4YWQBKunAU9i_LEWt-Yv1Ef7g2HMtWkjoDw2fASTuXJiUX3sIviP0rlSTEKyVnOmUQE70qJsM17qzAF4gUYc3ZAgBlUz14RwA/s320/kimavatar1.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;WHY I HAD TO LEAVE MY DAD ALONE&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well the saga continues, from my last post&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Absent Fathers &amp; Angry Black Woman Syndrome&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was peacefully minding my business tonight, when my phone &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;rang&lt;/span&gt;, it was my &quot;father figures&quot; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;daughter&lt;/span&gt;, questioning me about why I am not speaking to our &quot;Father&quot; I gave her the explanation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here it is. I was born overseas during the Vietnam Era, my mom gave birth to me in Panama. The man that played the &quot;father figure&quot; stopped writing and calling after 2 years and promising my mom &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;marriage&lt;/span&gt; and a future. He &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;disappeared&lt;/span&gt;. Years went by, and we came to the United States and made it, I moved on, my mom moved on and got married and had two more children and became a nurse and an &quot;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;Evangelist&lt;/span&gt;&quot;. As you can tell from my story, I had a baby, was in the service, got my Masters degree, moved to Maryland, and did fairly well for myself in life, in spite of obstacles and challenges getting here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; However in the back of my mind I always wondered who I was? That other half of me was missing, I needed to know, I needed to understand who I was, and fill that gap with a face. I had the name just no face. At the age of 35, I was sitting in front of my computer 2 weeks before Christmas, and playing on the &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot;&gt;Internet&lt;/span&gt;, and doing random searches on www.zabasearch.com to find some old Navy buddies. My gut said, Look up your dad, so I typed in the name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It came up! his name came up with a phone number. I called it was 1030pm at night. A woman answered, I said hello is ***** there? She said he is sleeping? I said well pardon me for calling your house so late, however I was wondering if this is so and so that was stationed in Panama City, Panama, back in 1970? She said yes, are you his daughter? I was quiet, I could not believe it, I got it, it was him! I was scared, exited, and numb all at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said hold on and said let me wake him up, he got on the phone and I asked him the same questions, he was gentle and kind and receptive to me, and confirmed information about my mom, myself, and her pregnancy. We talked for 2 hours. The next day I woke up, I was so shaken, I cried, and cried, I could not believe that I was actually talking to someone that was &quot;Father&quot; that was &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot;&gt;weird&lt;/span&gt; to me. His wife knew about me my whole life and had photos of me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At any rate, time went on, we were on the phone &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_7&quot;&gt;every night&lt;/span&gt;, talking and talking and talking about everything and anything. He expressed his sadness and regret over not being there for me and my mom ( and I believed him). In January he invited me to his home town to meet him and (his family). The drama started from there. I was &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_8&quot;&gt;grateful&lt;/span&gt; and happy, however the way his wife reacted towards me, I was totally shocked, this was a church going &quot;Christian&quot; woman, that was very insecure and &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_9&quot;&gt;jealous&lt;/span&gt;, and so was her family, when I showed up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She came to my gathering (celebration) late, and then went onto to tell me all her and my (father figures) problems, and how she would never marry him again, and she knocked his family like crazy, (my side as well) said they all had issues (as if what family doesn&#39;t) like her family was so &quot;perfect&quot; in my mind I am trying to figure out this woman&#39;s motive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I told him the things his wife said, &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_10&quot;&gt;because&lt;/span&gt; I could not figure out for the life of me why she was acting the way she did, She gave away how insecure she was, I saw right through her. At any rate, that is &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_11&quot;&gt;neither&lt;/span&gt; here or there. The problem I had was this. He called my mom after 35 years (for what I don&#39;t know) to supposedly apologize, and the whole (15min) they were on the phone, he boasted about his two daughters after me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That reopened wounds for my mom like why would this man call me after 35 years to tell me this? It was to clear his &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_12&quot;&gt;consciousness&lt;/span&gt;. So sick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next thing I knew was that I was not hearing from the &quot;father figure&quot; like I was recently, he stopped calling, and responding to emails, yet he wanted me to attend a trip to Miami to meet (the other 2 girls), I wrote him and told him I was not going, I was not comfortable (it brought me back to remember how he just stopped writing to my mom and me in Panama and never explained and &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_13&quot;&gt;disappeared&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_14&quot;&gt;immediately&lt;/span&gt; wrote back and asked why and explained that his wife was angry that I was back in the picture and they are now in counseling and that his absence had no reflection on wanting to be in a relationship again. I let it go agreed to go to Miami, and I watched his behavior to see if it matched. Guess what he still never called again, (the behavior continued) even after going to Miami.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Come to find out, I got a negative phone call from his daughter threatening me to not hurt her father. I was like what? He &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_15&quot;&gt;apparently&lt;/span&gt; told her about a conversation I had with him about his ways changing. She explained to me that he had to keep his wife and family together and did not want to jeopardize it by communicating with me. I was like WHAT?? YOU MEAN TO TELL ME, THAT THIS MAN WOULD GIVE UP THE CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW A LONG LOST DAUGHTER AND HAVE A &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_16&quot;&gt;POSSIBLE&lt;/span&gt; RELATIONSHIP, TO KEEP  an insecure woman secure in her own shoes?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The part that pissed me off the most is that, since I have been in Maryland I have &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_17&quot;&gt;received&lt;/span&gt; at least 3 phone calls from his &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_18&quot;&gt;wife&#39;s&lt;/span&gt; side of the family asking me questions and being sneaky playing games. I said to myself, I wanted to get to know my &quot;father figure&quot; but he came with &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_19&quot;&gt;allot&lt;/span&gt; of baggage and &quot;shoved his family&quot; down my throat. Very &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_20&quot;&gt;disappointed&lt;/span&gt; to say the least.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I learned from this, I learned that I got the closure I needed, I saw him, I met him, and now I heal and move on. I tell other young women that have no father, when you find him, go with an open mind, but &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_21&quot;&gt;guard&lt;/span&gt; your heart, move slow, get to know HIM as much as POSSIBLE, take it slow. Move slow, ask questions, and if he tries to shove his other side down your throat ask him to slow down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am I hurt, not really, I am actually proud of myself, I NIPPED IT IN THE BUD, and needless to say, I TOLD HIS DAUGHTER A &quot;FEW THINGS&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;STAY SWEET, ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE BOOK WRITTEN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; 
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It has been suggested that a cure can be found, however its all about the money for the &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;Pharmaceutical&lt;/span&gt; folks. Well here it is 25 years later its sad to see what the country had to resort to in order to &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;protect&lt;/span&gt; its women from HIV &amp;amp; Rape.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;p873143&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackvoicesblogs.com/2007/04/12/south-african-anti-rape-condom/&quot; rel=&quot;bookmark&quot;&gt;SOUTH AFRICAN ANTI-RAPE CONDOM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posted Apr 12&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; 2007 5:03PM by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackvoicesblogs.com/bloggers/angela-bronner/&quot;&gt;Angela &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot;&gt;Bronner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Filed under: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackvoicesblogs.com/category/aids-25-years-and-counting/&quot;&gt;AIDS: 25 Years and Counting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;The adage &quot;an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure&quot; has taken on new meaning. And with the &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot;&gt;RapeX&lt;/span&gt; anti-rape female condom, that pound is coming out of &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_7&quot;&gt;somebody&#39;s&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_8&quot;&gt;johnson&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_9&quot;&gt;RapeX&lt;/span&gt; is a female condom that damages a rapist&#39;s penis after penetration with sharp microscopic barbs that hook into the skin. After the man is incapacitated, this ostensibly gives the woman time to escape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The condom can only be surgically removed (thereby catching the &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_10&quot;&gt;perp&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_11&quot;&gt;redhanded&lt;/span&gt;), but supposedly will not cause major damage if removed immediately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Invented by &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_12&quot;&gt;Sonette&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_13&quot;&gt;Ehlers&lt;/span&gt;, a blood technician at the South African Institute for Medical Research, &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_14&quot;&gt;RapeX&lt;/span&gt; has been in existence since August 2005 and is to be inserted and worn when a woman is &quot;on a train, working late, going out on a date with someone you don&#39;t know too well, going to clubs, or in any situation that you might not feel comfortable or even just not sure.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rape plays a significant role in the high prevalence of HIV among women in South Africa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackvoicesblogs.com/2007/04/12/south-african-anti-rape-condom/#cont&quot; rel=&quot;bookmark&quot;&gt;Continue reading SOUTH AFRICAN ANTI-RAPE CONDOM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; 
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